Reynolds, Georgia
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Reynolds is a city in Taylor County, Georgia, United States. The population was 926 in 2020.
History
File:Ferdinand A. Ricks House; Reynolds, GA.JPG on June 17, 1982.]]
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Reynolds in 1865.{{cite book|title=Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mgs4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA76|year=1865|publisher=J. Johnston|page=76}} The community was named after L. C. Reynolds, a railroad official.{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/r.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=187 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}
Geography
Reynolds is located in eastern Taylor County at 32.559167 N, -84.095556 W (32° 33′ 33″ N, 84° 5′ 44″ W).{{Cite web|url=https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Reynolds,_Georgia¶ms=32_33_33_N_84_5_44_W_region:US-GA_type:city(1086)|title = GeoHack - Reynolds, Georgia}}
The city is located in the eastern part of Taylor County along the Fall Line Freeway and Georgia State Route 96, which run from west to east through the center of the city.
Via GA-540 and GA-96, Fort Valley is 13 mi (21 km) east, and Butler, the Taylor County seat, is 10 mi (16 km) west. Georgia State Route 128 also
runs through the city, leading northeast 14 mi (23 km) to Roberta and south 19 mi (31 km) to Oglethorpe.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|1.3|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|1.3|sqmi|km2}} is land and 0.75% is water.
Demographics
{{US Census population
| 1880 = 278
| 1890 = 283
| 1900 = 436
| 1910 = 521
| 1920 = 926
| 1930 = 880
| 1940 = 871
| 1950 = 906
| 1960 = 1087
| 1970 = 1253
| 1980 = 1298
| 1990 = 1166
| 2000 = 1036
| 2010 = 1086
| 2020 = 926
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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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|+Reynolds racial composition as of 2020{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1364876&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 18, 2021|website=data.census.gov}} !Race !Num. !Perc. |
| White (non-Hispanic)
|471 |50.86% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
|408 |44.06% |
| Native American
|16 |1.73% |
| Other/Mixed
|20 |2.16% |
| Hispanic or Latino
|11 |1.19% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 926 people, 486 households, and 229 families residing in the city.
Notable people
- Earl Little Sr., the father of Malcolm X, was born in Reynolds on July 29, 1890.{{cite magazine|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/102109/malcolm-x-biography-manning-marable|title=If X, Then Why?|first=Steve|last=Hahn|date=March 29, 2012|publisher=|access-date=June 13, 2019|magazine=The New Republic}}
- Samuel Little (June 7, 1940 – December 30, 2020) was born in Reynolds. Little may have been the most prolific serial killer in American history.https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/06/08/convicted-murderer-now-linked-more-than-deaths-may-be-most-prolific-killer-us-history/5 {{Dead link|date=June 2022}}