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Pitts, Georgia
Pitts, Georgia
City
	Location in Wilcox County and the state of Georgia
	Coordinates: 31°56′43″N 83°32′24″W / 31.94528°N 83.54000°W
Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	Wilcox
Area
• Total	0.80 sq mi (2.07 km2)
• Land	0.80 sq mi (2.07 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	381 ft (116 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	252
• Density	314.61/sq mi (121.45/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	31072
Area code	229
FIPS code	13-61544
GNIS feature ID	0332700

Pitts is a city in Wilcox County, Georgia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 252.^[4]

Geography

Pitts is located at 31°56′43″N 83°32′24″W / 31.94528°N 83.54000°W / 31.94528; -83.54000 (31.945270, -83.540004).^[5]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²), all land.

History

The community which later became Pitts began as a settlement in the area of the home of Lyston Clyde Peebles, Sr., two miles east of the Alapaha River. Brock Owens and Ashley J. Pitts operated the first store there in the mid-1880s. Pitts was called Kings' Crossing at the time. When application was made for a post office, the Postmaster General preferred a shorter name. J.A. King suggested the name Pitts, in honor of his son-in-law, Ashley J. Pitts. The name was accepted, and the post office was established on 1 November 1888 with Pitts as postmaster.

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Pitts as a town in 1905.^[6]

On April 20, 1921, various people throughout southwest and south-central Georgia observed a meteor trail across the sky which culminated in an explosion and impact at a minimum of four spots slightly north of Pitts. Three fragments of the meteorite were recovered, one falling within a few feet of a child playing outside. It was classified as an iron meteorite.^[7] The largest recovered fragment weighed 3.76 kilograms and is currently housed in the Smithsonian Institution Collection. The other fragments remain in private collections. Local accounts and fragments were collected and documented in the Geological Survey of Georgia Bulletin, Issue 29.^[8]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1910	279	—
1920	352	26.2%
1930	364	3.4%
1940	371	1.9%
1950	397	7.0%
1960	388	−2.3%
1970	345	−11.1%
1980	384	11.3%
1990	214	−44.3%
2000	308	43.9%
2010	320	3.9%
2020	252	−21.2%
U.S. Decennial Census^[9] 2010^[10] 2020^[11]

**Pitts city, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition**
*Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.*
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2010^[10]	Pop 2020^[11]	% 2010	% 2020
White alone (NH)	241	192	75.31%	76.19%
Black or African American alone (NH)	75	54	23.44%	21.43%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	1	0	0.31%	0.00%
Asian alone (NH)	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Other race alone (NH) alone (NH)	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	1	0	0.31%	0.00%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	2	6	0.63%	2.38%
Total	320	252	100.00%	100.00%

In 2020, the population was 252, down from 320 in 2010.

Education

The Wilcox County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school.^[12] The district has 90 full-time teachers and over 1,439 students.^[13]

The schools, located in Rochelle, are: