Conyers (Georgia)

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Conyers
Rockdale County Georgia Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Conyers Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Georgia
County : Rockdale County
Coordinates : 33 ° 40 ′  N , 84 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 40 ′  N , 84 ° 0 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 15,195 (as of 2010)
Population density : 498.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 30.9 km 2  (approx. 12 mi 2 ) of
which 30.5 km 2  (approx. 12 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 274 m
Postcodes : 30012, 30013, 30094
Area code : +1 770
FIPS : 13-19336
GNIS ID : 0312910
Website : www.conyersga.com
Mayor : Vince Evans

Conyers is a city and also the county seat of Rockdale County in the US state of Georgia with 15,195 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Conyers is about 25 km east of Atlanta .

history

Conyers town center

The first known settler of Conyers was John Holcomb. When the railway reached Conyers, he was supposed to give up land in the course of the construction of the line, against which he initially protested. Ultimately, however, he sold his land to banker WD Conyers for 700 US dollars . In 1845 the Atlanta – Augusta railway was put into operation. In 1854 the previous settlement was given town status and the name Conyers .

The city was ravaged by fires at least three times. In 1864 she also suffered from William T. Sherman's March to the Sea during the American Civil War . In 1870 Rockdale County was founded and Conyers was declared its administrative seat.

In 1944 the Trappist Abbey of Conyers was founded.

In 1996 found in Conyers, built in 1994 Georgia International Horse Park , the equestrian - and mountain -Competitions as part of the Summer Olympic Games of Atlanta instead.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 15,195 inhabitants were distributed over 5,661 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.63 people per household. There are a total of 6,615 households.

64.3% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.25 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 41.8% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 18.4% of all households.

33.3% of the population were younger than 20 years, 32.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 21.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 13.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 31 years. 45.3% of the population were male and 45.7% were female.

29.9% of the population identified themselves as whites , 56.6% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 1.4% as Asian Americans . 9.5% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.3% to several ethnic groups. 16.3% of the population was Hispanic or Latino .

The average annual income per household was 39,885 USD , while 31.0% of the population lived below the poverty line.

Attractions

Rockdale County Jail

The following properties have been entered on the National Register of Historic Places :

traffic

Conyers Train Station

Conyers is crossed by Interstate 20 , US Highway 278, and Georgia State Routes 20 and 138 . The nearest airport is Atlanta Airport (around 40 km west). The rail line through Conyers is now served by CSX Transportation in freight traffic.

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 552 points (US average: 266 points) in the high range. There were four murders, two rapes, 34 robberies, 34 assaults, 205 break-ins, 757 thefts, 58 car thefts and two arson attacks.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Conyers, Georgia  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ GEORGIA - Rockdale County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed December 21, 2018 .
  3. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Conyers-Georgia.html