Cartersville, Georgia

Cartersville is a city in

Cartersville, originally known as Birmingham, was founded by English-Americans in 1832.^[7] The town was incorporated as Cartersville in 1854.^[7] The present name is for Col. Farish Carter of Milledgeville, the owner of a large plantation.^[8][9] Cartersville was the long-time home of Amos Akerman, U.S. Attorney General under President Ulysses S. Grant; in that office he spearheaded the federal prosecution of members of the Ku Klux Klan and was one of the most important public servants of the Reconstruction era.^[10]

Cartersville was designated the seat of Bartow County in 1867 following the destruction of Cassville by Sherman's March to the Sea in American Civil War. Cartersville was incorporated as a city in 1872.^[11]

On February 26, 1916, a group of 100 men and boys took Jesse McCorkle from the jail and hanged him from a tree in front of the city hall and riddled his body with bullets.^[12]

Geography

Cartersville is located in south-central Bartow County, 42 miles (68 km) northwest of downtown Atlanta and 76 miles (122 km) southeast of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The Etowah River flows through a broad valley south of the downtown, leading west to Rome, where it forms the Coosa River, a tributary of the Alabama River. The city limits extend eastward, upriver, as far as Allatoona Dam, which forms Lake Allatoona, a large U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir. Red Top Mountain State Park sits on a peninsula in the lake, just outside the city limits. Nancy Creek also flows in the vicinity. The highest point in the city is 1,562 feet (476 m) at the summit of Pine Mountain.^[13]

According to the

Cartersville Airport is a public use airport located in the west side of Cartersville on State Route 61. It is the home base of Phoenix Air.

Cartersville area communities

The following communities border the city:

• Adairsville (north-northwest)
• Cassville (north)
• Emerson (south)
• Euharlee (west)
• Kingston (northwest)
• Stilesboro (southwest)
• White (northern)
• Grassdale Road (west)

Climate

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 23,187 people, 7,835 households, and 5,285 families residing in the city.

2010 census

As of the

There were 5,870 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.6% were married couples living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.6% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.9% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $41,162, and the median income for a family was $48,219. Males had a median income of $35,092 versus $25,761 for females. The

Points of interest

• The Booth Western Art Museum is on North Museum Drive in Cartersville.^[20] The Booth is the second-largest art museum in Georgia,^{[citation needed]} and houses the largest permanent exhibition space for Western art in the country. It is a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate.
• The Etowah Indian Mounds is an archaeological Native American site in Bartow County, south of Cartersville.
• meteors at the museum.^[21]
• The world's first outdoor Coca-Cola sign, painted in 1894, is located in downtown Cartersville on Young Brothers Pharmacy's wall.^[22]
• Rose Lawn, a house museum, is the former home of noted evangelist Samuel Porter Jones,^[23] for whom the Union Gospel Tabernacle (Ryman Auditorium) in Nashville was built, later to become the Grand Ole Opry.
• The Bartow History Museum is located in the Old Cartersville Courthouse, c. 1870, in downtown Cartersville on East Church Street.^[24]
• Savoy Automobile Museum is a museum displaying a diverse collection of automobiles and original works of art.^[25]
• The
  Allatoona Lake
  can also be seen from the summit. The trails are maintained by City of Cartersville Parks & Recreation.

Education

The schools that comprise the Cartersville City School System are:

• Cartersville Primary School
• Cartersville Elementary School
• Cartersville Middle School
• Cartersville High School

There is also a private Montessori school:

• Lifesong Montessori School

Cartersville also has a college campus:

• Georgia Highlands College

Economy

Manufacturing, tourism, and services play a part in the economy of the city. The city's employers include:

• Anheuser-Busch
• Georgia Power
• Komatsu
• Shaw Industries, a major flooring manufacturer
• Phoenix Air is based in the Cartersville Airport.

The city is home to Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center and The Hope Center, making it a minor healthcare hub for the surrounding area.^{[citation needed]}

Law enforcement

In 2017, the Cartersville Police Department arrested 65 people at a house party because of a suspicion that there was an ounce of marijuana at the party. In 2022, a federal court awarded 45 of the arrested individuals a $900,000 settlement due to a violation of their constitutional rights.^[26]
On September 8, 2022, Deputy Police Chief Jason DiPrima resigned after being arrested in a prostitute police-sting operation.^[27][28]

Notable people

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cartersville, Georgia.

• Official website The City of Cartersville launched a brand new, sleek, outside-of-the-box website June 14, 2021.
• Cartersville Archived May 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine at New Georgia Encyclopedia
• The Daily Tribune, newspaper based in Cartersville
• News Talk AM 1270, radio station based in Cartersville