Gordon, Georgia should not be confused with Gordon County, Georgia.
Official Name: | Gordon, Georgia |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wilkinson |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 14.11 |
Area Land Km2: | 13.96 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.15 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.45 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 5.39 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.06 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1783 |
Population Density Km2: | 127.72 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 330.80 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 32.8858°N -83.3353°W |
Elevation M: | 106 |
Elevation Ft: | 348 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 31031 |
Area Code: | 478 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-33980[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0356053[3] |
Gordon is a city in Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States. As of 2020, its population was 1,783.
Gordon was founded as a depot on the Central of Georgia Railway.[4] The city was named after William Washington Gordon, a railroad official.[5]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.5sqmi, of which 5.4sqmi is land and 0.1sqmi (1.10%) is water.
White (non-Hispanic) | 753 | 42.23% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 944 | 52.94% | |
Native American | 1 | 0.06% | |
Other/Mixed | 53 | 2.97% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 32 | 1.79% |