Cedartown, Georgia
Cedartown, Georgia | ||
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FIPS code 13-14500[2] | | |
GNIS feature ID | 0312503[3] | |
Website | Cedartown, Georgia |
Cedartown is a city and the
The
History
The most famous of these settlers was Asa Prior. According to local legend, the water rights to
During the Civil War, Cedar Town was abandoned by most of its citizens when Union troops encroached. The city was burnt to the ground by the Union forces of General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick in 1865, leaving only one mill standing on the outskirts of town.
In 1867, the town was re-chartered by the state of Georgia as Cedartown. An influx of industrial business bolstered its largely cotton-based economy, with Goodyear and other fabric mills and iron works appearing in or near what is now the Cedartown Industrial Park on the west side of town.
Industrial and passenger railroad service was added to Cedartown in the early 20th century. Main St. became a part of U.S. Route 27, a major north–south automobile route that connects Cedartown to larger cities like Chattanooga, Tennessee and Columbus, Georgia. U.S. 27 also intersects in town with U.S. Route 278, which connects Cedartown with Atlanta.
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company built a large textile mill operation in Cedartown, and also built a large residential section of town for mill workers, now known as the Goodyear Village.[citation needed]
In recent times, the Georgia Rails to Trails project has converted much of the former
Cedartown's Main Street is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in recognition of its 1890s architecture. During the 1970s, many structures were demolished, including train stations, churches, and a high school, and a theater on Main Street.
In January 2017, the Polk County Comprehensive Plan outlined investments to be made in the repair and construction of new sidewalks, street parks, and paving in Cedartown over the next decade.[7]
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cedartown has a total area of 6.9 square miles (18 km2), of which 6.8 square miles (18 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (0.44%) is water.
Many major highways pass through the city, namely U.S. Routes 27 and 278, as well as Georgia State Route 100. U.S. 27 runs from south to north to the east of the city, leading north 19 mi (31 km) to Rome and south 17 mi (27 km) to Buchanan. U.S. 278 runs through the main part of town from west to east, leading east 14 mi (23 km) to Rockmart and southwest 25 mi (40 km) to Piedmont, Alabama. GA-100 runs from south to north through the center of town as well, leading northwest 12 mi (19 km) to Cave Spring and south 21 mi (34 km) to Tallapoosa.
Climate
Cedartown has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa), with mild winters and hot, humid summers.
Climate data for Cedartown, Georgia (1991-2020 normals, extremes 1896–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 80 (27) |
83 (28) |
89 (32) |
94 (34) |
99 (37) |
102 (39) |
104 (40) |
105 (41) |
102 (39) |
98 (37) |
87 (31) |
80 (27) |
105 (41) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 53.3 (11.8) |
57.5 (14.2) |
66.0 (18.9) |
74.8 (23.8) |
81.5 (27.5) |
88.1 (31.2) |
91.0 (32.8) |
90.5 (32.5) |
85.3 (29.6) |
75.3 (24.1) |
63.8 (17.7) |
55.7 (13.2) |
73.6 (23.1) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 32.3 (0.2) |
35.2 (1.8) |
41.5 (5.3) |
49.4 (9.7) |
57.9 (14.4) |
66.7 (19.3) |
70.1 (21.2) |
69.4 (20.8) |
62.6 (17.0) |
50.3 (10.2) |
39.3 (4.1) |
35.0 (1.7) |
50.8 (10.5) |
Record low °F (°C) | −9 (−23) |
−10 (−23) |
5 (−15) |
23 (−5) |
33 (1) |
39 (4) |
51 (11) |
48 (9) |
30 (−1) |
18 (−8) |
3 (−16) |
−1 (−18) |
−10 (−23) |
Average rainfall inches (mm) | 4.90 (124) |
5.10 (130) |
5.27 (134) |
4.43 (113) |
4.02 (102) |
3.91 (99) |
4.93 (125) |
3.55 (90) |
3.73 (95) |
3.64 (92) |
4.40 (112) |
4.95 (126) |
52.83 (1,342) |
Source: NOAA[8]
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Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1870 | 323 | — | |
1880 | 843 | 161.0% | |
1890 | 1,625 | 92.8% | |
1900 | 2,823 | 73.7% | |
1910 | 3,551 | 25.8% | |
1920 | 4,053 | 14.1% | |
1930 | 8,124 | 100.4% | |
1940 | 9,025 | 11.1% | |
1950 | 9,470 | 4.9% | |
1960 | 9,340 | −1.4% | |
1970 | 9,253 | −0.9% | |
1980 | 8,619 | −6.9% | |
1990 | 7,978 | −7.4% | |
2000 | 9,470 | 18.7% | |
2010 | 9,750 | 3.0% | |
2020 | 10,190 | 4.5% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[9] |
2020 census
Race | Num. | Perc. |
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White (non-Hispanic)
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4,557 | 44.72% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
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1,788 | 17.55% |
Native American
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32 | 0.31% |
Asian
|
55 | 0.54% |
Pacific Islander
|
5 | 0.05% |
Other/Mixed
|
319 | 3.13% |
Latino
|
3,434 | 33.7% |
As of the 2020 U.S. census, there were 10,190 people, 3,573 households, and 1,915 families residing in the city.
