Biohazard Cleanup Near Cuthbert Historic District Cuthbert, GA

Cuthbert is a city in southwest Georgia and the county seat of Randolph County, founded in 1831 as the seat of the newly formed county and named for John Alfred Cuthbert, who represented Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1819 to 1821.

Cuthbert was incorporated as a town in 1834 and as a city in 1859, developing as the trading center for the surrounding cotton country after the railroad arrived in 1859.

The city had a population of 3,143 at the 2020 census; back in 2000 it counted 3,731 residents in 1,360 households.

Cuthbert is home to Andrew College, a private Methodist liberal arts college founded in 1854 as Andrew Female College, which holds the second-oldest charter in the United States granting an institution the right to confer degrees on women.

Andrew College is the ninth-oldest college in Georgia, and during the Civil War its buildings were requisitioned to serve as a Confederate hospital; after an 1892 fire, townspeople raised the money to rebuild its landmark Old Main hall that same year.

When classes resumed after the Civil War in 1866, Andrew added a physical education course to its curriculum — the first such course required of women in the South.

Cuthbert became the seat of Randolph County in 1831 after the original county seat, Lumpkin, was transferred to newly formed Stewart County.

Cuthbert is one of the few municipalities in the country with a water tower standing in the middle of a federal highway, U.S. Highway 82, which crosses U.S. 27 in town.

The Cuthbert Historic District preserves architectural styles spanning most of the county's history, including a notable collection of Victorian houses.

Cuthbert was the hometown of Fletcher Henderson Jr., the influential African-American bandleader who helped shape jazz and swing music.