Coolidge, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Coolidge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31738. The Survey maps it on the Coolidge quadrangle. 528 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 249 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresCoolidge fell from 552 to 528 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 552 | |
| 2010 | 525 | -27 (-5%) |
| 2020 | 528 | +3 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Coolidge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
269 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 269 fires within 5 miles of Coolidge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,036 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 37 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 193 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-THOMAS-010 |
| 22 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 29 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-COLQUITT-018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coolidge in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Coolidge | $450,000 | An F1 tornado touched down off Bayline Rd near Coolidge which uprooted trees and utility poles, damaged a camper and brick house, and destroyed the Patch Poultry Farm and its 45,000 chickens. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in the Coolidge area. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | $5,000 | Power lines were blown down in Coolidge. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | $3,000 | Tree limbs were blown down with shingles blown off. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down on West Geranium Ave. |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | $3,000 | A Thomas County Sheriff deputy reported several downed trees and power lines. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | $1,000 | A couple of trees were blown down near Coolidge. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | Large tree limbs were blown down on SR 35 Southbound before Arbutus Ave and blocking the right lane. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | A tree was blown down in the Coolidge area. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | A few trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | A few trees were blown down near 3499 Mary Owens Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | Several trees were blown down in the county, including a picture of a snapped tree in the Coolidge area on social media. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | Trees were blown down near Coolidge. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Coolidge | - | Half dollar size hail was reported about 1 mile south of Coolidge. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Coolidge | - | Golf ball size hail was reported south of Coolidge. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enon | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Chastain | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Merrillville | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Touraine (historical) | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Patten | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Dillon | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Fredonia | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Pasco | 9.7 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Coolidge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2534065 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331455. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




