{{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Portal, Georgia |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = [[Town]] |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Dr. James A Stewart House, Portal, GA, US.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Dr. James A. Stewart House in Portal |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = Bulloch_County_Georgia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Portal_Highlighted.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location in [[Bulloch County, Georgia|Bulloch County]] and the state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Georgia (U.S. state)|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Bulloch County, Georgia|Bulloch]] |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = Billy Boggs (mayor) |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_13.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=December 18, 2021}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 5.35 |area_land_km2 = 5.18 |area_water_km2 = 0.17 |area_total_sq_mi = 2.06 |area_land_sq_mi = 2.00 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.06 |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]] |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 638 |population_density_km2 = 123.09 |population_density_sq_mi = 318.84 |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]] |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |coordinates = {{coord|32|32|14|N|81|55|54|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> |elevation_m = 90 |elevation_ft = 295 <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] |postal_code = 30450 |area_code = [[Area code 912|912]] |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 13-62216<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = 0332735<ref name="GR3-u">{{cite gnis|332735|Portal|2026-02-25}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = |pop_est_as_of = |pop_est_footnotes = |population_est = }} '''Portal''' is a town in [[Bulloch County, Georgia|Bulloch County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 638 in 2020.
==History== The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated Portal as a town in 1914.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia|url=https://archive.org/details/actspassedbygen01georgoog|year=1914|publisher=J. Johnston|page=[https://archive.org/details/actspassedbygen01georgoog/page/n1131 1126]}}</ref> It is unknown why the name "Portal" was applied to this place.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/p.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=180 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>
== Geography == Portal is located at {{coord|32|32|14|N|81|55|54|W|type:city}} (32.537275, -81.931738).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|5.6|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|5.5|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|km2|disp=flip}}, or 2.99%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Portal town, Georgia |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1362216 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212182508/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1362216 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=November 7, 2013 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>
== Demographics == {{US Census population |1930= 374 |1940= 556 |1950= 532 |1960= 494 |1970= 643 |1980= 694 |1990= 522 |2000= 597 |2010= 638 |2020= 638 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref> }}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 597 people, 232 households, and 167 families residing in the town. By 2020, its population increased to 638, experiencing no population change from 2010.
==Notable people== <!-- Add only people with a WP article or cite from RS; keep in alphabetical order by surname -->
*[[Brooks Brown (baseball)|Brooks Brown]] (1985-), American professional baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). Brown attended Portal High School. * Dr. [[Leila Denmark]] (1898–2012), pediatrician, author and researcher who blazed trails for women in medicine, and lived to be 114 *[[Cameron Sheffield]] (born 1988), American football defensive end. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the [[2010 NFL draft]]. * [[Ruby Stone]] (1924–2013), born in Portal and later moved to Idaho, where she became a politician and was elected as a state legislator.
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/bulloch/old-portal Old Portal] historical marker * [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/bulloch/upper-lotts-creek-primitve-baptist-church-and-cemetery Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery] historical marker
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