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Adabelle, Bulloch County, Ga.

Adabelle Road, Bulloch County, Ga.
On the road to Adabelle, Bulloch County, Ga.

VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown writes that this old tenant cabin is on the road to Adabelle, Ga., south from Statesboro in Bulloch County.

“I’m not sure if it was associated with the Croatan Indian community that once thrived in the area. A nearby historic marker tells the store of the Croatan community:

“In 1870 a group of Croatan Indians migrated from their homes in Robeson County North Carolina, following the turpentine industry to southeast Georgia. Eventually many of the Croatans became tenant farmers for the Adabelle Trading Company, growing cotton and tobacco. The Croatan community established the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Adabelle, as well as a school and a nearby cemetery. After the collapse of the Adabelle Trading Company, the Croatans faced both economic hardship and social injustice. As a result, most members of the community returned to North Carolina by 1920. The tribe to which these families belonged became known as the Lumbee in the early 1950s.”

Copyrighted photo by Brian Brown.  All rights reserved.

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Parker Street, Brooklet, Ga.

Parker Street in rural Brooklet, Ga.
Parker Street in rural Brooklet, Ga.

Many of Brooklet’s historic downtown storefronts have been restored or well maintained and Parker Street continues to be the commercial heart of the town, writes VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown.

Brooklet, home to about 1,400 people, is in Bulloch County, Ga., about nine miles east of Statesboro, which is home to Georgia State University. Bulloch County, located in eastern Georgia county along Interstate 16, is deeply in poverty with 31 percent of residents living below the federal poverty line.  The county, which has a median household income of $33,902, is home to 72,694 people (2012), two thirds of whom are white.

Copyrighted photo by Brian Brown. All rights reserved.

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Rare store, Bulloch County, Ga.

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“It’s hard to imagine a time when little stores like this one could be found scattered throughout the countryside,” writes VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown of this Bulloch County, Ga., structure. “As people became more mobile, though, the need for them vanished. To find one in this condition is rare.”

Bulloch County, located in eastern Georgia county along Interstate 16, is deeply in poverty with 31 percent of residents living below the federal poverty line.  The county, which has a median household income of $33,902, is home to 72,694 people (2012), two thirds of whom are white.

Copyrighted photo by Brian Brown. All rights reserved.

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Cedar Lawn store, Bulloch County, Ga.

Old store near the Emanuel-Bulloch county line in eastern Georgia.
Old store near the Emanuel-Bulloch county line in eastern Georgia.

You used to see stores like this all over the South, but they’re slowly being taken away by time and neglect.  This store has a Twin City address, which would make you think it’s in Emanuel County, but it’s not, according to VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown.

“It’s just over the Bulloch County line on U.S. 80, near Portal,” he writes here.  “The community around the store is known to locals as Cedar Lawn. Residential stores like this are few and far between today. It’s always been a common practice in cities for shopkeepers to live “above the store” but was seen less frequently in rural areas.”

The store is a dozen miles northeast of Bulloch County’s seat, Statesboro, home to Georgia Southern University.  Yet the eastern Georgia county along Interstate 16 is deeply in poverty with 31 percent of residents living below the federal poverty line.  Bulloch County, which has a median household income of $33,902, is home to 72,694 people (2012), two thirds of whom are white.

Photo is copyrighted by Brian Brown.  All rights reserved.

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Vernacular farmhouse, Denmark, Ga.

Farmhouse, Denmark, Ga.
Farmhouse, Denmark, Ga.

This vernacular, unpainted farmhouse near Denmark, Ga., sits in a pecan grove surrounded by fields.  The photo, taken by VanishingSouthGeorgia.com’s Brian Brown, is part of the site’s series of pictures in Bulloch County, Ga.

Denmark is a dozen miles south of Bulloch County’s seat, Statesboro, home to Georgia Southern University.  Yet the eastern Georgia county along Interstate 16 is deeply in poverty with 31 percent of residents living below the federal poverty line.  Bulloch County, which has a median household income of $33,902, is home to 72,694 people (2012), two thirds of whom are white.

Photo is copyrighted by Brian Brown.  All rights reserved.

