Reynolds, Georgia

Reynolds, Georgia
Town
A composite of Reynolds in 2012.
Location in Taylor County and the state of Georgia
Coordinates: 32°33′33″N 84°5′44″W
Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	Taylor
Area [1]
• Total	2.00 sq mi (5.18 km^2)
• Land	1.99 sq mi (5.15 km^2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km^2)
Elevation	440 ft (134 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	926
• Density	465.33/sq mi (179.67/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	31076
Area code	478
FIPS code	13-64876[2]
GNIS feature ID	0321535[3]
Website	reynoldsga.com

Reynolds is a town in Taylor County, Georgia, United States. The population was 926 in 2020.

History

The Ferdinand Augustus Ricks House was built c. 1905 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 17, 1982.

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Reynolds in 1865.^[4] The community was named after L. C. Reynolds, a railroad official.^[5]

Geography

Reynolds is located in eastern Taylor County at 32.559167 N, -84.095556 W (32° 33′ 33″ N, 84° 5′ 44″ W).^[6]

The town is located in the eastern part of Taylor County along the Fall Line Freeway and Georgia State Route 96, which run from west to east through the center of town. Via GA-540 and GA-96, Fort Valley is 13 mi (21 km) east, and Butler, the Taylor County seat, is 10 mi (16 km) west. Georgia State Route 128 also runs through the town, leading northeast 14 mi (23 km) to Roberta and south 19 mi (31 km) to Oglethorpe.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²), of which 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²) is land and 0.75% is water.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1880	278		—
1890	283		1.8%
1900	436		54.1%
1910	521		19.5%
1920	926		77.7%
1930	880		−5.0%
1940	871		−1.0%
1950	906		4.0%
1960	1,087		20.0%
1970	1,253		15.3%
1980	1,298		3.6%
1990	1,166		−10.2%
2000	1,036		−11.1%
2010	1,086		4.8%
2020	926		−14.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

Reynolds racial composition as of 2020^[8]

Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	471	50.86%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	408	44.06%
Native American	16	1.73%
Other/Mixed	20	2.16%
Hispanic or Latino	11	1.19%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 926 people, 486 households, and 229 families residing in the city.

Notable people

• Earl Little Sr., the father of Malcolm X, was born in Reynolds on July 29, 1890.^[9]
• Samuel Little (June 7, 1940 – December 30, 2020) was born in Reynolds. Little may have been the most prolific serial killer in American history.^[10]

References

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia. J. Johnston. 1865. p. 76.
5. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 187. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
6. "GeoHack - Reynolds, Georgia".
7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
8. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
9. Hahn, Steve (March 29, 2012). "If X, Then Why?". The New Republic. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
10. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/06/08/convicted-murderer-now-linked-more-than-deaths-may-be-most-prolific-killer-us-history/5 ^{[dead link‍]}