Ideal is a city in
Macon County,
Georgia
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, United States. The population was 407 at the
2020 census,
down from 499 in
2010
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History
The town was originally named "Joetown", but when two railroad executives stopped in the town, one proclaimed it an "ideal" place for a railroad station, and the other declared he'd just named it.
The
Georgia General Assembly
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incorporated Ideal as a town in 1906.
Geography
Ideal is located in western Macon County at (32.372918, -84.188822).
Georgia State Route 90
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passes through the center of town, leading southeast to
Oglethorpe, the
county seat
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, and northwest to
Rupert.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of , of which , or 0.95%, are water.
It resides at the confluence of Whitewater and Cedar creeks, two spring-fed tributaries of the
Flint River.
Demographics
As of the
2020 United States census, there were 407 people, 124 households, and 64 families residing in the city.
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Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Cities in Macon County, Georgia