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Closed704 7th St N, Cordele, GA 31015
Area Description
Cordele is a city in and the county seat of Crisp County, Georgia, United States. The population was 11,147 at the 2010 census. Cordele calls itself the Watermelon Capital of the World. Cordele hosts an annual Watermelon Festival each June. In November 1864, the area that is now Cordele served as the temporary capital of Georgia. By August 1930, Cordele housed the Crisp County Hydroelectric System, the first county-owned electric system. Located on the Flint River, the hydroelectric plant continues to operate, and the resulting Lake Blackshear has attracted residents to its waterfront properties. Cordele is located north of the center of Crisp County. U.S. Route 41 passes through the city as Seventh Street and leads north 9 miles to Vienna and south 20 miles to Ashburn. U.S. Route 280 (16th Avenue) crosses US 41 in the center of the city and leads east 29 miles to Abbeville and west 31 miles to Americus. Interstate 75 passes through the east side of the city, with access from exits 99, 101, and 102, and leads 65 miles north to Macon and 103 miles south to the Florida state line. State Route 300 leads from the south side of the city 37 miles southwest to Albany. According to the United States Census Bureau, Cordele has a total area of 10.2 square miles. To the west of Cordele town center and located on Route 280 is the large Georgia Veterans State Park, which lies on the eastern edge of Lake Blackshear. This facility provides many outdoor activities for ex members of the US armed services. There are also interesting displays of preserved military aircraft and helicopters and army tanks and other fighting vehicles. These displays are open to public viewing during daylight hours. Crisp County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,439. The county seat is Cordele. The county was created on August 17, 1905, from Dooly County and named for Georgia Congressman Charles Frederick Crisp. Crisp County comprises the Cordele, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 281 square miles. The western two-thirds of Crisp County, bordered on the east by a line from south of Arabi running northeast, is located in the Middle Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The eastern third of the county is located in the Alapaha River sub-basin of the Suwannee River.