Alston, Georgia
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Alston is a town in Montgomery County, Georgia, United States, with a population of 178 at the 2020 census.
History
The community was named after Alex Alston, a pioneer citizen.{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/a.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=4 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}} A post office has been in operation at Alston since 1910.{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=GA | title=Post Offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=March 31, 2018}} Alston incorporated in 1910.
Alston was the location of the murder of resident Isaiah Nixon, who was shot in his front yard in front of his wife and six children on September 8, 1948, after voting in the Georgia Democratic primary.{{cite web |url=https://coldcases.emory.edu/isaiah-nixon/ |title=Isaiah Nixon |author= |publisher=The Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project at Emory University |access-date=November 18, 2019 }}{{cite podcast |url=https://www.npr.org/podcasts/577471834/buried-truths |title=Buried Truths |publisher=WABE/NPR |host=Hank Klibanoff |date=March 25, 2018 |access-date=November 18, 2019 }}
Geography
Alston is located in southeastern Montgomery County at {{coord|32.080405|-82.478460|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} Its eastern border is the Toombs County line.
Georgia State Route 135 runs through the town, leading north {{Convert|10|mi|0}} to Higgston and southwest {{convert|3.5|mi}} to Uvalda. Mount Vernon, the Montgomery county seat, is {{Convert|10|mi|0}} to the northwest via Mount Vernon Alston Road.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Alston has a total area of {{convert|2.9|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|0.03|sqmi|2}}, or 0.87%, are water.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|1930= 199
|1940= 213
|1950= 147
|1960= 154
|1970= 104
|1980= 111
|1990= 160
|2000= 159
|2010= 159
|2020= 178
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=}}
1850-1870{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}} 1880{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}
1890-1910{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}} 1920-1930{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=253}}
1930-1940{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1940-1950{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}
1960-1980{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}1980-2000{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}
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As of the census of 2000, there were 159 people, 63 households, and 44 families residing in the town. By 2020, its population grew to 178.
References
{{Montgomery County, Georgia}}
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Category:Towns in Montgomery County, Georgia