Sale City, Georgia

"Sale City" redirects here. For the railway station in Morocco, see Salé-City railway station.

Sale City is a town in Mitchell County, Georgia, United States. The population was 354 at the 2020 census.^[2]

Sale City, Georgia
Town
Coordinates: 31°15′47″N 84°1′20″W
Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	Mitchell
Area [1]
• Total	1.84 sq mi (4.75 km2)
• Land	1.83 sq mi (4.75 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	358 ft (109 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	354
• Density	193.02/sq mi (74.54/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	31784
Area code	229
FIPS code	13-68096[3]
GNIS feature ID	0322327[4]

History

A post office called Sale City was established in 1904.^[5] The community was named after founder T.D. Sale.^[6] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Sale City as a town in 1910.^[7]

Geography

Sale City is located in eastern Mitchell County at 31°15′47″N 84°1′20″W (31.262970, -84.022182).^[8] Georgia State Route 93 passes through the town center, leading southwest 14 miles (23 km) to Pelham and northwest 15 miles (24 km) to Baconton. State Route 270 leads northeast 8 miles (13 km) to Doerun, while Camilla, the Mitchell county seat, is 12 miles (19 km) to the west.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Sale City has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km²), of which 0.002 square miles (1.3 acres), or 0.10%, are water.^[1]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1910	402		—
1920	537		33.6%
1930	506		−5.8%
1940	329		−35.0%
1950	289		−12.2%
1960	275		−4.8%
1970	323		17.5%
1980	336		4.0%
1990	324		−3.6%
2000	319		−1.5%
2010	380		19.1%
2020	354		−6.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[9] 1850-1870[10] 1870-1880[11] 1890-1910[12] 1920-1930[13] 1940[14] 1950[15] 1960[16] 1970[17] 1980[18] 1990[19] 2000[20] 2010[21]

Sale City racial composition as of 2020^[22]

Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	235	66.38%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	78	22.03%
Other/Mixed	7	1.98%
Hispanic or Latino	34	9.6%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 354 people, 173 households, and 124 families residing in the city.