Bogart, Georgia

Bogart is a town in Clarke and Oconee counties in the U.S. state of Georgia.

The town was originally named for the influential Creek-Seminole leader Osceola.

[4] In 1892, the city was renamed Bogart in honor of a locally respected railroad agent after learning that another Georgia community, in Terrell County, was also called Osceola.

[4] The thriving city had a bank, a mercantile store, a boarding house, a drug store, a railroad depot, three cotton gins, a post office, blacksmith shops, a school, several churches, and gristmills.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,326 people, 574 households, and 429 families residing in the town.

Map of Georgia highlighting Oconee County
Map of Georgia highlighting Clarke County