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Port Wentworth
Georgiacity
Port Wentworth
Total population
12,892
Median home value
$228,100
Bachelor's+
Median income
$79,731
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Port Wentworth is a city in Chatham County, Georgia, United States. The 2020 population was 10,878, more than double the population of 5,359 at the 2010 census. Port Wentworth is part of the Savannah metropolitan area.
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History
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Port Wentworth in 1957. On February 7, 2008, an explosion at the historic Dixie Crystals sugar plant, established in 1916 on Oxnard Drive, killed 14 people and injured at least 40 others. The victims ranged in age from 18 to 56. The blast could be heard as far away as Levy, South Carolina, where it shook house walls. The accident brought Port Wentworth national and international notice; it was widely reported in European and Asian media.
Geography
Port Wentworth is located in the northern corner of Chatham County at . It is bordered by Effingham County to the north, by Garden City to the southeast, and by the Savannah city limits (surrounding Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport) to the southwest. Within the Port Wentworth city limits are the localities of Meinhard and Monteith. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , or 0.91%, is covered by water.
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Health (adults)
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Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Rice Creek SchoolElementary · Port Wentworth · 1,167 students · 16:1 ratio
- Godley Station SchoolElementary · Savannah · 1,135 students · 14.6:1 ratio
- Groves High SchoolHigh · Garden City · 992 students · 15:1 ratio
- West Chatham Middle SchoolMiddle · Pooler · 953 students · 13.2:1 ratio
- West Chatham Elementary SchoolElementary · Pooler · 841 students · 15.6:1 ratio
- Woodville-Tompkins Technical and Career High SchoolHigh · Savannah · 684 students · 15.9:1 ratio
- Garden City Elementary SchoolElementary · Garden City · 561 students · 15.2:1 ratio
- Otis J Brock III Elementary SchoolElementary · Savannah · 542 students · 14.6:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library