Murray County, Georgia

administration
The Murray County Courthouse in Chatsworth, listed on the NRHP since 1980
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Chatsworth
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Murray County Administration P.O. Box 1129 Chatsworth, Georgia, 30705
Foundation :	December 3, 1832
Made up from:	Cherokee County
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	39,628 (2010)
Population density :	44.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	892 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
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The Murray County is a county in the US state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Chatsworth .

geography

The county is located in northern Georgia, on the southern border of Tennessee and about 90 km to the west from Alabama . It covers an area of 892 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Fannin County , Gilmer County , Gordon County, and Whitfield Counties .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Dalton .

history

Murray County was formed on December 3, 1832 from parts of Cherokee County. It was named after Thomas Walton Murray , a Speaker of the House of Representatives in Georgia. The mission of the Moravian Brethren among the Cherokees was in Springplace from 1801 to 1838.

Historical objects

In Chatsworth historic stands Wright Hotel (also known as Chatsworth Hotel ). Completed in 1909, the inn is located on East Market Street at number 201 and was listed on June 17, 1982 by the National Register of Historic Places as a Historic Monument with the number 82002456.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	4695	-
1850	14,433	207.4%
1860	7083	-50.9%
1870	6500	-8.2%
1880	8269	27.2%
1890	8401	1.6%
1900	8623	2.6%
1910	9763	13.2%
1920	9490	-2.8%
1930	9215	-2.9%
1940	11,137	20.9%
1950	10,676	-4.1%
1960	10,447	-2.1%
1970	12,986	24.3%
1980	19,685	51.6%
1990	26,147	32.8%
2000	36.506	39.6%
2010	39,628	8.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

The Carters Lake with dam

The Chief Vann House , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2010 census, the 39,628 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 14,080 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.80 people per household. There are a total of 15,979 households.

75.8% 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 39.9% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 22.8% of all households.

29.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 26.0% were 20 to 39 years old, 28.1% were 40 to 59 years old, and 16.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 36 years. 49.6% of the population were male and 50.4% were female.

89.1% of the population identified themselves as whites, 0.6% as African American , 0.4% as Indians and 0.3% as Asian Americans . 8.0% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.6% to several ethnic groups. 13.0% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 38,136 USD , while 18.8% of the population lived below the poverty line.