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Cataula, Georgia
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>"Cataula" is derived from the <a href="/facts/Muscogee_language/GHP5HzXz">Muscogee</a> word <i>kitali,</i> meaning "withered mulberry;" Cataula is located on Cataula Creek, which flows into nearby <a href="/facts/Mulberry_Creek_(Chattahoochee_River_tributary)/1fFAmVAu">Mulberry Creek</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="geography">Geography</h2> <p>Cataula is located at 32°45'52.81" North, 84°54'4.68" West (32.640602, -84.9013). It is located along <a href="/facts/U.S._Route_27_in_Georgia/fhGW4l1R">U.S. Route 27</a>, which runs north to south through the city, leading southwest 16 miles (26 km) to <a href="/facts/Columbus,_Georgia/jKDqM2qq">Columbus</a> and north 33 miles (53 km) to <a href="/facts/LaGrange,_Georgia/4hsJwUmv">LaGrange</a>. <a href="/facts/Georgia_State_Route_315/e0LEgIR9">Georgia State Route 315</a> meets U.S. Route 27 in the city limits for a very short concurrency. <a href="/facts/Atlanta/8hPVGb78">Atlanta</a> is 93 miles (150 km) by road to the northeast. Cataula sits at an elevation of 692 feet (211 m) above sea level in the <a href="/facts/Piedmont_(United_States)/EoTcRzIL">Piedmont</a> region of the state. </p> <h2 id="demographics">Demographics</h2> Historical population<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col">Pop.</th><th scope="col">Note</th><th scope="col">%±</th></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/2020_United_States_census/dTEm5TRr">2020</a></th><td>1,433</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">U.S. Decennial Census<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> 1850-1870<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> 1870-1880<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> 1890-1910<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> 1920-1930<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> 1940<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> 1950<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> 1960<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> 1970<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> 1980<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> 1990<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> 2000<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> 2010-2020<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Cataula was first listed as a <a href="/facts/Census_designated_place/3aDDMKFu">census designated place</a> in the <a href="/facts/2020_United_States_census/dTEm5TRr">2020 census</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p> <h3>2020 census</h3> Cataula CDP, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition<i>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.</i><table><tbody><tr><th>Race / Ethnicity (<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</th><th>Pop 2020<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></th><th>% 2020</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites/oBCzIsEn">White</a> alone (NH)</td><td>990</td><td>69.09%</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans/pTgcAdo8">Black or African American</a> alone (NH)</td><td>257</td><td>17.93%</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States/lr8Qmd6N">Native American</a> or <a href="/facts/Alaska_Native/BdNgd6Ds">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH)</td><td>3</td><td>0.21%</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Asian_Americans/LEbUc3Gb">Asian</a> alone (NH)</td><td>20</td><td>1.40%</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pacific_Islander_Americans/22BvCgE5">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH)</td><td>1</td><td>0.07%</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census/TmVxjULy">Some Other Race</a> alone (NH)</td><td>5</td><td>0.35%</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Multiracial_Americans/vAdY6SRS">Mixed Race or Multi-Racial</a> (NH)</td><td>66</td><td>4.61%</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans/rIBPIUd3">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race)</td><td>91</td><td>6.35%</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>1,433</td><td>100.00%</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="education">Education</h2> <p>The community is home to two of the seven schools in the county: </p> <ul><li>Mulberry Creek Elementary School</li> <li>Creekside Intermediate School (grades 5–6)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/harris/kingsboro-cataula">Kingsboro & Cataula</a> historical marker</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cataula, Georgia <a href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/331344" target="_blank">https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/331344</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Cataula CDP, Georgia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 7, 2022. <a href="https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1314024" target="_blank">https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1314024</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 36. ISBN 0-915430-00-2. <a href="0-915430-00-2" target="_blank">0-915430-00-2</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade". United States Census Bureau. <a href="https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html" target="_blank">https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1870. <a href="https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf" target="_blank">https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1880. <a href="https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf" target="_blank">https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"1910 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1930. <a href="https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf" target="_blank">https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"1930 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1930. pp. 251–256. <a href="https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf" target="_blank">https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"1940 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1940. <a href="https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf" target="_blank">https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"1950 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1980. <a href="https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1960. <a href="https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf" target="_blank">https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1970. <a href="https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf" target="_blank">https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1980. <a href="https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf" target="_blank">https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1990. <a href="https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf" target="_blank">https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. <a href="https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf" target="_blank">https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cataula CDP, Georgia". United States Census Bureau. <a href="https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1314024" target="_blank">https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1314024</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cataula CDP, Georgia". United States Census Bureau. <a href="https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1314024" target="_blank">https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1314024</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cataula CDP, Georgia". United States Census Bureau. <a href="https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1314024" target="_blank">https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1314024</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>