Statenville is an

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in and the

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Echols County Echols County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,697. The county seat is Statenville. Statenville is a disincorporated municipality. Echols and Webster coun ...

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, United States. It is a

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(CDP), with a population of 1,040 at the 2010 census. The ZIP code is 31648, and the area code 229.

History

The town of Statenville was originally called Troublesome. It grew up at a ford on the

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in the 1850s. Troublesome was renamed Statenville when the latter was designated county seat in 1858 of the newly-formed Echols County. It is named for James Watson Staten, but was erroneously incorporated as "Statesville" in 1859. In 1965, the state officially amended the city's charter to read "Statenville". In 1995, a new state law revoked the

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, along with dozens of others in Georgia which had inactive governments. This left Echols and

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as the only counties in Georgia with no incorporated communities whatsoever. Columbia County has the unincorporated county seat of Appling, though most court functions take place in Evans. Knoxville is the unincorporated county seat of Crawford County, with the city of Roberta just to its west that grew with the railroad.

Geography

Statenville is located in western Echols County, just east of the

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passes through the community, leading north to Lakeland, south to the

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border, and south to

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Georgia State Route 94 State Route 94 (SR 94) is a state highway in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It exists in two distinct sections, split by the Florida state line, traveling west–east within portions of Lowndes, Echols, Clinch, ...

crosses US 129 in the center of Statenville, leading east to Fargo and northwest to

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. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Statenville CDP has a total area of , all land.

Education

The

Echols County School District The Echols County School District is a public school district in Echols County, Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United ...

consists of two schools. The district has 40 full-time teachers and over 700 students. The

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operates the Hansford Allen Echols County Library. Named after timber and turpentine farmer Handsford Allen, who contributed money towards the establishment of the library, it is the smallest library in the system. It opened on July 19, 1992, with its construction funded by State of Georgia money. The community previously had its library in other locations: first in a Methodist church and later in the school district superintendent's courthouse office.Allen Statenville Library
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. Retrieved on May 10, 2017. File:EcholsCoSchools1.jpg, Echols County Schools File:EcholsCoLibrary.jpg, Hansford Allen Echols County Library

References

External links

Echols County, Georgia
including the communities of Statenville, Howell, Mayday, Fruitland, Needmore, Potter, Tarver, and Haylow {{authority control Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) Unincorporated communities in Echols County, Georgia County seats in Georgia (U.S. state) Census-designated places in the Valdosta metropolitan area