Bartow County

administration
Bartow County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Cartersville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Bartow County 122 West Main Street Cartersville, Georgia 30120
Foundation :	December 3, 1832
Area code :	001 770
Demographics
Residents :	100,157 (2010)
Population density :	84.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1218 km²
Water surface :	28 km²
map

Website : www.bartowga.org

The Bartow County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Cartersville .

geography

The county covers an area of 1,218 square kilometers, of which 28 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Cherokee County , Cobb County , Paulding County , Polk County , Floyd County, and Gordon County .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Atlanta .

Allatoona Dam and Lake on the Etowah River
Euharlee Covered Bridge

history

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	9390	-
1850	13,300	41.6%
1860	15,724	18.2%
1870	16,566	5.4%
1880	18,690	12.8%
1890	20,616	10.3%
1900	20,823	1 %
1910	25,388	21.9%
1920	24,527	-3.4%
1930	25,364	3.4%
1940	25,283	-0.3%
1950	27,370	8.3%
1960	28,267	3.3%
1970	32,663	15.6%
1980	40,760	24.8%
1990	55,911	37.2%
2000	76.019	36%
2010	100.157	31.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

On December 3, 1832, "Cass County" was formed and renamed Bartow County on December 6, 1861. The first traces of human settlement date back to 10,000 BC. The first historical documentation comes from 1540 through the conquest by DeSoto. After the Mississippi Indians were expelled, the Creek Indians settled here until they were also expelled by the Cherokee Indians. They lived in this area until the end of the 18th century. Nevertheless, the days of the Indians were numbered from 1828, when the first gold discoveries were made in northern Georgia. The state of Georgia appropriated the Indian land and formed 10 counties, one of which was Cass County. The county is named in honor of General Lewis Cass , who was born in New Hampshire and served as secretary to President Andrew Jackson during the war .

The county seat was called Cassville, had two universities and the Georgian Supreme Court from 1846. After the Civil War, Cartersville became a county seat. The name was changed to Bartow County in honor of Francis Bartow , who died as a federal general in the Civil War. Before the Civil War, he was a lawyer in Cass County. After the civil war, the railway brought the necessary upswing. Today, the area's rich history plays an important role in tourism, which attracts thousands of tourists every year.

religion

There are currently 8 different churches from 9 different denominations in Bartow County. Among the churches belonging to a denomination, the Baptist congregation is most strongly represented with 14 churches. There are also 2 churches that do not belong to any denomination (status: 2004).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 100,157 inhabitants were distributed among 35,782 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.77 people per household. There are a total of 39,823 households.

74.1% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.20 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 39.8% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 21.9% of all households.

29.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 15.8% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 36 years. 49.4% of the population were male and 50.6% were female.

82.7% of the population identified themselves as whites, 10.2% as African American , 0.4% as Indians and 0.7% as Asian Americans . 3.9% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.1% to several ethnic groups. 7.7% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 48,306 USD , while 16.3% of the population lived below the poverty line.