Sunnyside is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

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 counte ...

(CDP) in

Ware County, Georgia Ware County is a County (United States), county located in the Southeast Georgia, southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 36,251. The county seat ...

, United States. The population was 1,472 in 2020. It is part of the Waycross micropolitan statistical area.

Geography

Sunnyside is located at . According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.8 km), of which 1.4 square miles (3.7 km) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km) (4.08%) is water.

Climate

Climate is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. The

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subtype for this climate is " Cfa" (Humid Subtropical Climate).

Demographics

Sunnyside was first listed as a CDP in the

1980 U.S. Census The 1980 United States census, conducted by the United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 226,545,805, an increase of 11.4% over the 203,184,772 persons Enumeration, enumerated dur ...

. In 1990, the population of Sunnyside was 1,506. By 2020, its population was 1,472.

Notable people

Ken Barfield Kenneth Alfred Barfield (July 19, 1929 – September 24, 2000) was an American professional football offensive and defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the Universi ...

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player

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Ware County, Georgia Waycross, Georgia micropolitan area