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Ray City, Georgia

Field	Value
official_name	Ray City, Georgia
native_name
settlement_type	City
image_skyline	Ray City Municipal Building.jpg
image_caption	Ray City Municipal Building
image_seal	Seal of Ray City, Georgia.png
image_map	Berrien_County_Georgia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Ray_City_Highlighted.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location in Berrien County and the state of Georgia
pushpin_map
pushpin_label_position
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Georgia
subdivision_type2	Counties
subdivision_name2	Berrien, Lanier
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Brenda Exum
leader_title1
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref	Imperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	2.97
area_land_km2	2.97
area_water_km2	0.00
area_total_sq_mi	1.15
area_land_sq_mi	1.15
area_water_sq_mi	0.00
population_as_of	2020
population_total	956
population_density_km2	322.03
population_density_sq_mi	834.21
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
coordinates
elevation_footnotes	tags--
elevation_m	58
elevation_ft	190
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	31645
area_code	229
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	13-63728
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	0332800

Ray City is a city in Berrien County and Lanier County, Georgia, United States. The population was 956 in 2020.

History

Early variant names were "Ray's Pond" and "Ray's Mill". The community was named after Thomas M. Ray, the proprietor of a local mill.

Geography

Ray City is in southern Berrien County, with a small portion extending south into Lanier County. U.S. Route 129 passes through the city, leading north 10 mi to Nashville, the Berrien county seat, and east 8 mi to Lakeland, the Lanier county seat. Georgia State Route 125 leads south from Ray City 18 mi to Valdosta, and State Route 37 leads west 14 mi to Adel.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Ray City has a total area of 3.0 km2, of which 2119 sqm, or 0.07%, are water. Beaverdam Creek flows through the middle of the city, and Batterbee Branch flows through the west side. The two streams join west of Ray City to form Cat Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Withlacoochee River, part of the Suwannee River watershed.

Demographics

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Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	621	64.94%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	205	21.44%
Native American	1	0.1%
Asian	9	0.94%
Other/Mixed	39	4.08%
Hispanic or Latino	81	8.47%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 956 people, 484 households, and 313 families residing in the city.

Education

Residents of Barrien County are in the Berrien County School District.

Residents of Lanier County are in the Lanier County School District.

Gallery

File:Ray City Hotel, Ray City, Georgia (circa 1912).jpg|Ray City Hotel, circa 1912 File:Ray City High School Historic.jpg|Historic Ray City High School File:Ray City Fire Department.jpg|Fire Department File:Juanelle Wilson Senior Citizen Center.jpg|Juanelle Wilson Senior Citizen Center

References

"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(2007-10-25). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
"City of Ray City - History".
Krakow, Kenneth K.. (1975). "Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins". Winship Press.
"Ray City". GeorgiaGov.
"U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Georgia".
"Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1870). "1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1880). "1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1910). "1910 Census of Population - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1930). "1930 Census of Population - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1940). "1940 Census of Population - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1950). "1950 Census of Population - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1960). "1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1970). "1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1980). "1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1990). "1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(2000). "2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(2010). "2010 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia". [[United States Census Bureau]].
"Explore Census Data".
"2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Berrien County, GA". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].
"2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lanier County, GA". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].

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