Sandersville, GA

Sandersville, incorporated as a town on November 27, 1812, is the county seat of Washington County. The city recently celebrated its two hundred-year anniversary. The city's original name was "Saundersville", named for Mr. M. Saunders a local storeowner. The city dates back to 1796 when it was an intersection of Indian trails and later the site of Saunder's general store.

Sandersville is nicknamed "The Kaolin City" or "Kaolin Capital of the World". Kaolin is fine white clay used in hundreds of products ranging from paper to cosmetics to the nose cone of rockets.

There are a number of annual events held in Sandersville including the Kaolin Festival and the Fall Festival.

Sandersville Regional Technical Institute, located in Sandersville, is a two-year unit of Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education.

Population (year 2000): 6,144. Estimated population in July 2005: 6,031 (-1.8% change)
Males: 2,724 (44.3%), Females: 3,420 (55.7%)

Washington County

Zip code: 31082

Median resident age: 36.9 years
Median household income: $27,201 (year 2000)
Median house value: $69,000 (year 2000)

Races in Sandersville:

Ancestries: United States (13.0%), English (4.9%), Irish (3.6%), German (2.4%), Scotch-Irish (1.3%), Polish (1.2%).

Elevation: 446 feet

Land area: 9.1 square miles

For population 25 years and over in Sandersville

• High school or higher: 69.9%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.5%
• Graduate or professional degree: 5.1%
• Unemployed: 11.2%
• Mean travel time to work: 19.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Sandersville city

• Never married: 31.8%
• Now married: 44.1%
• Separated: 4.3%
• Widowed: 10.0%
• Divorced: 9.8%

0.6% Foreign born

Population change in the 1990s: -392 (-6.0%).

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