Nunez is a city in

Emanuel County Emanuel County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,768. The county seat is Swainsboro. History The county was created on December 10, 1812, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly fr ...

, Georgia, United States. The population was 134 in 2020.

History

The

Georgia General Assembly The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is bicameral, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each of the General Assembly's 236 members serve two-year terms and are directly ...

incorporated Nunez as a town in 1903. The city was named after

Samuel Nunez Samuel Nunez (1668–1744) was a Portuguese physician and among the earliest Jews to settle in North America. A few months after their February 1733 arrival from England, an epidemic began claiming the lives of the first 114 colonists of the infant ...

, a pioneer Jew in Georgia history.

Geography

Nunez is located in southern Emanuel County at (32.491880, -82.346547). Georgia State Route 297 passes through the city, leading north to

Swainsboro Swainsboro is a city in Emanuel County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 7,425. The city is the county seat of Emanuel County. Geography Swainsboro is located near the center of Emanuel County at 32� ...

, the county seat, and south to Interstate 16 Exit 84. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Nunez has a total area of , of which , or 1.52%, is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 131 people, 50 households, and 36 families residing in the town. By the 2020 census, its population was 134.

References

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