Alston, Georgia

Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Alston is a town in Montgomery County, Georgia, United States, with a population of 178 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2020"/>

History

The community was named after Alex Alston, a pioneer citizen.<ref name="Names">Template:Cite book</ref> A post office has been in operation at Alston since 1910.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Alston incorporated in 1910.<ref name="Names" />

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite podcast</ref>

Geography

Alston is located in southeastern Montgomery County at Template:Coord.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> Its eastern border is the Toombs County line.

Georgia State Route 135 runs through the town, leading north Template:Convert to Higgston and southwest Template:Convert to Uvalda. Mount Vernon, the Montgomery county seat, is Template:Convert to the northwest via Mount Vernon Alston Road.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Alston has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert, or 0.87%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>

Demographics

As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 159 people, 63 households, and 44 families residing in the town. By 2020, its population grew to 178.

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