Griffin (Georgia)

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Griffin
Griffin City Council building
Griffin City Council building
County and state location
Spalding County Georgia Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Griffin Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1841
State : United States
State : Georgia
County : Spalding County
Coordinates : 33 ° 15 ′  N , 84 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 15 ′  N , 84 ° 16 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 23,643 (as of 2010)
Population density : 628.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 37.8 km 2  (approx. 15 mi 2 ) of
which 37.6 km 2  (approx. 15 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 298 m
Postcodes : 30223-30224
Area code : +1 770
FIPS : 13-35324
GNIS ID : 0356111
Website : www.cityofgriffin.com
Mayor : Rodney McCord

Griffin is a city and also the county seat of Spalding County in the US state of Georgia with 23,643 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Griffin is about 50 km south of Atlanta .

history

The railroad reached Griffin from the direction of Macon in 1842 with a new station of the then Monroe Railroad and Banking Company . The existing settlement was officially named a city on December 28, 1843. In 1846 the railroad to Atlanta closed the gap.

Doc Holliday was born in Griffin in 1851 and had his dental practice here before moving west because of his tuberculosis disease.

In 1872 the local newspaper Griffin Daily News , which still exists today, was founded.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the 23,643 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 8,941 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.58 people per household. There are a total of 10,524 households.

65.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.16 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 36.7% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 24.9% of all households.

30.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 28.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 24.6% were 40 to 59 years old, and 17.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 34 years. 47.1% of the population were male and 52.9% were female.

42.8% of the population identified themselves as white , 52.2% as African-American , 0.3% as Native American and 1.1% as Asian Americans . 1.9% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.8% to several ethnic groups. 4.0% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 30,692 USD , while 33.5% of the population lived below the poverty line.

Attractions

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

traffic

Griffin is crossed by US Highways 19 and 41 (on a shared route) and Georgia State Routes 16 , 92 , 155 and 362 . Griffin-Spalding County Airport is located in the southern part of the city . The nearest international airport is Atlanta Airport (around 40 km north).

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 546 points (US average: 266 points) in the high range. There were six murders, seven rapes, 48 ​​robberies, 91 assaults, 285 break-ins, 1285 thefts, 62 car thefts and six arson attacks.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monroe Railroad (1833). Retrieved March 2, 2018 .
  2. ^ Griffin's History. Retrieved March 2, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.griffindailynews.com
  4. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  5. ↑ GEORGIA - Spalding County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed February 28, 2018 .
  6. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Griffin-Georgia.html