Clyattville is an
unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
(CDP) in
Lowndes County,
Georgia
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, United States. It was established in the 1840s.
Clyattville was first listed as a CDP in the
2020 census with a population of 552.
History
When Clyattville was first settled, there were only a few families to establish residence. These families included the Brays, the Hunters, the Lanes, the Arnolds, the Covingtons, the Quillians, and the Clyatts.
Clyattville has not always been located at is current location. From 1837 to 1848, the community was known as Forest Grove and was located to the north-west of the current location. It was centered around the Forest Grove Primitive Baptist Church. The only current sign of Forest Grove is the local cemetery by the same name, which still serves as the primary cemetery for modern Clyattville. In 1848, the post office for the community was transferred a short distance away to the store of James M. Clyatt. Clyatt's store had existed for about a decade at that point along a stagecoach route between
Troupville, Georgia
"Troupville" (occasionally recorded as Troupeville) is an unincorporated community in Lowndes County, Georgia, United States, near Valdosta. Troupville was a riverboat landing near the confluence of the Withlacoochee River and the Little River ...
and Bellville, Florida. The store was located near the intersection of Ousley Road and Old Clyattville Road about north-west of the current location of Clyattville. The store was previously owned by James Claytt's father Samuel Mills Clyatt, who had owned a plantation which covered most of the area around Clyattville.
In the late 1890s, the
Valdosta Railway was built between
Valdosta, Georgia
Valdosta is a city in and the county seat of Lowndes County, Georgia, United States. As of 2019, Valdosta had an estimated population of 56,457.
Valdosta is the principal city of the Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in 2021 had ...
and
Madison, Florida. The route of railroad bypassed the location of Old Clyattville by less than a mile. The community shifted towards where the old stage coach route crossed the railway.
The first store in modern Clyattville was owned by the Bray family. Since then, many more stores have been established, including Zipperer's Grocery (located across the street from the Clyattville Elementary School); a Minute Markest, now a Holiday Market (on the Lake Park-Clyattville Highway); J.W.'s Grocery (located on the Madison Highway); and Clyattville 66 (located at the corner of the Madison Highway and the Lake Park-Clyattville Highway). There once was a grist mill, a cotton gin, a drugstore, and only one church, the Methodist Church.
Early Clyattville was mainly agricultural, and its community thrived on farming. In the early 1950s,
Owens-Illinois built a paper mill and a bag plant. C.A. Baucom built a cotton gin.
Residents traveled by buggies or wagon until they could afford cars. The first person to own a car in Clyattville was Dr. Quillian. His office was a wooden building in Olympia (the old saw mill town along the route of the Valdosta Railway).
Wild Adventures
Wild Adventures (known previously as Liberty Farms) is a zoological theme park in Clyattville, Georgia, which is located south of Valdosta, Georgia, United States. It is owned by Herschend Family Entertainment and has been managed by Jon Vig ...
was established in the 1990s as Liberty Farms north of Clyattville.
Demographics
2020 census
''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''
Geography
Clyattville is located approximately 6.5 miles south-southwest of
Valdosta on Georgia State Route 31 (Madison Highway).
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Georgia State Route 31
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Georgia State Route 376
State Route 376 (SR 376) is a east–west state highway that travels within portions of Lowndes and Echols counties in the southern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It connects Clyattville with the Statenville area, via Lake Par ...
School
Clyattville Elementary Schoolis located in the Clyattville area. It belongs to the
Lowndes County School System.
References
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Census-designated places in Lowndes County, Georgia