Jesup, Georgia Jesup, Georgia Wayne County Courthouse, Jesup Wayne County Courthouse, Jesup Location in Wayne County and the state of Georgia Location in Wayne County and the state of Georgia State Georgia County Wayne Jesup is a town/city in Wayne County, Georgia, United States.
The town/city is the governmental center of county of Wayne County. 5.1 Wayne County School District The region was then part of Appling County, Georgia.
On August 27, 1872, easterly sections of Appling territory districts 3 and 4 were added to Wayne County. In 1873, the seat of Wayne County was transferred to Jesup from Waynesville. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 16.6 square miles (43 km2), of which, 16.5 square miles (43 km2) of it is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (0.30%) is water.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.2% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $28,833, and the median income for a family was $35,955.
About 19.4% of families and 21.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 30.1% of those under age 18 and 19.3% of those age 65 or over.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons operates the Federal Correctional Institution in Jesup. The United States Postal Service operates the Jesup Post Office. Wayne County School District The Wayne County School District holds pre-school to undertaking twelve, and consists of a pre-K centre, five elementary schools, two middle schools, a high school, and an academy school. The precinct has 320 full-time teachers and over 5,256 students. Jesup is home to Coastal Pines Technical College as well as one high school, Wayne County High School, which is positioned inside the town/city limits.
This complex replaced the initial Wayne County High School on Orange Street, and was instead of in 2002.
In 2014, the county school fitness took bids for asbestos removal and the demolition of buildings belonging to the old high school. Until its demolition, the initial facility was still providing usefulness, housing the Jesup Police, the Boys and Girls Club of Wayne County, and the Three Rivers Regional Library System's Regional Office.
The Jesup Police Department in now positioned in the facilities previously housing Jesup Elementary, at 642 E.
All sporting affairs except basketball and tennis including football, baseball, soccer, and softball, are held at the initial Wayne County High School complex.
United States highways that pass through Jesup are U.S.
Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, Passed at its Session in July and August, 1872.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"FCI JESUP FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION 2600 HIGHWAY 301 SOUTH JESUP, GA 31599" Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved June 30, 2010.
School Stats, Retrieved June 30, 2010.
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