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Portal, Georgia
Portal is a town in Bulloch County, Georgia, United States. The population was 638 in 2020.
Portal, Georgia | |
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Dr. James A. Stewart House in Portal | |
Location in Bulloch County and the state of Georgia | |
| Coordinates: 32°32′14″N 81°55′54″W / 32.53722°N 81.93167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Bulloch |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.06 sq mi (5.35 km2) |
| • Land | 2.00 sq mi (5.18 km2) |
| • Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.17 km2) |
| Elevation | 295 ft (90 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 638 |
| • Density | 318.84/sq mi (123.09/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 30450 |
| Area code | 912 |
| FIPS code | 13-62216[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0332735[3] |
History edit
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Portal as a town in 1914.[4] It is unknown why the name "Portal" was applied to this place.[5]
Geography edit
Portal is located at 32°32′14″N 81°55′54″W / 32.53722°N 81.93167°W (32.537275, -81.931738).[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.6 km2), of which 2.1 square miles (5.5 km2) is land and 0.077 square miles (0.2 km2), or 2.99%, is water.[7]
Demographics edit
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 374 | — | |
| 1940 | 556 | 48.7% | |
| 1950 | 532 | −4.3% | |
| 1960 | 494 | −7.1% | |
| 1970 | 643 | 30.2% | |
| 1980 | 694 | 7.9% | |
| 1990 | 522 | −24.8% | |
| 2000 | 597 | 14.4% | |
| 2010 | 638 | 6.9% | |
| 2020 | 638 | 0.0% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[8] | |||
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 597 people, 232 households, and 167 families residing in the town. By 2020, its population increased to 638, experiencing no population change from 2010.
Notable people edit
- Brooks Brown (1985-), American professional baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). Brown attended Portal High School and played baseball there. He attended the University of Georgia, playing in college. He played for several minor league teams before being called up to the majors for the first time on July 6, 2014.
- Dr. Leila Denmark (1898–2012), a pediatrician, author and researcher who blazed trails for women in medicine, and lived to be 114
- Matthew L. Gibson (1985-), Science instructor emeritus at Portal High School and Curator of Natural History at the Charleston Museum, credited as America's First Museum.[9] Gibson also published a Journal of Paleontology articles which designate a new species of pontoporiid dolphin, Auroracetus bakerae as well as a new species of protocetid whale, Tupelocetus palmeri.[10][11][12] He is a research member of the Don Sundquist Center for Excellence in Paleontology.[13]
- Sebastian McBride, African-American man who was lynched by whites on August 27, 1904; the fourth lynching victim of white racial violence that month in Bulloch County[14]
- Cameron Sheffield (1988-), American football defensive end who is a member of the Edmonton Eskimos. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft.
- Ruby Stone (1924–2013), born in Portal and later moved to Idaho, where she became a politician and was elected as a state legislator.
References edit
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia. J. Johnston. 1914. p. 1126.
- ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 180. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Portal town, Georgia". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "About - Staff Directory". The Charleston Museum.
- ^ "Auroracetus bakerae Gibson & Geisler 2009". ION: Index to Organism Names. Thomson Reuters. from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
- ^ Gibson, Matthew L.; Geisler, Jonathan H. (2009). "A new pliocene dolphin (Cetacea: Pontoporiidae), from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (3): 966–971. doi:10.1671/039.029.0307. S2CID 85706327.
- ^ Matthew L. Gibson, John Mnieckowski & Jonathan H. Geisler (2018) Tupelocetus palmeri, a new species of protocetid whale (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the middle Eocene of South Carolina, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 38:6, DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2018.1555165
- ^ "Members". East Tennessee State University & General Shale Natural History Museum Visitor Center and Gray Fossil Site. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
- ^ Jenel Few, "Racial strife" June 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Savannah Morning News, August 20, 2000; accessed July 29, 2016
External links edit
- Old Portal historical marker
- Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery historical marker