Tarrytown, Georgia
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| subdivision_name2 = Montgomery
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| government_type = Mayor-council government
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Donna Adams{{Cite web |title=TARRYTOWN |url=https://www.gacities.com/Directories/Cities/TARRYTOWN/75496 |access-date=December 18, 2024 |website=Georgia Municipal Association}}
| leader_title1 = Councilmember
| leader_name1 = Elizabeth Atnip
| leader_title2 = Councilmember
| leader_name2 = Luke Atnip
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| leader_name3 = Kelly Hyde
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| leader_name4 = Linda Moore
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| timezone = Eastern (EST)
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| area_code = 912
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Tarrytown is a town in Montgomery County, Georgia, United States. The population was 66 at the 2020 census, down from 87 in 2010.
History
A post office was established at Tarrytown in 1902.{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/t.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=222 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}} The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Tarrytown as a town in 1912.{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=66CNZNJzQw8C&pg=PA1465|year=1912|publisher=Clark & Hines, State Printers|page=1465}}
Geography
Tarrytown is located in northern Montgomery County at 32°19'9" North, 82°33'34" West (32.319181, -82.559323).{{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}} The Treutlen County line passes just north of the town limits.
Georgia State Routes 15 and 29 pass through the center of town together, leading northwest {{convert|4.5|mi}} to Soperton and southeast {{convert|9|mi|0}} to Higgston. Mount Vernon, the Montgomery county seat, is {{Convert|10|mi|0}} to the south via local roads.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Tarrytown has a total area of {{convert|0.9|sqmi|1}}, of which {{convert|0.008|sqmi|acre|1}}, or 0.92%, are water.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|1910= 236
|1920= 273
|1930= 295
|1940= 298
|1950= 250
|1960= 191
|1970= 188
|1980= 145
|1990= 130
|2000= 100
|2010= 87
|2020= 66
|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 100 people, 40 households, and 26 families residing in the town. By 2020, its population declined to 66.
References
External links
- [https://www.gacities.com/Directories/Cities/TARRYTOWN/75496 Tarrytown information] at Georgia Municipal Association website
{{Montgomery County, Georgia}}
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Category:Towns in Montgomery County, Georgia