Aldora is a town in Lamar County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a recorded population of 0, after the inhabited area was vacated; however, in 2023 it annexed a populated area, and as of 2024 the population was estimated at 189.
History
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Aldora as a town in 1906.
Geography
Aldora is located in south-central Lamar County at (33.049078, -84.175552). It is bordered to the east by Barnesville, the county seat.
Georgia State Route 18 passes through the south side of the town, leading east into Barnesville and west to Zebulon. U.S. Route 41 and State Route 7 form the eastern border of the town; US-41/SR-7 leads north to Griffin and east the same distance to Forsyth.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Aldora has a total area of , of which are land and , or 6.50%, are water. The town drains west to Little Potato Creek, a tributary of Potato Creek and part of the Flint River watershed.
Demographics
At the 2020 census, Aldora's population was recorded as 0. While the town had 103 residents at the 2010 census, in 2018 a portion of the Lamar County High School, located in Aldora, was demolished. All homes in the Aldora Village to the east of the high school were sold, with plans to move the homes and build new single-family housing in the area. At the 2010 Census, this was the only populated portion of the town, and as a result of its clearing, at the 2020 Census, its population was zero. However, the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) reports that Aldora annexed 8 acres of land on January 1, 2023, which the BAS maps for Aldora indicate correspond to a set of apartments known as Powell Place. As a result, the Population Estimates Program, also administered by the Census Bureau, estimates that as of 2024, 189 people reside in Aldora, and further estimates that at the 2020 Census, 164 people lived within the current boundaries of the town.
As of the census