2000 census
As of the
There were 3,370 households, out of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.1% were married couples living together, 17.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.6% were non-families. 29.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.18.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.1% under the age of 18, 13.2% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $24,562, and the median income for a family was $28,119. Males had a median income of $25,295 versus $20,711 for females. The
Economy
With the shift away from
The Hon Company is Cedartown's largest for-profit employer with over 800 employees. With a recently announced expansion, this number will grow in the near future. Cedartown is also home to an AT&T (formerly Cingular) technical support facility for the company's wireless customers.[11]
The Rome Plow Company, formerly located in Rome, Georgia, is headquartered in Cedartown. It manufactured the Rome plows used as jungle-clearing vehicles during the Vietnam War and produced agricultural vehicles until it shut down in late 2009. Rome Plow has since been purchased and re-opened. The new facility recently underwent an expansion.[citation needed]
Arts and culture
- Cedartown Performing Arts Center
- Cedartown Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia[12]
- Doug Sanders Golf Museum[13]
Sites on the National Register of Historic Places:
- Cedartown Commercial Historic District
- Cedartown Waterworks-Women's Building-Big Spring Park Historic District
- Hawkes Children's Library
- Northwest Cedartown Historic District
Parks and recreation
- The Silver Comet Trail[14] is located 13 miles northwest of Atlanta, Georgia. It's free of charge, and travels west through Cobb, Paulding, and Polk counties. The non-motorized, paved trail is intended for walkers, hikers, bicyclists, rollerbladers, horses, dog walkers, and is wheelchair accessible. The trail is 61.5 miles long, and starts at the Mavell Road Trailhead in Smyrna, Georgia. It ends at the Georgia/Alabama state line, near Cedartown and The Esom Hill Trailhead.[citation needed]
- Peeks Park: a city park located in Cedartown, Georgia. It has a variety of outdoor recreational equipment, picnic tables, tennis courts, a water feature, paved walking paths, trees and is "child and pet friendly".[citation needed]
- Hightower Falls: in 1972 opened for sightseers with history dating to the 1800s and Elias Dorsey Hightower
Education
The Polk County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of six elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools.[15] The district has 449 full-time teachers and over 7,017 students.[16]
Transportation
Access to nearby major cities such as
Passenger rail service to Cedartown ended in the 1969, with the discontinuance of the "Silver Comet" and SCL local trains #6 and #9, leading to the destruction of the historic Cedartown Depot train station.[citation needed] The city built a replica of the historic depot which now serves as the Welcome Center and the trailhead to the Silver Comet Trail. Rails of CSXT still are used in Cedartown and pass next to the new depot to this day.
The city does offer bus service and has frequent routes to neighboring Rockmart. The nearest stop on the Greyhound line is a full service station in Rome, Georgia, 20 miles north.
The nearest major airport is
Media
Movie production
- Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012) is a drama movie featuring locations in Cedartown as a fictional city in Alabama. Visible is the historic downtown.
Notable people
- Ray Beck, All-American football player at Georgia Tech and professional football player
- Edgar Chandler, two-time All-American football player at the University of Georgia and professional player for the Buffalo Bills and New England Patriots
- NFL Cleveland Browns.
- Ida Cox (born Ida M. Prather, February 26, 1888, or 1896 – November 10, 1967) was an American singer and vaudeville performer, best known for her blues performances and recordings. She was billed as "The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues" lived in Cedartown, GA as a child.
- Betty Reynolds Cobb, an author and activist, was a native of Cedartown and the first woman in Georgia to be admitted to the state bar.
- Phil Douglas, was a Major League Baseball player best remember for his time with the World Series Champion New York Giants.
- Korbin Forrister, NASCAR driver
- Ethel Harpst, founder of the Harpst House
- Agnes Ellen Harris, educator
- spontaneous hypoglycemia
- Winnie the Pooh. Holloway was born and raised in Cedartown.
- Jan Hooks, actress, comedian and long-time Saturday Night Live cast member who died on October 9, 2014, is buried in Northview Cemetery in Cedartown, Georgia. Cedartown was the place she spent many summers with family as a child.
- Sam Hunt (born 1984), American singer and songwriter.
- Lulu Hurst, (1869–1950) also known as the "Georgia Wonder", was an American stage magician born in Cedartown/Polk County, GA. Remembered for her demonstrations of seemingly miraculous physical strength, she later revealed that her feats had nothing to do with strength but were stage tricks accomplished by force deflection.
- Doug Sanders, winner of twenty tournaments on the PGA Tour.
In popular culture
Tonight I'll put her on a train for Georgia.
Gonna be a lot of kin folks squallin' and a-grievin',
'Cause that Cedartown gal ain't breathin'.
See also
- Big Spring Park, Cedartown, Georgia
References
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Polk County". Calhoun Times. September 1, 2004. p. 98. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
- ^ "Polk County Joint Comprehensive Plan" (PDF). Northwest Georgia Regional Commission. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "AT&T Cedartown | Cell Phones, Wireless Plans & Accessories | 1561 Rome Highway, Cedartown, GA | AT&T Store". www.att.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ "Cedartown Museum of Coca Cola Memorabilia". www.cedartowncokemuseum.org. Archived from the original on June 27, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ "Doug Sanders Golf Museum". www.dougsandersmuseum.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ "Silver Comet Trail, Cedartown Depot Trailhead Facts - Cedartown, GA". www.silvercometga.com. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
- ^ Georgia Board of Education[permanent dead link], Retrieved June 25, 2010.
- ^ School Stats, Retrieved June 25, 2010.