Edison is a city in
Calhoun County,
Georgia
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, United States. Per the
2020 census, the population was 1,230. The
Edison Commercial Historic District is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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History
The
Georgia General Assembly
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incorporated the place in 1902 as the "Town of Edison". The community was named after
Thomas Edison
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(1847–1931), American inventor.
Geography
Edison is located in northwestern Calhoun County at (31.560891, -84.737984).
It is west of
Albany and east of the
Alabama
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line at
Fort Gaines.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, Edison has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
2020 census
''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''
2000 Census
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 1,340 people, 512 households, and 334 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 584 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 31.94%
White
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, 67.69%
African American
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, and 0.37% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 1.27% of the population.
There were 512 households, out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.2% were
married couples
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living together, 28.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.6% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.13.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.5% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 21.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 74.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 62.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $19,191, and the median income for a family was $23,839. Males had a median income of $22,500 versus $15,813 for females. The
per capita income
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for the city was $10,409. About 31.2% of families and 34.2% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 49.9% of those under age 18 and 24.4% of those age 65 or over.
Education
The Calhoun County School System includes
Calhoun County High School-Middle School,
[http://www.calhoun.k12.ga.us/pages/calhouncounty/Schools ] which serves Calhoun County and some students from the cities of
Arlington, Edison,
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Notable person
*
Bobby Dews Robert Walter Dews (March 23, 1939 – December 26, 2015) was an American infielder in minor league baseball and a coach in Major League Baseball. He threw and batted right-handed and was listed as tall and .
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, former infielder and former coach in
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Rodney Dent retired NBA player for the Orlando Magic’s
References
Further reading
*Martha Hoover Dozier, ''Against Oblivion: History of Calhoun County''
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