Whitesburg, Georgia

Whitesburg, Georgia
Town
Whitesburg City Hall
Location in Carroll County and the state of Georgia
Coordinates: 33°29′36″N 84°54′49″W / 33.49333°N 84.91361°W / 33.49333; -84.91361Coordinates: 33°29′36″N 84°54′49″W / 33.49333°N 84.91361°W / 33.49333; -84.91361
Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	Carroll
Area
• Total	2.8 sq mi (7.3 km2)
• Land	2.8 sq mi (7.2 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation	846 ft (258 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	588
• Density	212.9/sq mi (81.6/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	30185
Area code(s)	770
FIPS code	13-82720
GNIS feature ID	0325222

Whitesburg is a town in Carroll County, Georgia, United States. The population was 596 at the 2000 census.

The McIntosh Reserve here is the former plantation of Chief William McIntosh, a prominent leader of the Lower Towns of the Creek Confederacy. He was executed at his home in 1825 on order of the National Council of the Creek Nation for having negotiated and signed the Treaty of Indian Springs that year, which ceded most of the Creek territory in Georgia and Alabama to the United States. The Creek National Council negotiated a new treaty with the United States the next year to gain a more favorable settlement, but most of the Creek were removed to Indian Territory in the 1820s and 1830s.

In the 21st century federally recognized tribes of the Creek include the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Kialegee Tribal Town, and Thlopthlocco Tribal Town of Oklahoma, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas.

Whitesburg is located at 33°29′36″N 84°54′49″W / 33.49333°N 84.91361°W / 33.49333; -84.91361 (33.493434, -84.913492).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.3 km²), of which 2.8 square miles (7.2 km²) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km²) (1.07%) is water. Whitesburg is located along the Chattahoochee River in southeastern Carroll County.