Valdosta
| Valdosta | |
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| Nickname : Azalea City | |
 The Lowndes County Courthouse in central Valdosta, built around 1905 |
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| Location of Valdosta in Georgia | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | December 7, 1860 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Georgia |
| County : | Lowndes County |
| Coordinates : | 30 ° 51 ′ N , 83 ° 17 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
56,474 (as of 2016) 144,676 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 728.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 78.4 km 2 (approx. 30 mi 2 ) of which 77.5 km 2 (approx. 30 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 67 m |
| Postcodes : | 31600-31699 |
| Area code : | +1 229 |
| FIPS : | 13-78800 |
| GNIS ID : | 0324649 |
| Website : | www.valdostacity.com |
| Mayor : | John Gayle |
 The water tower |
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Valdosta is a city and also the county seat of Lowndes County in the US state of Georgia with 54,518 inhabitants (as of 2010). The city is the center of the metropolitan area of Valdosta .
geography
Valdosta is located in the extreme south of Georgia, around 20 km from the Florida border . The city is located around 120 km northeast of Tallahassee (Florida) and around 350 km south of Atlanta .
history
Valdosta was founded on December 7th, 1860. The residents originally lived in nearby Troupville, a dock for steam boats on the Withlacoochee River. When the new railway line was built past Troupville six kilometers away, people moved to the railway and founded Valdosta there.
Valdosta is home to Valdosta State University , founded in 1906 as the South Georgia State Normal College for Women .
In Valdosta there is the amusement park "Wild Adventures".
Doc Holliday attended school here before studying dentistry in Philadelphia .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census, the 54,518 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 20,471 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.46 people per household. There are a total of 22,709 households.
57.8% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.07 persons. Children under the age of 18 lived in 30.8% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 20.0% of all households.
27.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 36.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 19.6% were 40 to 59 years old, and 14.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 27 years. 46.9% of the population were male and 53.1% were female.
43.3% of the population identified themselves as whites , 51.1% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 1.7% as Asian Americans . 1.7% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.9% to several ethnic groups. 4.0% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .
The average annual income per household was 31,199 USD , while 33.7% of the population lived below the poverty line.
Attractions
The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places :
Close up of the Comrades statue in front of the County Courthouse
House of the Historical Society and Museum
Baptist Church
Westhall
traffic
Valdosta is crossed by Interstate 75 , US Highways 41 , 84, and 221, and Georgia State Routes 31 , 125, and 133 . The nearest airport is Valdosta Regional Airport in the south of the city.
crime
The crime rate in 2010 was 417 points (US average: 266 points) in the above-average range. There were three murders, 17 rapes, 81 robberies, 169 physical injuries, 856 break-ins, 1665 thefts, 112 car thefts and nine arson attacks.
sons and daughters of the town
- Charlie Norwood (1941–2007), politician
- Molefi Kete Asante (* 1942), author and Afrocentrist
- Billy Joe Royal (1942-2015), singer
- Allen Boyd (* 1945), farmer, war veteran and politician
- Avery Sharpe (* 1954), bassist and composer
- Bill Hicks (1961-1994), comedian
- Rhett Akins (born 1969), country singer and songwriter
- Dominique Simone (* 1971), porn actress
- Dexter Daniels (born 1973), American football player
- Frederick House (born 1978), basketball player
- Thomas Rhett (* 1990), country singer
- Telvin Smith (born 1991), American football player
Web links
- Website of the city (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved April 28, 2018.
- ↑ GEORGIA - Lowndes County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed April 28, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Valdosta-Georgia.html