Culloden is a city in

Monroe County, Georgia Monroe County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,957. The county seat is Forsyth. The county was created on May 15, 1821. The county was named for James Monro ...

, United States. The population was 200 in the 2020 census. It is part of the Macon metropolitan statistical area.

History

The first settlement at Culloden was made ca. 1739. The community was named after William Culloden, a local merchant. Its post office has been in operation since 1825. The

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incorporated the place in 1887 as the "City of Culloden", with municipal corporate limits extending in a one-mile radius from the central town well.

Geography

Culloden is located in the southwestern part of Monroe County at (32.863155, -84.093621). The city is located along U.S. Route 341 and

Georgia State Route 74 State Route 74 (SR 74) is a state highway that runs southeast-to-northwest through portions of Bibb, Monroe, Upson, Pike, Meriwether, Coweta, Fayette, and Fulton counties in the central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The route ...

. U.S. 341 runs from north to south just east of the city, leading north to Barnesville and south to

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. GA-74 runs from west to east to the north of the city, leading east to Macon and west to Thomaston. According to the

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, Culloden has a total area of , of which , or 2.14%, are water. The city sits on the

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, separating waters that flow southwest to the

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from those that flow southeast to the

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. Water on the west side of the city flows into tributaries of

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, which leads southwest to the

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, part of the

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watershed, while water to the east flows to tributaries of

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, which runs southeast to the

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watershed.

Demographics

Notable person

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, surgeon who developed the Blalock–Taussig shunt to relieve the

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Tetralogy of Fallot Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), formerly known as Steno-Fallot tetralogy, is a congenital heart defect characterized by four specific cardiac defects. Classically, the four defects are: * Pulmonary stenosis, which is narrowing of the exit from the r ...

, leading to the modern era of cardiac surgery.

References

{{authority control Cities in Georgia (U.S. state) Cities in Monroe County, Georgia Macon metropolitan area, Georgia