Georgetown, Chatham County, Georgia
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Georgetown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Chatham County, Georgia, United States. The population was 11,916 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref> Georgetown lies across the Little Ogeechee River (and city limits) from Savannah, Georgia, and is a suburban "bedroom community" of Savannah, where most of its adult residents work. It is part of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Georgetown was constructed mostly in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but new subdivisions have been built recently. Shopping facilities are now more plentiful and continue to be added. Two schools in Georgetown are units of the Savannah-Chatham public school system: Georgetown Elementary and Southwest Middle School. Georgetown's public high school students attend Windsor Forest High School in Savannah.
Geography
Georgetown is located in western Chatham County at Template:Coord.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> It is bordered to the east, south, and west by portions of the city of Savannah and has lost area since the 2000 census due to annexations by city. To the northwest is the unincorporated community of Henderson. U.S. Route 17 forms the northwestern edge of Georgetown, and leads northeast Template:Convert to downtown Savannah and southwest Template:Convert to Richmond Hill. Veterans Parkway begins in the eastern part of Georgetown and also leads Template:Convert to the center of Savannah.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Georgetown CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert, or 6.30%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>
Demographics
Georgetown was first listed as a CDP in the 1980 United States census.<ref name=1980CensusGA/>
2020 census
| Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref> | Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Partial<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> | % 2000 | % 2010 | Template:Partial |
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| White alone (NH) | 7,458 | 6,876 | 5,736 | 70.37% | 58.16% | 48.14% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 2,093 | 3,216 | 3,930 | 19.75% | 27.20% | 32.98% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 35 | 35 | 24 | 0.33% | 0.30% | 0.20% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 325 | 409 | 374 | 3.07% | 3.46% | 3.14% |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 4 | 20 | 29 | 0.04% | 0.17% | 0.24% |
| Some Other Race alone (NH) | 22 | 28 | 59 | 0.21% | 0.24% | 0.50% |
| Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | 172 | 317 | 585 | 1.62% | 2.68% | 4.91% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 490 | 922 | 1,179 | 4.62% | 7.80% | 9.89% |
| Total | 10,599 | 11,823 | 11,916 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 11,916 people, 4,971 households, and 3,741 families residing in the CDP.
Education
It is in the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools.<ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref> Schools include:
- Georgetown K-8 School<ref>Template:Cite web - Despite the Savannah address it is in the Georgetown CDP</ref>