Santa Claus, Georgia
{{Other uses|Santa Claus (disambiguation)}}
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| official_name = Santa Claus, Georgia
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| settlement_type = City
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| image_skyline = Santa Claus City Hall.JPG
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| map_caption = Location in Toombs County and the state of Georgia
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| subdivision_name2 = Toombs
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| population_total = 204
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| timezone = Eastern (EST)
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| coordinates = {{coord|32|10|15|N|82|19|52|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
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| elevation_m = 72
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| postal_code = 30436
| area_code = 912
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| blank_info = 13-68600{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}
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Santa Claus is a city in Toombs County, Georgia, United States. The population was 204 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Vidalia micropolitan area.
The city has several Christmas-themed street names: Candy Cane Road, December Drive, Rudolph Way, Dancer Street, Prancer Street, and Sleigh Street.{{cite web | url=http://georgia.gov/cities-counties/santa-claus | title=Santa Claus | publisher=State of Georgia | accessdate=24 March 2014 | archive-date=24 March 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324170912/http://georgia.gov/cities-counties/santa-claus | url-status=dead }}
History
A local entrepreneur named the community after Santa Claus, the Christmas figure, with the aim of attracting tourists to his pecan business and adjacent motel.{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/s.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=198 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}} Santa Claus was incorporated as a city in 1941.
Geography
Santa Claus is located at {{coord|32|10|15|N|82|19|52|W|type:city}} (32.170863, -82.331129).{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} It is just off U.S. Route 1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.2 square mile (0.5 km{{sup|2}}), all land.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|1960= 5
|1970= 118
|1980= 167
|1990= 154
|2000= 237
|2010= 165
|2020= 204
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}
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As of the census of 2000, there were 250 people, 92 households, and 66 families residing in the city. By 2020, its population declined to 204.
References
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{{Toombs County, Georgia}}
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Category:Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Cities in Toombs County, Georgia
Category:Vidalia, Georgia, micropolitan area