Colquitt
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city in Miller County, Georgia, USA
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Miller
- Incorporated city
- December 19, 1860
- Total
- 8.27 sq mi (21.42 km )
- Land
- 8.23 sq mi (21.32 km )
- Water
- 0.039 sq mi (0.10 km )
- Elevation
- 167 ft (51 m)
- Density
- 243.1/sq mi (93.85/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 13-18000
- Gnis feature id
- 0355248
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Colquitt
- Population
- 2001
- Area
- 21.42359
- Elevation
- 51
- Image
- Colquitt Street Clock.JPG
- Households
- 831
- Dialing code
- 229
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- Commons category
- Colquitt, Georgia
- P8168
- Samantha Mathis
- water as percent of area
- 0.482
- per capita income
- 18644
- date of incorporation
- 1860-12-19
- postal code
- 39837
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Colquitt is a city and the county seat of Miller County, in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 2,001 at the 2020 census. Colquitt has been the county seat of Miller County since Miller County was incorporated by the Georgia Legislature in 1856. The city formally incorporated on December 19, 1860, and is Miller County's only incorporated municipality. Colquitt is named for U.S. Congressman and Senator Walter Terry Colquitt.
The Colquitt Town Square Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.