Lawrenceville, Georgia

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Lawrenceville
Nickname : The Crepe Myrtle City, L'ville, Lowdown
Gwinnett County Courthouse
Gwinnett County Courthouse
Location in Georgia
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville
Basic data
Foundation : 1821
State : United States
State : Georgia
County : Gwinnett County
Coordinates : 33 ° 57 ′  N , 84 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 57 ′  N , 84 ° 0 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 29,837 (as of 2008)
Population density : 846.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 35.53 km 2  (about 14 mi 2 ) of
which 35.25 km 2  (about 14 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 325 m
Postcodes : 30042, 30043, 30044, 30045, 30046 and 30049
Area code : +1 404 678 and 770
FIPS : 13-45488
GNIS ID : 0316699
Website : www.lawrencevillega.org
Mayor : Judy Jordan Johnson

Lawrenceville is a city and also the county seat of Gwinnett County in the US state of Georgia with 28,546 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Lawrenceville is located approximately 25 miles northeast of Atlanta .

climate

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history

Lawrenceville was named a city by the general assembly of the state on December 15, 1821. The city was named after James Lawrence , naval officer and commander of the Chesapeake frigate in the War of 1812 . The name of the town was proposed by the first head of the post office, William Maltbie, in honor of the work of Lawrence.

Publisher Larry Flynt and his attorney Gene Reeves Jr. were allegedly shot by Joseph Paul Franklin on March 6, 1978 in Lawrenceville after a court hearing. Both survived the attack, but Flint was paralyzed from the waist down.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 28,546 inhabitants were distributed over 9,973 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.84 people per household. There are a total of 11,187 households.

69.4% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.39 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 42.8% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 19.5% of all households.

32.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 29.3% were 20 to 39 years old, 24.8% were 40 to 59 years old, and 13.4% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 32 years. 47.8% of the population were male and 52.2% were female.

48.0% of the population identified themselves as whites , 32.0% as African American , 0.6% as Indians and 5.7% as Asian Americans . 10.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 3.4% to several ethnic groups. 22.3% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 41,578 USD , while 22.8% of the population lived below the poverty line.

Attractions

County Courthouse

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

Sports

traffic

Lawrenceville is crossed by US Highway 29 and Georgia State Routes 8 , 20 , 120 , 124 and 316 . Gwinnett County Airport is located on the northeastern outskirts . The nearest international airport is Atlanta Airport (around 60 km southwest).

education

schools

Elementary Schools:

(corresponds to the German primary school; grades 1 to 5)

  • Cedar Hill Elementary School
  • Lawrenceville Elementary School
  • Simonton Elementary School
  • Margaret Winn Holt Elementary School
  • Benefield Elementary
  • Woodward Mill Elementary School
  • Lovin Elementary School
  • KE Taylor Elementary School
  • McKendree Elementary School
  • Jenkins Elementary School
  • Rock Springs Elementary School
  • Walnut Grove Elementary School
Middle Schools:

("Middle School"; Grades 6 to 8)

  • Moore Middle School (Central Gwinnett)
  • JE Richards Middle School (Central Gwinnett)
  • Twin Rivers Middle School
  • Creekland Middle School
High Schools:

(corresponds to secondary schools)

  • Central Gwinnett High School
  • Phoenix High School
  • Mountain View High School
  • Archer High School
  • Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
  • Collins Hill High School

Colleges

  • Gwinnett Technical College
  • Georgia Gwinnett College

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 325 points (US average: 266 points) in the average range. There were four murders, five rapes, 54 robberies, 35 assaults, 263 break-ins, 907 thefts, 81 car thefts and five arson.

Trivia

  • Deion Sanders once bought a piece of land in Lawrenceville to build a villa there, but sold it back to construction companies.
  • Part of the film Road Trip was shot in Lawrenceville.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ GEORGIA - Gwinnett County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed March 8, 2018 .
  3. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Lawrenceville-Georgia.html