Eatonton

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Eatonton
Putnam County Georgia Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Eatonton Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
Foundation : 1809
State : United States
State : Georgia
County : Putnam County
Coordinates : 33 ° 20 ′  N , 83 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 20 ′  N , 83 ° 23 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 6,480 (as of 2010)
Population density : 121.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 53.5 km 2  (approx. 21 mi 2 ) of
which 53.2 km 2  (approx. 21 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 172 m
Postcodes : 31024, 31026
Area code : +1 706
FIPS : 13-26084
GNIS ID : 0331628
Website : www.eatontonga.us
Mayor : Walter C. Rocker

Eatonton is a city and also the county seat of Putnam County in the US state of Georgia with 6480 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Eatonton is about 100 km southeast of Atlanta .

history

The city was founded in 1809 and is named after William Eaton , a diplomat and general in the American-Tripolitan War . Before the arrival of the first Europeans, Cusseta, a settlement of the Creek Indians , was in the same place .

In the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, the city lived mainly from cotton cultivation and processing as well as from dairy farming , to which it owes its nickname "Dairy Capital of Georgia" to this day. The most important employer today is the construction industry, while milk processing still plays a role. During the civil war , the city served as a reception center for wounded soldiers. The city was badly damaged in 1864 by Union soldiers commanded by William T. Sherman during his march to sea .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 6,480 inhabitants were distributed over 2,411 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.62 people per household. There are a total of 2744 households.

69.2% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.16 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 37.9% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 27.1% of all households.

29.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.7% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.9% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 36 years. 46.2% of the population were male and 53.8% were female.

34.7% of the population identified themselves as whites , 57.3% as African American , 0.2% as Indians and 0.5% as Asian Americans . 5.9% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.4% to several ethnic groups. 8.1% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 34,298 USD , while 27.0% of the population lived below the poverty line.

Attractions

Putnam County Courthouse

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

Public facilities

The city has public and private high schools and a hospital , Putnam General Hospital.

traffic

Eatonton is crossed by US Highways 129 and 441 and Georgia State Routes 16 and 44 . The nearest airport is Atlanta Airport (around 120 km northwest).

sons and daughters of the town

Alice Walker

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eatonton in the New Georgia Encyclopedia. In: Georgia Humanities Council. Retrieved November 18, 2008 .
  2. ↑ Official website
  3. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  4. ↑ GEORGIA - Putnam County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed January 4, 2019 .