Colbert

History

The Georgia General Assembly first incorporated the place in 1899 as the "Town of Five Forks"; it was officially renamed "Colbert" in 1909 by a new act of legislature. The present name is after James Fletcher Colbert, an early settler.

Geography

Colbert is located in southern Madison County at (34.037600, -83.213900). The city lies along Georgia State Route 72, northeast of Athens and southwest of Comer. Danielsville, the county seat, is to the north. According to the United States Census Bureau, Colbert has a total area of , of which , or 0.39%, are water. The city is drained to the south by Mill Shoal Creek and to the north by tributaries of Brush Creek. Both creeks run to the South Fork of the Broad River, part of the Savannah River watershed.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  16,228
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  14,957
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  13,546
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  12,815
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,165
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  10,947
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10,046
• Eastern Towhee

  Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  9,375

Most recent

• M 2.54 — 2022-09-12
  13 km NE of Jackson, Georgia
• M 2.57 — 2018-09-13
  2 km ESE of McCormick, South Carolina
• M 2.72 — 2017-04-06
  6 km WSW of Sparta, Georgia
• M 2.51 — 2017-04-06
  6 km WSW of Sparta, Georgia
• M 2.6 — 2015-11-16
  13 km SSE of Eatonton, Georgia
• M 2.51 — 2015-05-18
  0 km NNW of Crawfordville, Georgia