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Ideal is a city in Macon County, Georgia, United States. The population was 407 at the 2020 census, down from 499 in 2010.

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History

The town was originally named “Joetown”, but when two railroad executives stopped in the town, one proclaimed it an “ideal” place for a railroad station, and the other declared he’d just named it.

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Ideal as a town in 1906.

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Geography

Ideal is located in western Macon County at 32°22′23″N 84°11′20″W / 32.37306°N 84.18889°W / 32.37306; -84.18889 (32.372918, -84.188822). Georgia State Route 90 passes through the center of town, leading southeast 10 miles (16 km) to Oglethorpe, the county seat, and northwest 8 miles (13 km) to Rupert.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.16 square miles (3.0 km), of which 0.01 square miles (0.03 km), or 0.95%, are water. It resides at the confluence of Whitewater and Cedar creeks, two spring-fed tributaries of the Flint River.

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