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Liz and Tom, Stuckey, Ga.

Old Myers store, Stuckey, Ga.
Old Myers store, Stuckey, Ga.

You can barely make out the old “Myers” signage on this old store in Stuckey, Ga., in this photo by VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown.  It’s a whole lot easier to see “Liz” and “Tom,” two words in paste-on letters on top of the old sign on the rural Wheeler County store.

According to 2011 poverty estimates by the U.S. Census, Wheeler County, which had 7,421 people in 2010, had a 42.2 percent poverty rate.  What’s remarkable about that is it is one of the few high-poverty counties where the overall rate is higher than the rate for children under 18.

About two thirds of the residents of the south-central Georgia county are white with the remaining almost all black.

Copyrighted photo taken in March 2010 by Brian Brown.  This photo originally was posted here in August 2014.  All rights reserved.

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Store, Jordan, Ga.

Tiny store, Wheeler County, Ga.
Tiny store, Wheeler County, Ga.

This store, which VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown writes is about all that’s left in the settlement of Jordan in rural Wheeler County, Ga., looks remarkably similar to a building pictured here in Orangeburg County, S.C., more than 200 miles away.

According to 2011 poverty estimates by the U.S. Census, Wheeler County, which had 7,421 people in 2010, had a 42.2 percent poverty rate.  What’s remarkable about that is it is one of the few high-poverty counties where the overall rate is higher than the rate for children under 18.

About two thirds of the residents of the south-central Georgia county are white with the remaining almost all black.

Copyrighted photo taken in March 2014 by Brian Brown.  All rights reserved.

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All that’s left, Jordan, Ga.

Tiny store, Jordan, Ga.
Tiny store, Jordan, Ga.

VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown writes that this tiny store is about all that’s left in the settlement of Jordan in rural Wheeler County, Ga.

According to 2011 poverty estimates by the U.S. Census, Wheeler County, which had 7,421 people in 2010, had a 42.2 percent poverty rate.  What’s remarkable about that is it is one of the few high-poverty counties where the overall rate is higher than the rate for children under 18.

About two thirds of the residents of the south-central Georgia county are white with the remaining almost all black.

Copyrighted photo taken in March 2014 by Brian Brown.  All rights reserved.

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Storefronts, Alamo, Ga.

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VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown offers this view of storefronts along Railroad Street in Alamo, Ga., as well as several other photos of the area around Wheeler County’s seat of government.

According to 2011 poverty estimates by the U.S. Census, Wheeler County, which had 7,421 people in 2010, had a 42.2 percent poverty rate.  What’s remarkable about that is it is one of the few high-poverty counties where the overall rate is higher than the rate for children under 18.

About two thirds of the residents of the south-central Georgia county are white with the remaining almost all black.

Copyrighted photo taken in March 2014 by Brian Brown.  All rights reserved.

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Water towers, Alamo, Ga.

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Here’s a view of Railroad Street in Alamo, Ga., the seat of government in Wheeler County, which has the highest rate of poverty in the state.

VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown writes:  “The modern independent hardware store in the foreground is a nice contrast to the old agricultural warehouses and water towers. Dot H. Brown writes that her father, J. F. Hattaway and his business partner Cecil Carroll built and operated the cotton gin and warehouses until about 1970.”

According to 2011 poverty estimates by the U.S. Census, Wheeler County, which had 7,421 people in 2010, had a 42.2 percent poverty rate.  What’s remarkable about that is it is one of the few high-poverty counties where the overall rate is higher than the rate for children under 18.

About two thirds of the residents of the south-central Georgia county are white with the remaining almost all black.

Copyrighted photo taken in March 2014 by Brian Brown.  All rights reserved.

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Storefronts, Glenwood, Ga.

Storefronts, Glenwood, Ga.
Storefronts, Glenwood, Ga.

VanishingSouthGeorgia.com photographer Brian Brown snapped this image of storefronts in rural Glenwood, Ga., population 884.

Glenwood is in Wheeler County, one of the poorest counties in the Southern Crescent.  According to 2011 poverty estimates by the U.S. Census, Wheeler County, which had 7,421 people in 2010, had a 42.2 percent poverty rate.  What’s remarkable about that is it is one of the few high-poverty counties where the overall rate is higher than the rate for children under 18.

About two thirds of the residents of the south-central Georgia county are white with the remaining almost all black.

Copyrighted photo by Brian Brown.  All rights reserved.