Remerton is a city in Lowndes County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,123 at the 2010 census, and 1,334 in 2020. It was incorporated as a town in 1951, and chartered as a city under Georgia law in 2000.
Remerton is an enclave of Valdosta and is a popular place for Valdosta State University students to live.
History
Remerton was founded in 1899 as a company town for workers at the Strickland Cotton Mill. It was named for banker Remer Y. Lane. In 1951 Remerton was incorporated as municipality. In January 1979, Strickland Cotton Mills closed. Two months later the mill was purchased by Wipo Inc. and the mill began to operate as Sugar Creek Textiles.
During the 1980s Remerton underwent many changes. Apartments began being built to attract students from what was then known as Valdosta State College. Also, businesses including a Piggly Wiggly were built. In 1985 the L.E. Davis family purchased the Strickland Cotton Mill building from Sugar Creek Textiles. The next year Fred Wilkinson purchased the building and used the building for his Wilkinson Textile Company. In 2006 Remerton Mills, LLC announced plans for renovating the Strickland Cotton Mill building into residential and commercial spaces. The demolition of the mill building began in June 2013.
Geography
Remerton is located at (30.843572, -83.308492).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Remerton had a population of 1,334. The median age was 24.6 years. 24.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 3.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 82.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 76.7 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 589 households in Remerton, of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 16.3% were married-couple households, 27.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 44.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 31.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. Lowndes High School is the zoned comprehensive high school.