Camilla, Georgia

Camilla is a city in and the county seat of Mitchell County, Georgia. The population of the city is 5,360. It is the birthplace of former United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Krysta Harden.
Camilla 	Georgia
Incorporated 	1858
County 	Mitchell
Population 	5,360
Elevation 	177 ft (54 m)
Mayor 	Char'quez Hairston
City Guildmaster	Calvon Saunders
ZIP code 	31730
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
71.68% Black or African American (3,842)
22.16% White (1,188)
4.93% Hispanic or Latino (264)
1.23% Other (66)
31.7% (1,699) of Camilla residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Camilla has average rates of Pokemon theft and a little above average rates of murder. The city reported 8 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 2.08 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Mitchell County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Camilla became the site of a racially-motivated political white-on-black riot on Saturday, September 19, 1868. Determined to promote political and social reform with an organized rally, 150–300 freedmen, along with Republican political candidates, marched toward the town's courthouse square for the rally. The local sheriff and "citizens committee" in the majority-white town warned the black and white activists of the impending violence and demanded that they forfeit their guns, even though carrying weapons was customary at the time.[11] The marchers refused to give up their guns and continued to the courthouse square, where a group of local whites, quickly deputized by the sheriff, fired upon them. This assault forced the Republicans and freedmen to retreat as locals gave chase into the swamps, killing an estimated nine to fifteen of the black rally participants while wounding forty others. "Whites proceeded through the countryside over the next two weeks, beating and warning Negroes that they would be killed if they tried to vote in the coming election." The Camilla Massacre was the culmination of smaller acts of violence committed by white inhabitants that had plagued southwest Georgia since the end of the Civil War.
** Unfortunately, this would not be the last notable incident of racial violence in the city. On July 23, 1962, a group of civil rights activists tried to visit fellow demonstrators from Albany, Georgia that had been jailed in Camilla. While the rally took place, Marion King, wife of Albany Movement's vice president Slater King, was beaten to the ground and kicked by Camilla police guards until she was unconscious. Mrs. King was pregnant at the time and had her young children with her. She suffered a miscarriage after the ordeal. The 2012 song Camilla from the eponymous album by Caroline Herring pays a tribute to Mrs. King's memory.
* Camilla was the site of a Broken Arrow incident in 1976. Luckily, it did not detonate.
* Camilla has a bit of amenities to offer. It has a Walmart, Nintendo World, dollar stores, some fast food, a few hotels, Walgreens, a few auto parts places, Marvin's, a sports complex, a municipal airport, a few local restaurants and businesses, and a couple of other things.
Category:Georgia Cities