Gainesville, Georgia
| Gainesville | |
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| Nickname : Queen City of the Mountains, Poultry Capital of the World | |
 The Lake Lanier in River Forks Park in Gainesville |
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| Location of Gainesville in Georgia | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1821 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Georgia |
| County : | Hall County |
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 18 ′ N , 83 ° 50 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
40,000 (as of 2016) 196,637 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 569.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 75.4 km 2 (approx. 29 mi 2 ) of which 70.2 km 2 (approx. 27 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 381 m |
| Area code : | +1 770 |
| FIPS : | 13-31908 |
| GNIS ID : | 0355972 |
| Website : | www.gainesville.org |
| Mayor : | Danny Dunagan |
 Hall County Courthouse |
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Gainesville is a city and also the county seat of Hall County in the US state of Georgia with 33,804 inhabitants (as of 2010). The city is the center of the Metropolitan Statistical Area of the same name .
geography
Gainesville is about 70 km northeast of Atlanta on the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains . The city borders in the northwest on Lake Lanier , which is traversed by the Chattahoochee River .
history
The settlement previously known as Mule Camp Springs was renamed Gainesville on April 21, 1821. The name goes back to Edmund P. Gaines , a war hero of the British-American War of 1812. On November 30, 1821 Gainesville was named a city.
The city experienced its first growth spurt from a gold rush that started in nearby Lumpkin County . In 1851 a city fire destroyed large parts of Gainesville. On May 28, 1871, the city was connected to the railway network, which meant a further enormous development spurt. Between 1870 and 1900 the population grew from 1,000 to 5,000. On December 19, 1902, Gainesville became the first town south of Baltimore to receive electric street lights. On January 1, 1903, 106 people died and around 300 were injured in a storm. The property damage amounted to around $ 750,000. On April 6, 1936, over 200 people died in a tornado .
In 1943 the United States Navy took over an area from the city of Gainesville to build a military airfield. The airfield was returned to the city for civilian use in 1947 and renamed Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in 1971 .
In the post-war period, poultry production became an important economic factor in Gainesville. Today the city is therefore also called the Poultry Capital of the World . Six of the ten most important companies are now part of the poultry industry. In 1961, the city government passed a law prohibiting the consumption of chicken with a fork.
During the 1996 Olympics , Gainesville was the location of the rowing and kayaking disciplines. In January 2001, city bus transport was introduced with the Red Rabbit Public Transportation System .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census, the then 33,804 inhabitants were distributed over 11,273 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.85 people per household. There are a total of 12,967 households.
63.6% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.55 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 40.1% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 22.0% of all households.
34.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 32.8% were 20 to 39 years old, 18.8% were 40 to 59 years old, and 14.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 29 years. 47.8% of the population were male and 52.2% were female.
54.2% of the population identified themselves as whites , 15.2% as African American , 0.6% as Indians and 3.2% as Asian Americans . 23.6% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 3.2% to several ethnic groups. 41.6% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .
The average annual income per household was 40,321 USD , while 29.4% of the population lived below the poverty line.
Town twinning
Culture and sights
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The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places :
music
Karen Peck and New River is a gospel band from Gainesville.
Sports
During the 1996 Olympics , Gainesville was the location of the rowing and kayaking disciplines on Lake Lanier . In 2003 the canoe racing world championships were held on the lake . In 2008 the city was a destination of the Tour de Georgia .
Economy and Infrastructure
economy
The largest employers in town in 2018 were:
| employer | Workers | Branch |
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| Northeast Georgia Medical Center | 8,331 | hospital |
| Fieldale Farms | 2,550 | Food |
| Victory Processing | 1,730 | Food |
| Kubota Manufacturing of America Corporation | 1,695 | mechanical engineering |
| Pilgrims Pride | 1,380 | Food |
| Gold Creek Foods | 1,300 | Food |
| Mar-Jac | 1,280 | Food |
| ZF Friedrichshafen | 1,045 | mechanical engineering |
| Cottrell | 1,040 | mechanical engineering |
| Wal-Mart | 970 | retail trade |
traffic
Gainesville is crossed by Interstate 985 , US Highways 23 and 129, and Georgia State Routes 11 , 13 , 53 , 60 , 284 and 369 .
The Gainesville station is a station of Amtrak -Zuges Crescent on the line from New Orleans to New York City . The local Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport is just south of the city center. The nearest international airport is Atlanta Airport (around 90 km southwest).
education
Gainesville State College , founded in 1964, merged with the newly established University of North Georgia in 2013 .
crime
The crime rate in 2010 was 324 points (US average: 266 points) in the average range. There was one murder, 17 rapes, 39 robberies, 62 assaults, 278 break-ins, 1283 thefts, 62 car thefts and three arson attacks.
sons and daughters of the town
- Bert Lance (1931–2013), bank manager and politician
- Doug Collins (born 1966), politician
- Sung Kang (born 1972), actor
- Tiffany Dupont (born 1981), actress
- Sharaud Curry (* 1987), basketball player
- Deshaun Watson (born 1995), American football player
Web links
- Website of the city (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ^ History. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .
- ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- ↑ GEORGIA - Hall County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed April 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Gainesville 2018 CAFR , accessed on May 1, 2019
- ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Gainesville-Georgia.html