Walthourville, Georgia

Walthourville is a city in Liberty County, Georgia. The population of the city is 4,111.
Walthourville 	Georgia
Incorporated 	1972
County 	Liberty
Population 	4,111
Elevation 	89 ft (27 m)
Mayor 	Khalan Bryant
City Guildmaster	Zeeshan McClain
ZIP code 	31333
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
57.46% Black or African American (2,362)
27.07% White (1,113)
8.49% Hispanic or Latino (349)
6.98% Other (287)
23.7% (974) of Walthourville residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Walthourville has average to above average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 12 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 2.70 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Liberty County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* A committee entirely composed of women completed the necessary census and circulated a petition as required, getting 300 signatures. When they filed the paperwork with the Georgia General Assembly for approval they named themselves the incorporating officers. "We thought it was all just on paper", said Mayor Lyndol Anderson. But when the approved papers arrived (signed by then-Governor Jimmy Carter) they realized they were required to serve as town government until the first election in December.
** They were sworn into office in April 1974 becoming the one of the first all-woman governments of a municipality in Georgia history. (The first known instance was Oak Park in 1934). Coming as it did at the height of the women's liberation movement, the all-woman government of the town attracted much attention including national coverage by A.P., UPI, NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. The women of Walthourville, however, reportedly rejected the label of "women's libbers".
** In December 1974 the all-woman slate ran in its first election, and were challenged by a slate of male candidates, none of whom succeeded. The women had proven themselves good campaigners as well as good governors. They had gotten streetlights installed in the town and put up street signs, and had not only levied no new taxes, but they had donated their own (nominal) official salaries back to the town.
** Four years later, one man did join the council in the 1978 election. In the same election, council member Carrie Kent was elected mayor - the first black woman to be elected mayor in Georgia.
* In the vicinity of Walthourville across the county line near the intersection of Tibet Highway and Griffin Road lies Tea Grove Plantation, an outdoor collection of historic buildings, vehicles, and farming equipment open to the public.
* Walthourville has very little amenities to offer. It has dollar stores, a meat market, a few local businesses, a sports complex, a little bit of public battle fields, No. 1 China, Margie's Southern Cooking, and that's about it.
Category:Georgia Cities