Juliette, Georgia

Juliette, Georgia
Unincorporated community
Census-designated place
Window at the Whistle Stop Café in Juliette
Window at the Whistle Stop Café in Juliette
Juliette is located in Georgia
Juliette
Juliette
Juliette is located in the United States
Juliette
Juliette
Coordinates: 33°6′25″N 83°48′0″W / 33.10694°N 83.80000°W / 33.10694; -83.80000
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
CountyMonroe
Named forJuliette McCracken
Area
[1]
 • Total1.92 sq mi (5.0 km2)
 • Land1.83 sq mi (4.7 km2)
 • Water0.09 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation
380 ft (120 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total290
 • Density158.2/sq mi (61.1/km2)
ZIP code
31046[3]
Area code478

Juliette is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monroe County, Georgia, United States. The community is part of the Macon metropolitan statistical area. Named for Juliette McCracken, daughter of a railroad engineer, the town formed with the merging of Brownsville and Iceberg.[4] The film Fried Green Tomatoes was filmed there, and the town has been the focal point of three popular Southern humor books.[clarification needed] After the filming of Fried Green Tomatoes, the sets used for the town's main street were renovated into a tourist district, complete with a fully operational "Whistle Stop Cafe".

Other movie productions set in Juliette were Cockfighter (1974) starring Warren Oates, A Killing Affair (1986) starring Peter Weller, The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) and the documentary Fried Green Tomorrows: Juliette, Ga. Lives (2006) directed by Neill Calabro and starring Danny Vinson. A small cafe scene set in Juliette in The War (1994) with Kevin Costner also displayed the Juliette Volunteer Fire Department.

The 2020 census listed a population of 290.[5]

  1. ^ "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Georgia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "P1. Race – Culloden city, Georgia: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "Juliette ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  4. ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 123. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
  5. ^ "Juliette CDP, Georgia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 7, 2022.