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Baldwin is a city in northeastern Georgia that straddles the line between Habersham and Banks counties, with City Hall and most of the city sitting in Habersham County.

Baldwin was incorporated by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on December 17, 1896, and was named in honor of Joseph A. Baldwin, a railroad official.

Baldwin's population reached 3,629 at the 2020 census, up from 3,279 in 2010, and the census counted 1,198 households in the city.

Baldwin sits astride the Eastern Continental Divide, so rain falling on one side of town flows southeast toward the Savannah River and the Atlantic Ocean while rain on the other side flows southwest toward the Chattahoochee River and the Gulf of Mexico.

Baldwin has grown from just 130 residents in 1900 to more than 3,600 today, with its fastest growth coming since 1990 as the northeast Georgia mountains region developed.

The Habersham County Airport is located on the north side of Baldwin, with a 5,500-foot paved runway that serves as a gateway airport to the Georgia mountains in the foothills of the Blue Ridge.

Baldwin's largest employer is Fieldale Corporation, a poultry processing company, reflecting the poultry industry's central role in the Habersham County economy.

Hispanic and Latino residents made up about 41 percent of Baldwin's population at the 2020 census, one of the higher shares for a small city in northeast Georgia and a reflection of the area's poultry workforce.

Baldwin lies along U.S. Route 441 and the U.S. 23/Georgia 365 corridor, which becomes Interstate 985 toward Gainesville about 17 miles southwest of the city.

Baldwin borders the slightly larger city of Cornelia, and Piedmont University in nearby Demorest and the Lake Russell recreation area in the Chattahoochee National Forest are both close by.