Talmo, Georgia

{{Redirect|Talmo}} {{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox settlement  |official_name = Talmo, Georgia |other_name = |native_name =  |nickname = |settlement_type = Town |motto = "The Jewel of Jackson County"<ref name="City of Talmo Georgia">{{cite web |url= http://talmo-ga.com/Home.html |title= City of Talmo Georgia |publisher= City of Talmo Georgia |accessdate= September 4, 2012 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20111113193952/http://talmo-ga.com/Home.html |archivedate= November 13, 2011 }}</ref>

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'''Talmo''' is a town in Jackson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 257 at the 2020 census.

Talmo calls itself "The Jewel of Jackson County".<ref name="City of Talmo Georgia"/>

== History == "Talmo" is a name derived from the Creek language meaning "home of the Chief Tallassee".<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/t.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=221 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Talmo as a town in 1920.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqkIbuYAkIYC&pg=PA1549|year=1920|publisher=Clark & Hines, State Printers|page=1549}}</ref>

==Geography== Talmo is located in northwestern Jackson County at {{coord|34|11|15|N|83|42|59|W|type:city}} (34.187587, -83.716387).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered to the southeast by Pendergrass. U.S. Route 129 passes through the town, leading northwest {{convert|11|mi}} to Gainesville and southeast {{convert|10|mi|0}} to Jefferson, the Jackson county seat.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of {{convert|5.5|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.06|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 1.16%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1375412| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Talmo town, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=May 3, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213114039/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1375412| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> The town is drained by tributaries of the Middle Oconee River.

==Demographics== {{US Census population |1930= 131 |1990= 189 |2000= 477 |2010= 180 |2020= 257 |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|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref> }}

As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 477 people, 146 households, and 116 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|275.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 150 housing units at an average density of {{convert|86.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 79.45% White, 4.19% African American, 0.21% Native American, 13.21% from other races, and 2.94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 43.82% of the population.

There were 146 households, out of which 48.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.6% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.9% were non-families. 9.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.27 and the average family size was 3.41.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 32.1% under the age of 18, 13.6% from 18 to 24, 36.9% from 25 to 44, 13.0% from 45 to 64, and 4.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 119.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 129.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $30,750, and the median income for a family was $31,442. Males had a median income of $20,938 versus $15,000 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,256. About 12.6% of families and 18.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.3% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.

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==External links== *[http://www.city-data.com/city/Talmo-Georgia.html Talmo] at City-Data.com

Category:Towns in Jackson County, Georgia Category:Towns in Georgia (U.S. state)