Cuthbert, Georgia

Cuthbert was founded by European Americans in 1831 as seat of the newly formed Randolph County, after Indian Removal of the historic tribes to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. John Alfred Cuthbert, who represented Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1819 to 1821, is its namesake.{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=56 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n97 98]}} The county was developed for cotton plantations, the major commodity crop, and the rural area had a high proportion of enslaved African-American workers. Cuthbert was incorporated as a town in 1834 and as a city in 1859, serving as the trading center for the area. The Central of Georgia Railway arrived in Cuthbert in the 1850s, stimulating trade and growth, and providing a means of getting cotton and other crops to market.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA226 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | access-date=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=226| isbn=978-1135948597 }}

A few years before 2022, the city's hospital closed.{{Cite news |title=Georgia's rural Black voters helped propel Democrats before. Will they do it again? |language=en |work=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/09/12/1122118393/georgia-abrams-warnock-rural-black-voters-elections-democrats-midterms |access-date=2022-09-14}}

Cuthbert is located at 31º46'15" North, 84º47'37" West (31.770726, -84.793517).{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} The city is located along U.S. Route 27 and U.S. Route 82. U.S. Route 27 passes east of the city leading north {{convert|57|mi|km}} to Columbus and south {{convert|112|mi|km}} to Tallahassee, Florida. U.S. Route 82 passes through the heart of the city leading east {{convert|45|mi|km}} to Albany and west {{convert|26|mi|km}} to Eufaula, Alabama. Other highways that pass through the city include Georgia State Route 266 and Georgia State Route 216.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|3.0|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

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|Jan record high F = 84

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|Jun record high F = 105

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|Nov record high F = 91

|Dec record high F = 82

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|Feb avg record high F = 76.6

|Mar avg record high F = 82.7

|Apr avg record high F = 87.2

|May avg record high F = 92.1

|Jun avg record high F = 96.5

|Jul avg record high F = 97.6

|Aug avg record high F = 97.0

|Sep avg record high F = 93.8

|Oct avg record high F = 87.6

|Nov avg record high F = 80.8

|Dec avg record high F = 75.5

|year avg record high F = 99.2

| Jan high F =60.1

| Feb high F =64.0

| Mar high F =70.8

| Apr high F =77.8

| May high F =85.0

| Jun high F =89.8

| Jul high F =91.5

| Aug high F =90.8

| Sep high F =87.3

| Oct high F =78.8

| Nov high F =69.3

| Dec high F =61.6

| Jan mean F =47.5

| Feb mean F =50.4

| Mar mean F =56.9

| Apr mean F =63.9

| May mean F =71.9

| Jun mean F =78.3

| Jul mean F =80.6

| Aug mean F =80.0

| Sep mean F =75.9

| Oct mean F =66.1

| Nov mean F =55.9

| Dec mean F =49.4

| Jan low F =34.9

| Feb low F =36.8

| Mar low F =43.0

| Apr low F =50.0

| May low F =58.8

| Jun low F =66.8

| Jul low F =69.8

| Aug low F =69.2

| Sep low F =64.5

| Oct low F =53.5

| Nov low F =42.6

| Dec low F =37.3

|Jan avg record low F = 19.5

|Feb avg record low F = 23.0

|Mar avg record low F = 28.7

|Apr avg record low F = 36.8

|May avg record low F = 48.9

|Jun avg record low F = 59.0

|Jul avg record low F = 65.1

|Aug avg record low F = 62.8

|Sep avg record low F = 53.1

|Oct avg record low F = 38.5

|Nov avg record low F = 29.9

|Dec avg record low F = 22.2

|year avg record low F = 16.1

|Jan record low F = -2

|Feb record low F = 9

|Mar record low F = 15

|Apr record low F = 29

|May record low F = 41

|Jun record low F = 49

|Jul record low F = 57

|Aug record low F = 53

|Sep record low F = 41

|Oct record low F = 25

|Nov record low F = 13

|Dec record low F = 5

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| Jan precipitation inch =4.94

| Feb precipitation inch =5.50

| Mar precipitation inch =4.82

| Apr precipitation inch =4.92

| May precipitation inch =2.30

| Jun precipitation inch =5.18

| Jul precipitation inch =7.30

| Aug precipitation inch =5.33

| Sep precipitation inch =3.97

| Oct precipitation inch =2.32

| Nov precipitation inch =3.60

| Dec precipitation inch =5.51

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|Feb precipitation days = 7.6

|Mar precipitation days = 7.8

|Apr precipitation days = 6.8

|May precipitation days = 6.0

|Jun precipitation days = 9.4

|Jul precipitation days = 11.3

|Aug precipitation days = 10.2

|Sep precipitation days = 6.6

|Oct precipitation days = 5.4

|Nov precipitation days = 6.2

|Dec precipitation days = 8.2

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|source 1 = NOAA

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|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Cuthbert, GA

|access-date = March 4, 2023

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|source 2 = XMACIS2 (mean maxima/minima 1981–2010)

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|access-date = March 4, 2023

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{{US Census population

|1870= 2210

|1880= 2129

|1890= 2328

|1900= 2641

|1910= 3210

|1920= 3022

|1930= 3235

|1940= 3447

|1950= 4025

|1960= 4300

|1970= 3972

|1980= 4340

|1990= 3730

|2000= 3731

|2010= 3873

|2020= 3143

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|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 Decade|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}
1850-1870{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}} 1870-1880{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=United States 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 |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1910|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 |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|pages=251–256}}
1940{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1950{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1960{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}
1970{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1980{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1990{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}
2000{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 2010{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2010 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2010|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}

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As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,143 people, 1,194 households, and 839 families residing in the city.

