Moultrie, Georgia Moultrie, Georgia, USA Moultrie Municipal Building (City Hall) Moultrie Municipal Building (City Hall) Location in Colquitt County and the state of Georgia Location in Colquitt County and the state of Georgia County Colquitt Moultrie is the governmental center of county and biggest city of Colquitt County, Georgia, United States.
As of the 2010 census, Moultrie's populace was 14,268. It was originally known as Ochlockoney until it was incorporated by the Georgia General Assembly in 1859.
Moultrie is an agricultural improve set in the Southern Rivers part of Georgia.
Moultrie is the home of Former US Senator Saxby Chambliss.
Downtown Moultrie contains the Moultrie Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
2.1 Moultrie Commercial Historic District 5.1 Colquitt County School District Located in southwest Georgia, Moultrie is in the center of Colquitt County, 24 miles (39 km) west of Interstate 75, and about 200 miles (300 km) south of Atlanta and 60 miles (100 km) northeast of Tallahassee, Florida.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 16.5 square miles (42.8 km2), of which 16.3 square miles (42.3 km2) is territory and 0.19 square miles (0.5 km2), or 1.15%, is water. Moultrie is positioned at 31 10 13 N 83 47 1 W (31.170188, -83.783601). William Moultrie, the Revolutionary War hero after whom Fort Moultrie was titled following the prosperous defense of Charleston, South Carolina, against the British under Peter Parker, an anniversary later jubilated as Carolina Day.
Colquitt County became the 115th county in Georgia by an act of the Legislature on February 25, 1856.
In 1879, a charter was adopted and 50 acres (0 km2) in the center of the county was declared the county seat.
During the American Civil War, Colquitt County raised a several companies of Confederate troops, especially Company H, 50th Georgia Volunteer Infantry.
The Boston & Albany line, which later became the Georgia Northern Railway, was the first through town, bringing with it expansion and prosperity for the county.
Moultrie Commercial Historic District Moultrie Commercial Historic District is a historic region of Moultrie with a several buildings of historical significance including the Moultrie Colquitt Towers, formerly a hotel called Hotel Colquitt.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 38.05% White, 50.2% African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 2.99% from other competitions, and 0.98% from two or more competitions.
Colquitt Theatre in Moultrie, Georgia In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.4% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The African American improve has made a momentous impact on the town/city of Moultrie over the years.
Wesley Ball's service to the African American improve is memorialized by a park bearing his name.
Ball served as town/city councilman of Moultrie from 1979 to 1991.
The park was assembled then dedicated to his memory due largely to his contributions through the years to the expansion and prosperity of his improve and the town/city of Moultrie.
Another late Moultrie resident has had a stockyards terminal in the Atlanta region named in his honor.
Whitaker Inter-modal Terminal in Austell was titled for John Whitaker, a Moultrie native who worked with Norfolk Southern most of his lifetime.
A section of Ninth Street Northwest was titled in honor of Moultrie native, Ellis Hanks Jr.
Both of Moultrie's middle schools bear the names of prosperous black educators.
Gray Junior High School was titled forward r Charlie A.
Gray, a faculty member at Moultrie High for Negro Youth and Willie J.
Moultrie also hosts the "Ram Round-up".
The Round-up is a annual conglomerate of the class reunions of the formerly segregated African American high schools of Colquitt County from the 1920s to the 1970s.
Moultrie High for Negro Youth Colquitt County School District Moultrie enhance schools are controlled by the Colquitt County Board of Education.
The Colquitt County School District holds grades pre-school to undertaking twelve, consisting of ten elementary schools, a middle school, a junior high school, and one high school. The precinct has 480 full-time teachers and over 8,342 students. Colquitt County High School Industry for the Moultrie region interval considerably when Sanderson Farms opened a refining plant in 2006 that now presently employs over 1,000 workers, over 10 percent of the small-town workforce. The manufacturer of light, single-engined STOL airplane , the Maule Air, is also positioned in Moultrie.
There are two radio and three tv stations positioned in Moultrie.
State Road 37 and State Road 111 also run through Moultrie.
Moultrie has two enhance airports used primarily for general aviation, Moultrie Municipal Airport and Spence Airport.
Moultrie is home to a several sites on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Colquitt County, Georgia of the National Register of Historic Places. Annual Federated Guild Antique Show at the Moultrie YMCA March Free Concert in Downtown Moultrie April Moultrie YMCA Race for the South September Colquitt County Arts Center The Arts Center is home to permanent collections, theatre groups, concerts, art education, and the Fall Quilt Exhibition.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Moultrie has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Climate data for Moultrie, Georgia Further information: Category:People from Moultrie, Georgia "Moultrie history".
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Moultrie city, Georgia".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Moultrie city, Georgia".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved June 4, 2010.
School Stats, Retrieved June 4, 2010.
Colquitt County Historic Buildings Climate Summary for Moultrie, Georgia Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moultrie, Georgia.
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