BREAKING NEWS
Cloud Server Hosting For Online Businesses
Inexpensive SEO Services
Benefits of Wanting to play Free Online Slot machines
Bolingbroke, Georgia

Summary

Bolingbroke, founded in 1867, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monroe County, Georgia, United States.[2] It lies just north of Macon, between Interstates 475 and 75. The community is part of the Macon metropolitan statistical area.

Bolingbroke, Georgia
Unincorporated community
Census-designated place
Bolingbroke is located in Georgia
Bolingbroke
Bolingbroke
Bolingbroke is located in the United States
Bolingbroke
Bolingbroke
Coordinates: 32°56′57″N 83°48′12″W / 32.94917°N 83.80333°W / 32.94917; -83.80333
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
CountyMonroe
Area
[1]
 • Total1.92 sq mi (5.0 km2)
 • Land1.88 sq mi (4.9 km2)
 • Water0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation
[2]
518 ft (158 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total497
 • Density264.4/sq mi (102.1/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
31004
FIPS code13-09152
GNIS feature ID2812694[2]

Per the 2020 census, it had a population of 497.[3]

History edit

The community was named after Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678–1751), English philosopher and politician.[4] Georgia General Assembly incorporated the town in 1912.[5] Bolingbroke was dissolved as a municipality in 1995.[4]

Geography edit

Bolingbroke is located in the southeastern part of Monroe County in between I-75 and I-475. Downtown Macon is 14 miles (23 km) southeast via I-75, and Atlanta is 71 miles (114 km) northwest, also via I-75. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bolingbroke CDP has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2), of which 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2), or 2.29%, are water.[1]

Demographics edit

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020497—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]
2020[7]

It was first listed as a census designated place in the 2020 census.[7]

Bolingbroke CDP, Georgia – Racial and Ethnic Composition
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / ethnicity Pop 2020[7] % 2020
White alone (NH) 443 89.13%
Black or African American alone (NH) 25 5.03%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Asian alone (NH) 1 0.20%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Some other race alone (NH) 1 0.20%
Mixed race/multi-racial (NH) 3 0.60%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24 4.83%
Total 497 100.00%

Events edit

The Bolingbroke Southern Jam music festival has been produced here since 2009. There is an annual Christmas parade.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Georgia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Bolingbroke Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ a b "Bolingbroke CDP, Georgia: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
  5. ^ Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. State printer. 1912. p. 627.
  6. ^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  7. ^ a b c "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Bolingbroke CDP, Georgia". United States Census Bureau.
  8. ^ Bolingbroke Southern Jam. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Aug 2010