Cuthbert is home to Andrew College (formerly Andrew Female College), a two-year private liberal arts college. The Fletcher Henderson Museum is being established in Cuthbert in honor of the 20th-century jazz musician and orchestra arranger.

The city has notable sites such as a Confederate Army cemetery, historical houses built in the 1800s, and the Fletcher Henderson home. In 2007 an announcement was made of a museum to be dedicated to late resident Lena Baker and issues of racial justice. Baker was an African-American maid who was convicted of capital murder in 1945 in the death of a white man; she was the only woman in Georgia to be executed by electric chair. She had claimed self-defense, and in 2005 the state posthumously pardoned her.[http://www.bigbandlibrary.com/bigbandnewsjuly2007.html "Big Band News"], Big Band Library: July 2007 She was the subject of a 2001 biography and a 2008 feature film of the same name, The Lena Baker Story. (It was later retitled Hope and Redemption: The Lena Baker Story.)

The Randolph County School District holds grades pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of two elementary, middle, and high schools.[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=720&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Retrieved June 26, 2010. The district has 88 full-time teachers and more than 1,530 students.[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/RANDOLPH/RANDOLPH_COUNTY.html School Stats], Retrieved June 26, 2010.

• Randolph County Elementary School
• Randolph Clay High School
• Albany Technical College

• Andrew College - Main Campus[http://andrewcollegecares.com/ Andrew College], Retrieved June 26, 2010.
• Albany Technical College - Cuthbert campus

File:Andrew College; Cuthbert, GA.JPG|Cuthbert is the site of Andrew College, a private, Methodist, liberal arts junior college located a few blocks off the town square. The college is the ninth-oldest college in Georgia and is recognized as the second in the nation to grant degrees to women. During the Civil War, the college also distinguished itself as a Confederate hospital.

File:Fletcher Henderson House; Cuthbert, GA (NRHP).JPG|Cuthbert is the birthplace of jazz legend Fletcher Henderson. His birthplace was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 17, 1982.

File:2011.03.12.090141 Main Sqaure Cuthbert Georgia.jpg|Cuthbert's Main Square is part of the Cuthbert Historic District which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 10, 1975.

File:Cuthbert, GA City Hall.JPG|Cuthbert City Hall

File:Cuthbert, GA Post Office (39840).JPG|Cuthbert Post Office (ZIP code:39840)

File:Old Carnegie Library; Cuthbert, GA.JPG|The Old Carnegie library was completed in 1918 and was originally used by the Kinchafoonee Regional Library System. The building is now used by the Randolph Chamber of Commerce.

File:Cuthbert, GA Civil War Monument Statue Detail.JPG|Close-up of the statue honoring Confederate dead in Cuthbert's Main Square.

File:Cuthbert, GA Water Tower.JPG|Water tower in Cuthbert.

File:Randolph County, GA.JPG|Built in 1886 in the Romanesque Revival style, the Randolph County Courthouse has been placed on the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation's list of "Places in Peril" for 2012 due to extensive termite damage and general disrepair.

• Lena Baker, the only woman executed in the electric chair in Georgia; she was later pardoned by the state
• Jerry Braswell Jr., former European professional basketball player and Wake Forest Demon Deacon
• Thomas Davis, NFL player, former UGA football player
• Harris DeVane, former stock car racing driver
• Roosevelt Grier, former NFL player
• Franklin A. Hart, four-star general in the United States Marine Corps
• Donnell Harvey, former NBA player, former University of Florida player
• Fletcher Henderson, influential jazz musician and bandleader
• Larry Holmes, former world heavyweight boxing champion
• Dock J. Jordan, American lawyer, author, educator, civil rights activist; President of Edward Waters University and Kittrell College
• Winfred Rembert, leather-craft artist famous for surviving a lynching in Cuthbert{{Cite web|url=https://fox61.com/2017/03/01/nearly-lynched-in-the-1960s-new-haven-man-uses-art-to-teach-others-about-the-past/|title=Nearly lynched in the 1960s, New Haven man uses art to teach others about the past|date=2017-03-02|website=FOX 61|language=en|access-date=2019-06-29}}{{Cite web|url=https://folkart.org/mag/winfred-rembert|title=The Indelible Images of Winfred Rembert {{!}} The Folk Art Society of America|website=folkart.org|access-date=2019-06-29}}
• Willa Holt Wakefield, vaudeville performer
• George Tyler Wood, second governor of Texas{{cite web | title = Texas Governor George T. Wood | publisher = National Governors Association | url = http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_texas/col2-content/main-content-list/title_wood_george.html | access-date = November 11, 2013}}
• Richard R. Wright Jr., sociologist and president of Wilberforce University.

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• [http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sgnewspapers South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive], Digital Library of Georgia
• [https://southerntribune.news The Southern Tribune], office in Cuthbert, GA, local newspaper serving the southwest Georgia counties of Calhoun, Clay, Randolph, and Quitman
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