Culloden is a city in Monroe County,

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

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History

The first settlement at Culloden was made ca. 1739. The community was named after William Culloden, a local merchant. A post office called Culloden 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

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. U.S. 341 runs from north to south just east of the city, leading north to Barnesville and south to Roberta. 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 Apalachicola River watershed, while water to the east flows to tributaries of

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, which runs southeast to the

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, part of the

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watershed.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 223 people, 86 households, and 60 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 95 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 29.15%

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and 70.85%

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or Latino of any race were 0.45% of the population. There were 86 households, out of which 22.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.2% were

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living together, 18.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.2% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.22. In the city, the population was spread out, with 20.6% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.7 males. The median income for a household in the city was $28,393, and the median income for a family was $48,125. Males had a median income of $28,542 versus $20,469 for females. The

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for the city was $22,442. About 12.7% of families and 15.6% of the population were below the

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, including 21.6% of those under the age of eighteen and 20.7% of those 65 or over.

Notable person

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

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, leading to the modern era of cardiac surgery.

References

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