Junction City, Georgia

Junction City is a town in Talbot County, Georgia, United States. The population was 138 at the 2020 census.

History

Junction City was platted at the site of a railway junction, hence the name.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Junction City as a town in 1906.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Geography

Junction City is located at Template:Coord (32.603083, -84.458190).<ref name="GR1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The city is located along the Fall Line Freeway (GA state routes 96 and 540), which runs west to east through the town, leading east 15 mi (24 km) to Butler and west 39 mi (63 km) to Columbus. Georgia State Route 90 also runs through the town, leading northwest 8 mi (13 km) to Talbotton, the county seat, and southeast 8 mi (13 km) to Mauk.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (2.35%) is water.

Demographics

Junction City, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Partial<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	% 2000	% 2010	Template:Partial
White alone (NH)	68	35	38	37.99%	19.77%	27.54%
Black or African American alone (NH)	108	135	98	60.34%	76.27%	71.01%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	2	0	0	1.12%	0.00%	0.00%
Asian alone (NH)	0	0	0	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0	0	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	0	0	0	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)	0	1	2	0.00%	0.56%	1.45%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	1	6	0	0.56%	3.39%	0.00%
Total	179	177	138	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

Junction City first appeared in the 1910 U.S. census, with a population of 225.<ref name="1910CensusGA" /> As of the 2020 census, its population was 138.

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