Midville

History

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Midville as a town in 1877. The community was so named on account of its central location between Macon and Savannah. Murphree Cemetery contains the grave of John Murphree (1735–1798), who served with John Collier's regiment of North Carolina militia. His son, Mills, was interred beside him upon his death in 1815, aged 59. Benjamin Brack (1763–1827), another private, is buried in Brack Cemetery at the former Brack plantation near Midville.

Geography

Midville is located in the southwest corner of Burke County at (32.821321, -82.236586). The southern border of the city is the Ogeechee River, which is also the county line. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , or 0.34%, is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Killdeer

  Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  432
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  308
• Least Sandpiper

  Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819) · Aves
  292
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  268
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  253
• Loggerhead Shrike

  Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  251
• Great Egret

  Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  235
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  233

Most recent

• M 3.9 — 2022-06-18
  7 km E of Stillmore, Georgia
• M 3.2 — 2017-06-20
  6 km SW of Augusta, Georgia
• M 2.52 — 2017-04-21
  3 km NE of Evans, Georgia
• 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 — 2014-09-19
  4 km NW of New Ellenton, South Carolina