Ocilla, GA Facts, Population, Income, Demographics, Economy

Population (female): 1,738

Median Rent: Median gross rent in 2017: $526.

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Ocilla: 77.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (breakdown): (16.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 47.2% for Black residents, 65.6% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 100.0% for other race residents)

Ancestries: Ancestries: American (36.6%), African (4.6%), English (1.8%), Irish (1.6%).

Elevation: 340 feet

Land Area: 2.59 square miles.

Population Density:

Zip Codes: 31774

Doctors Dismuke and Willis, the first doctors in Ocilla, built and opened its first hospital, the Dismuke and Willis Sanitarium. The building still stands today across from the old Irwin County High School campus, albeit without its prominent porches. It is now a private residence.

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200 PERRY HOUSE RD 7.4 miles

200 PERRY HOUSE RD
FITZGERALD, GA 31750
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118 NORMAN DORMINY DR PO BOX 1389 10.0 miles

118 NORMAN DORMINY DR PO BOX 1389
FITZGERALD, GA 31750
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1909 Highway 82 W Suite 5 15.7 miles

1909 Highway 82 W Suite 5
Tifton, GA 31794
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1489 KENNEDY RD 16.7 miles

1489 KENNEDY RD
TIFTON, GA 31794
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4468 UNION RD 19.5 miles

4468 UNION RD
TIFTON, GA 31794
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1430 Hwy 82 W Ste 105 19.6 miles

1430 Hwy 82 W Ste 105
Tifton, GA 31793
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102 BOWENS MILL RD 23.1 miles

102 BOWENS MILL RD
DOUGLAS, GA 31533
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903 WARD ST W STE A 25.0 miles

903 WARD ST W STE A
DOUGLAS, GA 31533
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Ocilla was founded in 1880, incorporated as a town in 1897, and finally re-incorporated as a city in 1902. It is not clear whether Ocilla is named for the Seminole Chief Osceola, for an Oswichee Native American tribe, or, as proposed by historian John Goff, it could be an adaptation of the place name Auscilla. A 1981 Fitzgerald Herald-Leader says that "a tribe of Oswichee Indians once lived near the Ocmulgee River on land known in 1818 as Irwin County." There, towns were called Oswitchee and Ocilla, and sometimes Ocichi. The French census shows that a town called Ocichi existed there in 1750. A later census in 1832 gives Oswhichee as the name of another Indian village close to Osochi." It goes on with "The town's name was changed seven times. It was called by the Indians Assile, next Aglie, Axilla, Agulu, Ochile, and lastly Ocilla." This theory is less popular today.

The most popular theory is that Ocilla is named for Chief Osceola, who had a prominent role in the Second Seminole War. Allegedly, he camped in the area known as Western Heights in Ocilla and frequently could be found in the area until his capture and imprisonment at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina. Osceola is probably the reason that the sports teams in Irwin County are now known as the Indians.

In the 1980s and 1990s Marie Watson was known in Ocilla as the "Christmas Lady." Watson would intricately decorate the property around her home on Cherry Street with lights and Christmas decorations and each year "Santa Claus" would visit the property, taking wishes for gifts from children. Watson became famous for her Christmas cheer but eventually stopped due to the hassle of decorating and because of her older age. Today, her tradition is somewhat carried on every year as the City of Ocilla now decorates Cumbee Park, the public park directly in front of Watson's former home, and holds a yearly session with Santa Claus.

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Population (female): 1,738

Median Rent: Median gross rent in 2017: $526.

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Ocilla: 77.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (breakdown): (16.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 47.2% for Black residents, 65.6% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 100.0% for other race residents)

Ancestries: Ancestries: American (36.6%), African (4.6%), English (1.8%), Irish (1.6%).

Elevation: 340 feet

Land Area: 2.59 square miles.

Population Density:

Zip Codes: 31774

Doctors Dismuke and Willis, the first doctors in Ocilla, built and opened its first hospital, the Dismuke and Willis Sanitarium. The building still stands today across from the old Irwin County High School campus, albeit without its prominent porches. It is now a private residence.