Monticello

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Monticello

Total population

2,747

Median home value

$168,400

18%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$48,812

Monticello$49k

National$74k

Founded

1808

Elevation207 m

Land area8.39 km²

Coordinates33.30°, -83.69°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Monticello is the largest city in and the county seat of Jasper County, Georgia, United States. The city includes historic buildings such as the Jasper County Courthouse, Monticello High School, and the Monticello Historic District. The population was 2,541 in 2020. It is 56 miles (90 km) southeast of Atlanta.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Notable people from here

Trisha Yearwood

American country singer

Benjamin Harvey Hill

American politician (1823-1882)

John Gill Shorter

American politician (1818-1872)

Charles Lafayette Bartlett

American politician (1853-1938)

Eli Sims Shorter

American politician (1823-1879)

James Ferguson Dowdell

American politician (1818-1871)

Martin Jenkins Crawford

American politician (1820-1883)

L. W. Robert Jr.

Architect, businessperson and Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury Department

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Odell Thurman

American football player

Rob Evan

American singer

Sherry Smith

American baseball player (1891-1949)

William A. Connelly

US Army officer (1931–2019)

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Ulysses Norris

American football player (born 1957)

Martha Foster Crawford

missionary (1830–1909)

Elizabeth Otis Dannelly

American poet (1838-1896)

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Charles S. Jordan

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Monticello

Sudoku Genius Mind Exercises Volume 1

Monticello Ge State of Mind Collection · 2020

Monticello NE quadrangle, Florida--Georgia, 1956

United States Geological Survey · 1997

Notice ... calls for Georgia and Texas strains of Tom Watson seed

D.H. Gilbert (Firm) · 1934

The Condemnation of Little B

Elaine Brown · 2002

Great houses of the South

Laurie Ossman · 2010

The house tells the story

Adam Van Doren · 2015

Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War

1887

Search results from Open Library.