Douglasville, Georgia

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Douglasville
Douglas County Georgia Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Douglasville Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
Foundation : 1875
State : United States
State : Georgia
County : Douglas County
Coordinates : 33 ° 45 ′  N , 84 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 45 ′  N , 84 ° 43 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 30,961 (as of 2010)
Population density : 532 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 58.5 km 2  (approx. 23 mi 2 ) of
which 58.2 km 2  (approx. 22 mi 2 ) land
Height : 366 m
Postcodes : 30122, 30133-30135, 30154
Area code : +1 770/678/470
FIPS : 13-23900
GNIS ID : 0355535
Website : www.douglasvillega.gov
Mayor : Rochelle Robinson

Douglasville is a city and also the county seat of Douglas County in the US state of Georgia with 30,961 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Douglasville is about 20 km west of Atlanta .

history

The place was originally referred to as the Skint Chestnut (= "bare chestnut"), because a chestnut tree that had been stripped of its bark stood here, which served as a conspicuous meeting place for the Indians. In 1870, Skint Chestnut was named the county seat of the newly formed Douglas County. On February 25, 1875, the place was named a city and renamed Douglasville after the politician Stephen A. Douglas .

As early as 1860, the Georgia Western Railroad secured the right of way to build a railway line from Atlanta via Douglasville to Birmingham . The outbreak of the Civil War initially prevented further development. Finally, the Georgia Pacific Railway Company opened the line to Atlanta in May 1882 and the line to Birmingham in November 1883.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 30,961 inhabitants were distributed among 11,627 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.58 people per household. There are a total of 13,163 households.

66.2% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.18 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 41.2% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 14.3% of all households.

32.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 31.5% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 10.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 33 years. 46.8% of the population were male and 53.2% were female.

36.0% of the population identified themselves as whites , 55.9% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 1.8% as Asian Americans . 3.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.8% to several ethnic groups. 7.2% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 48,036 USD , while 17.9% of the population lived below the poverty line.

Attractions

The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places :

traffic

Douglasville is crossed by Interstate 20 , US Highway 78, and Georgia State Routes 5 and 92 . The nearest airport is Atlanta Airport (around 30 km southeast).

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 467 points (US average: 266 points) in the average range. There was one murder, nine rapes, 36 robberies, 163 physical injuries, 221 break-ins, 1,863 thefts, 89 car thefts and four arson attacks.

sons and daughters of the town

The music band Norma Jean comes from Douglasville.

Web links

Commons : Douglasville, Georgia  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Skint Chestnut. Retrieved March 12, 2018 .
  2. ^ City History Continued. Retrieved March 12, 2018 .
  3. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ GEORGIA - Douglas County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed March 12, 2018 .
  5. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Douglasville-Georgia.html