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We would like to provide the residents of  Remerton  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Remerton Home page. The Remerton Home page provides as much information as possible on Remerton. Knowing Remerton’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Remerton’s Home page, you will also find Remerton’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Remerton has a population of 1182. 38.7% of Remerton’s inhabitants are Male, and 61.3 are female. 16.8% of Remerton is married and 0.6% own their own home. Household median income in Remerton is $22,000, and the individual median income is $19,972. Remerton’s Ethnic is the following: Black(60.2%), White(35.5%), Multiple(2.8%), Asian(1.5%), Hispanic(1.3%).


Remerton was founded in 1899 as a company town for workers at the Strickland Cotton Mill. It was named for banker Remer Y. Lane. In 1951 Remerton was incorporated as municipality. In January 1979, Strickland Cotton Mills closed. Two months later the mill was purchased by Wipo Inc. and the mill began to operate as Sugar Creek Textiles.During the 1980s Remerton underwent many changes.


Apartments began being built to attract students from what was then known as Valdosta State College. Also, businesses including a Piggly Wiggly were built. In 1985 the L.E. Davis family purchased the Strickland Cotton Mill building from Sugar Creek Textiles. The next year Fred Wilkinson purchased the building and used the building for his Wilkinson Textile Company.On 1 November 2005, the Strickland Cotton Mill building was purchased by Remerton Mills, LLC.


Remerton Mills, LLC is a corporation with local businessman Joseph H. Tillman, Sr. as the registered agent. In 2006 Remerton Mills, LLC announced plans for renovating the Strickland Cotton Mill building into residential and commercial spaces.In 2012 plans for the demolition of the historic Strickland Cotton Mill were put in motion by Remerton Mills, LLC despite calls from preservationists and locals to save it.


Plans were announced to build a park at the site. The demolition of the mill building began in June 2013.


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