Culloden is a city in Monroe County, Georgia, United States. The population was 200 in the 2020 census. It is part of the Macon metropolitan statistical area.
History The first settlement at Culloden was made ca. 1739. The community was named after William Culloden, a local merchant. Its post office has been in operation since 1825. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1887 as the "City of Culloden", with municipal corporate limits extending in a one-mile radius from the central town well.
Geography Culloden is located in the southwestern part of Monroe County at (32.863155, -84.093621).
The city is located along U.S. Route 341 and Georgia State Route 74. U.S. 341 runs from north to south just east of the city, leading north to Barnesville and south to Roberta. GA-74 runs from west to east to the north of the city, leading east to Macon and west to Thomaston.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Culloden has a total area of , of which , or 2.14%, are water. The city sits on the Eastern Continental Divide, separating waters that flow southwest to the Gulf of Mexico from those that flow southeast to the Atlantic Ocean. Water on the west side of the city flows into tributaries of Auchumpkee Creek, which leads southwest to the Flint River, part of the Apalachicola River watershed, while water to the east flows to tributaries of Echeconnee Creek, which runs southeast to the Ocmulgee River, part of the Altamaha River watershed.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition +Culloden city, Georgia – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2000Pop 2010Pop 2020% 2000% 2010% 2020White alone (NH)64739728.70%41.71%48.50%Black or African American alone (NH)1581019170.85%57.71%45.50%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)0000.00%0.00%0.00%Asian alone (NH)0000.00%0.00%0.00%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)0000.00%0.00%0.00%Other race alone (NH)0000.00%0.00%0.00%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)00100.00%0.00%5.00%Hispanic or Latino (any race)1120.45%0.57%1.00%Total223175200 100.00%100.00%100.00%
Notable person Alfred Blalock, surgeon who developed the Blalock–Taussig shunt to relieve the cyanosis of Tetralogy of Fallot, leading to the modern era of cardiac surgery.
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