Washington, Georgia

Washington is a city in and the county seat of Wilkes County, Georgia. The population of the city is 4,134.
Washington 	Georgia
Incorporated 	1783
County 	Wilkes
Population 	4,134
Elevation 	607 ft (185 m)
Mayor 	Kerrel Townsend
City Guildmaster	Zharvis Hinton
ZIP code 	30673
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
59.17% Black or African American (2,446)
36.87% White (1,524)
3.97% Other (164)
28.2% (1,165) of Washington residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Washington has below average to average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 8 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 1.34 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Wilkes County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* One of Washington's most lingering mysteries is that of the lost Confederate gold. As the last recorded location of the remaining Confederate gold, the Washington area is thought to be the site where it is buried. Worth roughly $100,000 when it disappeared in 1865, at 2016 prices its value would be around $3.6 million. The cable television channel A&E produced a documentary focusing on this legend.
* The city is often referred to as Washington-Wilkes, to distinguish it from other places named Washington.
* No major battles of the Civil War were fought in or near Washington, but the city is notable as the site where Confederate President Jefferson Davis held his last meeting with his cabinet. On April 3, 1865, with Union troops under General Ulysses S. Grant poised to capture the capital at Richmond, Virginia, Davis escaped for Danville, together with the Confederate cabinet. 
** After leaving Danville, and continuing south, Davis met with his Cabinet for the last time on May 5, 1865 in Washington, along with a hand-picked escort led by Given Campbell, including his personal body guard, Sgt. Joseph A Higgenbotham, Jr., of Amherst/Nelson County, Virginia. The meeting took place at the Heard house (now used as the Georgia Branch Bank Building), with fourteen officials present.
* The city recently appeared in a YouTube video titled "Stopping at McDonald's in 1989", when while on a road trip from Atlanta to Kershaw, South Carolina, Nelson Sullivan filmed a video of him and his friend Dick Richards stopping to gas up at a Gulf station, and then later going to eat lunch at McDonald's.
* Washington has a little bit of amenities to offer. It has dollar stores, Ingles, BI-LO, CVS, a few auto parts places and car dealerships, Fred's, electric showers, a little bit of public battle fields, a sports complex, Washington-Wilkes County Airport, a bit of local restaurants and businesses, a few motels, Wings N Things, Subway, Huddle House, Pizza Hut, McDonald's, Zaxby's, a few RV parks, Cade's Home Cooking, IGA, Ace Hardware, a Verizon retailer, and not much else.
Category:Georgia Cities