McRae, Georgia | |
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Coordinates: 32°3′52″N 82°53′54″W / 32.06444°N 82.89833°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Georgia |
County | Telfair |
Area | |
• Total | 4.4 sq mi (11.4 km2) |
• Land | 4.3 sq mi (11.2 km2) |
• Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
Elevation | 246 ft (75 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 5,740 |
• Density | 1,322/sq mi (510.4/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 31055 |
Area code | 229 |
FIPS code | 13-49084[1] |
GNIS feature ID | 0317973[2] |
Website | mcrae-helena |
McRae was a city in and the county seat[3] of Telfair County, Georgia, United States. It was designated as the seat in 1871, after being established the previous year as a station on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad. Upon the city's merger with adjacent Helena in 2015, the new county seat is the combined city of McRae-Helena.
As of the 2010 census, McRae had a population of 5,740,[4] up from 2,682 at the 2000 census, due largely to expansion of the city limits to incorporate the area and prison population of the McRae Correctional Institution, a privately owned and operated prison under contract to the federal government. The prison is a low-security facility holding adult males; it is owned and operated by CoreCivic.