Colquitt is a city in Miller County, in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 2,001 at the 2020 census. Colquitt is the county seat of Miller County, a role it has held since just after Miller County was created by the Georgia Legislature in 1856. The city formally incorporated on December 19, 1860, and is Miller County's only incorporated municipality. Colquitt is named for U.S. Congressman and Senator Walter Terry Colquitt. The Colquitt Town Square Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Geography Colquitt is located in the center of Miller County at (31.173090, -84.728512). The city is located along U.S. Route 27, Georgia State Route 45, and Georgia State Route 91 in southwestern Georgia. U.S. 27 runs northwest-southeast through the center of town as Crawford Street, leading northwest to Blakely and southeast to Bainbridge. GA-45 runs north-south through the city concurrent with U.S. 27 and GA-91, and leads north to Damascus and southwest to Iron City. GA-91 also runs north-south through the city as well, and leads northeast to Newton and southwest to Donalsonville. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , or 0.48%, are water. Culture and Arts There are two Colquitt Theatres in the city: The Cotton Hall Theatre is located in a former cotton warehouse at 158 East Main Street. It is home to Swamp Gravy, the "Official Folk Life Play of Georgia". The show is produced by the Colquitt-Miller Arts Council, using upwards of sixty volunteer actors and a professional production crew. Hunter Theatre, formerly the Colquitt Theatre, is located on North 1st Street in the Hunter Building. It has undergone a renovation in recent years. In December 2003, the musical play A Southern Christmas Carol, by award-winning playwright Rob Lauer, made its world premiere at Colquitt's Cotton Hall Theatre. Featuring a New York City-based cast of professional actors, the show was a critical and box-office success. The show was presented at Cotton Hall again in 2004 and 2005—attracting holiday season tourists to Colquitt from throughout the southeastern U.S. 'A Southern Christmas Carol has, in the years since, become an increasing popular holiday season show that is produced by theatres throughout the southeastern United States. Colquitt was named Georgia's First Mural City by the state legislature, and hosted the Global Mural Conference in