Oconee is a city in
Washington County,
Georgia
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, United States. The population was 197 in 2020.
History
The city's name derives from the
Oconee, a
Hitchiti
Hitchiti ( ) was a tribal town in what is now the Southeast United States. It was one of several towns whose people spoke the Hitchiti language. It was first known as part of the Apalachicola Province, an association of tribal towns along the ...
-speaking tribe who inhabited central Georgia from 1692 until 1715. The Oconee lived in present-day
Baldwin County, Georgia
Baldwin County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, its population was 43,799. The county seat is Milledgeville, which was developed along the Oconee River. Baldwin County is part ...
at a settlement known as Oconee Old Town, later moving to the
Chattahoochee River
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in the early 18th century. The name exists in several variations, including Ocone, Oconi, Ocony, and Ekwoni.
The city of Oconee was named after the river that bears the tribe's name. It was founded in the early 1840s, when the railroad was extended to that point.
The
Georgia General Assembly
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Each of the General Assembly's 236 members serve two-year terms and are directl ...
incorporated Oconee as a town in 1876.
Notable natives
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Berry Gordy Sr. and wife, Bertha Fuller Gordy, the parents of legendary music producer and Motown founder
Berry Gordy Jr., left Oconee in 1922.
Geography
Oconee is located at (32.856310, -82.954316).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 280 people, 94 households, and 67 families living in the city. By 2020, its population was 197.
See also
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Central Savannah River Area
The Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) is an unofficial trading and marketing region in the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina, spanning thirteen counties in Georgia and seven in South Carolina. The term was coined in 1950 by C.C. McCol ...
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Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Cities in Washington County, Georgia