Monroe (Georgia)

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Monroe
Walton County, Georgia Courthouse
Walton County, Georgia Courthouse
County and state location
Walton County Georgia Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Monroe Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1818
State : United States
State : Georgia
County : Walton County
Coordinates : 33 ° 48 ′  N , 83 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 48 ′  N , 83 ° 43 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 13,234 (as of 2010)
Population density : 493.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 27.1 km 2  (approx. 10 mi 2 ) of
which 26.8 km 2  (approx. 10 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 232 m
Postcodes : 30655-30656
Area code : +1 470/678/770
FIPS : 13-52192
GNIS ID : 0356398
Website : Website
Mayor : John Howard

Monroe is a city and also the county seat of Walton County in the US state of Georgia with 13,234 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Monroe is about 50 km east of Atlanta .

history

The Walton County was founded in 1818, Monroe was 1821 Town appointed and 1896 for the City .

In the 20th century, Monroe was a center of cotton production.

On a bridge on the road to Watkinsville in 1946 there was a four-fold lynching by whites of two African American couples. A pregnant woman was also killed in this murder, the fetus of which the murderers cut from her stomach after she died. Every year a spectacle takes place near the bridge in which the murders are re-enacted.

Monroe was a location for the movie Buddy Hits Luke .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 13,234 inhabitants were distributed among 4,886 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.61 people per household. There are a total of 5,742 households.

65.7% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.20 people. There were children under the age of 18 in 38.0% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 26.8% of all households.

30.6% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 28.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 23.6% were 40 to 59 years old, and 17.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 33 years. 46.4% of the population were male and 53.6% were female.

53.3% of the population identified themselves as whites , 42.4% as African American , 0.1% as Indians and 0.8% as Asian Americans . 1.6% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.8% to several ethnic groups. 3.4% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 32,510 USD , while 28.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.

Attractions

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

traffic

Monroe is crossed by US Highway 78 and Georgia State Routes 10 , 11 , 83 and 138 . The nearest airport is Atlanta Airport (around 70 km west).

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 353 points (US average: 266 points) in the average range. There were two murders, two rapes, eight robberies, 25 assaults, 200 break-ins, 430 thefts, 35 car thefts and one arson.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Historical Gazetteer of the United States in the Google Book Search
  2. ↑ tagesspiegel.de
  3. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  4. ↑ GEORGIA - Walton County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed March 4, 2019 .
  5. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Monroe-Georgia.html