Fayetteville (Georgia)
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 County and state location
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1823 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Georgia |
| County : | Fayette County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 27 ′ N , 84 ° 28 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 15,945 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,462.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 11.1 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) of which 10.9 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 314 m |
| Postcodes : | 30214-30215 |
| Area code : | +1 770 404, 678 |
| FIPS : | 13-28968 |
| GNIS ID : | 0314089 |
| Website : | fayetteville-ga.gov |
| Mayor : | Edward Johnson |
Fayetteville is a city and also the county seat of Fayette County in the US state of Georgia with 15,945 inhabitants (as of 2010).
geography
Fayetteville is about 20 km south of Atlanta .
history
Fayetteville was founded in 1822 and made a city in 1888.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census, the 15,945 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 6,006 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.59 people per household. There are a total of 6,499 households.
71.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.14 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 39.7% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 27.3% of all households.
29.3% of the population were younger than 20 years, 20.8% were 20 to 39 years old, 30.6% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 45.6% of the population were male and 54.4% were female.
55.0% of the population identified themselves as whites , 33.9% as African-Americans , 0.4% as Indians and 6.6% as Asian Americans . 1.4% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.8% to several ethnic groups. 4.8% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .
The average annual income per household stood at 71.350 USD , while 7.2% of the population lived below the poverty line.
Attractions
The Fayette County Courthouse , the Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House and the Tandy King House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
The Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House was built in 1855 by John Stiles Holliday, the uncle of the famous western gambler John Henry "Doc" Holliday . The Margaret Mitchell Library , built in 1948, is now used by the Fayette County Historical Society. Here, civil war and genealogical records kept.
traffic
Fayetteville is crossed by Georgia State Routes 54 , 85 , 92, and 314 . The nearest airport is Atlanta Airport (around 20 km north).
education
Fayette County High School and Whitewater High School are the high schools serving Fayetteville and the surrounding area. The two schools are part of the Fayette County School Association .
crime
The crime rate in 2010 was 213 points (US average: 266 points) in the average range. There was one murder, three rapes, 13 robberies, 22 assaults, 58 break-ins, 332 thefts and 24 car thefts.
The wrestler Chris Benoit (1967-2007) killed his wife Nancy and their son Daniel in Fayatteville before he committed suicide.
sons and daughters of the town
- Hugh M. Dorsey (1871–1948), lawyer and politician
- Paul Merrill Spurlin (1902–1994), Romance studies and literary scholar
- Kelley O'Hara (* 1988), soccer player
Web links
- Website of the city (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved February 5, 2019.
- ↑ GEORGIA - Fayette County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed February 5, 2019 .
- ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Fayetteville-Georgia.html