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Methodist church, Bulloch County, Ga.

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Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church in Bulloch County, Ga., dates from a time (1879) when men entered the church through one door, the women through another, notes VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown in this post.

While Bulloch County is home to Georgia Southern University, it is deeply in poverty with 31 percent of residents living below the federal poverty line.

Photo is copyrighted by Brian Brown.  All rights reserved.

 

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Abandoned chair, Statesboro, Ga.

Abandoned chair, Statesboro, Ga.
Abandoned chair, Statesboro, Ga.

This photo can be taken in almost any rural Southern town — an abandoned piece of furniture tossed onto the side of the road.

This upholstered chair is near a housing project in Statesboro, Ga., where about 50 percent of the town’s population lives in poverty, according to the U.S. Census.  While it’s likely that most of those living in “poverty” really are students who live cheaply in shared apartments, you can find evidence of poverty if you look around.

Statesboro is 54 percent white and 40 percent black.  Its median household income is $19,554, according to the Census.  It also is the county seat of Bulloch County, which has 72,694 people (2012), two thirds of which are white.  Just over 30 percent of residents live in poverty.  The median household income for the county is $33,902.

Photo taken Sept. 23, 2013 by Michael Kaynard.  All rights reserved.

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Clothes line, Statesboro, Ga.

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While it is unclear whether Statesboro, Georgia’s poverty rate is artificially high because all of the students who attend Georgia Southern University, there are parts of the community where it’s clear that there are a lot of needs.  This photo shows a housing project in the western part of the city.

U.S. Census data show more than 50 percent of Statesboro’s 29,779 people live at or below the federal poverty level.  The community is 54 percent white and 40 percent black.  Its median household income is $19,554, according to the Census.

Statesboro is the county seat of Bulloch County, which has 72,694 people (2012), two thirds of which are white.  Just over 30 percent of residents live in poverty.  The median household income for the county is $33,902.

Photo taken Sept. 23, 2013 by Michael Kaynard.  All rights reserved.

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Yellow house, Statesboro, Ga.

Yellow house, Statesboro, Ga.
Yellow house, Statesboro, Ga.

While it is unclear whether Statesboro, Georgia’s poverty rate is artificially high because all of the students who attend Georgia Southern University, there are parts of the community where it’s clear that there are a lot of needs.  This house is in the western part of the city.

U.S. Census data show more than 50 percent of Statesboro’s 29,779 people live at or below the federal poverty level.  The community is 54 percent white and 40 percent black.  Its median household income is $19,554, according to the Census.

Statesboro is the county seat of Bulloch County, which has 72,694 people (2012), two thirds of which are white.  Just over 30 percent of residents live in poverty.  The median household income for the county is $33,902.

Photo taken Sept. 23, 2013 by Michael Kaynard.  All rights reserved.

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Busy college campus, Statesboro, Ga.

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Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Ga.

 

More than 20,000 students attend Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, which is in the middle of the eastern part of the Peach State.

During a visit to the college’s modern campus, there are a lot of modern buildings, such as the College of Education above, as well as hundreds of student apartments that ring the campus.

While poverty isn’t as visible here as in rural farming communities, U.S. Census data show more than 50 percent of Statesboro’s 29,779 people live at or below the federal poverty level.  As best as we can figure, the Census must be counting college students, who may make the community look statistically poorer than it is.  (Anybody know differently or have a better explanation?)

The community is 54 percent white and 40 percent black.  Its median household income is $19,554, according to the Census.  If the Bureau is counting college students, the skewed demographics that Statesboro is experiencing can have a dramatic impact because it won’t be able to attract medium- and higher-end stores and shops. In a story told us by a newspaperman during a September visit, we learned that a major grocer won’t move to town because of Statesboro’s relatively low median household income.  And that’s a shame because the community seems like it’s got a lot going for it — something the fast-food chains certainly have discovered.

Statesboro is the county seat of Bulloch County, which has 72,694 people (2012), two thirds of which are white.  Just over 30 percent of residents live in poverty.  The median household income for the county is $33,902.

Photo taken Sept. 23, 2013 by Andy Brack.  All rights reserved.