Spalding County, Georgia

County in Georgia, United States

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Not to be confused with Paulding County, Georgia or Spalding, Georgia.

County in Georgia

Spalding County

County

Spalding County Courthouse in Griffin

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Location within the U.S. state of Georgia

Georgia's location within the U.S.

Coordinates: 33°16′N 84°17′W﻿ / ﻿33.26°N 84.28°W﻿ / 33.26; -84.28
Country|  United States
State|  Georgia
Founded| 1851; 174 years ago (1851)
Named after| Thomas Spalding
Seat| Griffin
Largest city| Griffin
Area

• Total

| 200 sq mi (500 km2)
• Land| 196 sq mi (510 km2)
• Water| 3.1 sq mi (8 km2)  1.6%
Population

(2020)

• Total

| 67,306[1]
Time zone| UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district| 3rd
Website| spaldingcounty.com

Spalding County is a county in the West Central region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,306.[2] The county seat is Griffin.[3][1] The county was created December 20, 1851, and named for former United States representative and senator Thomas Spalding.[4]

Spalding County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA.

## Geography

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 200 square miles (520 km2), of which 196 square miles (510 km2) is land and 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2) (1.6%) is water.[5] The county is located in the Piedmont region of the state.

The western portion of Spalding County, west of a line from Sunny Side through Griffin to Orchard Hill, is located in the Upper Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The eastern part of the county is located in the Upper Ocmulgee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River basin.[6]

### Major highways

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* Interstate 75
* U.S. Route 19

U.S. Route 19 Business
* U.S. Route 41

U.S. Route 41 Business
* State Route 3
* State Route 7
* State Route 16
* State Route 92
* State Route 155
* State Route 362
* State Route 401 (unsigned designation for I-75)

### Adjacent counties

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* Henry County (northeast)
* Butts County (east)
* Lamar County (southeast)
* Pike County (southwest)
* Meriwether County (west)
* Coweta County (west)
* Fayette County (northwest)
* Clayton County (northwest)

## Communities

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### Cities

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* Griffin (county seat)

### Town

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* Orchard Hill

### Census-designated places

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* East Griffin
* Experiment
* Heron Bay (partly in Henry County)
* Sunny Side (formerly a city)

## Demographics

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Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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1860| 8,699| | —
1870| 10,205| | 17.3%
1880| 12,585| | 23.3%
1890| 13,117| | 4.2%
1900| 17,619| | 34.3%
1910| 19,741| | 12.0%
1920| 21,908| | 11.0%
1930| 23,495| | 7.2%
1940| 28,427| | 21.0%
1950| 31,045| | 9.2%
1960| 35,404| | 14.0%
1970| 39,514| | 11.6%
1980| 47,899| | 21.2%
1990| 54,457| | 13.7%
2000| 58,417| | 7.3%
2010| 64,073| | 9.7%
2020| 67,306| | 5.0%
2023 (est.)| 69,946| [7]| 3.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[8]
1790-1880[9] 1890-1910[10]
1920-1930[11] 1930-1940[12]
1940-1950[13] 1960-1980[14]
1980-2000[15] 2010[2] 2020[1]
Spalding County racial composition as of 2020[16] Race  | Num.  | Perc.

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White (non-Hispanic)  | 37,105  | 55.13%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)  | 23,148  | 34.39%
Native American | 154  | 0.23%
Asian | 640  | 0.95%
Pacific Islander | 23  | 0.03%
Other/Mixed | 2,570  | 3.82%
Hispanic or Latino | 3,666  | 5.45%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 67,306 people, 25,339 households, and 16,563 families residing in the county.

## Education

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The Griffin-Spalding County School District has 11 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 2 high schools, and 4 complementary programs.

## Politics

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Spalding County is solidly Republican at the presidential level having last voted for a Democrat in 1980 when it voted for Jimmy Carter. Since then, the closest a Democrat has come to winning Spalding County was in 1992, when Bill Clinton lost to George H. W. Bush by 5.6 percent.

United States presidential election results for Spalding County, Georgia[17] Year  | Republican | Democratic | Third party(ies)

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No.  | % | No.  | % | No.  | %
2024 | 19,184  | 57.77% | 13,679  | 41.19%  | 345  | 1.04%
2020 | 18,104  | 59.91% | 11,828  | 39.14%  | 287  | 0.95%
2016 | 15,646  | 60.58% | 9,357  | 36.23%  | 823  | 3.19%
2012 | 14,911  | 59.31% | 9,898  | 39.37%  | 330  | 1.31%
2008 | 14,885  | 58.85% | 10,141  | 40.09%  | 269  | 1.06%
2004 | 13,461  | 63.99% | 7,460  | 35.46%  | 115  | 0.55%
2000 | 9,271  | 60.24% | 5,831  | 37.89%  | 289  | 1.88%
1996 | 7,376  | 50.74% | 6,017  | 41.39%  | 1,143  | 7.86%
1992 | 7,262  | 46.15% | 6,392  | 40.63%  | 2,080  | 13.22%
1988 | 7,730  | 63.68% | 4,318  | 35.57%  | 90  | 0.74%
1984 | 8,571  | 63.73% | 4,878  | 36.27%  | 0  | 0.00%
1980 | 4,809  | 39.00%  | 7,176  | 58.19% | 346  | 2.81%
1976 | 3,739  | 33.00%  | 7,593  | 67.00% | 0  | 0.00%
1972 | 7,183  | 80.84% | 1,702  | 19.16%  | 0  | 0.00%
1968 | 3,077  | 28.03%  | 2,949  | 26.86%  | 4,953  | 45.11%
1964 | 4,763  | 46.56%  | 5,466  | 53.44% | 0  | 0.00%
1960 | 1,753  | 28.37%  | 4,426  | 71.63% | 0  | 0.00%
1956 | 1,458  | 23.10%  | 4,853  | 76.90% | 0  | 0.00%
1952 | 1,249  | 19.08%  | 5,296  | 80.92% | 0  | 0.00%
1948 | 506  | 10.94%  | 3,441  | 74.38% | 679  | 14.68%
1944 | 217  | 7.18%  | 2,805  | 92.79% | 1  | 0.03%
1940 | 197  | 6.11%  | 3,022  | 93.76% | 4  | 0.12%
1936 | 36  | 1.44%  | 2,457  | 98.28% | 7  | 0.28%
1932 | 54  | 2.40%  | 2,185  | 97.07% | 12  | 0.53%
1928 | 412  | 19.20%  | 1,734  | 80.80% | 0  | 0.00%
1924 | 75  | 5.28%  | 1,257  | 88.52% | 88  | 6.20%
1920 | 181  | 17.90%  | 830  | 82.10% | 0  | 0.00%
1916 | 41  | 3.99%  | 835  | 81.23% | 152  | 14.79%
1912 | 26  | 3.22%  | 736  | 91.20% | 45  | 5.58%

## See also

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* State of Georgia portal

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Spalding County, Georgia
* List of counties in Georgia

## References

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1. ^ a b c United States Census Bureau, 2020 Census Report, Spalding County, Georgia
2. ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 20, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
3. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
4. ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 209\. ISBN 0-915430-00-2. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 26, 2003.
5. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
6. ^ "Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience". Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
7. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
8. ^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". United States Census Bureau.
9. ^ "1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1880.
10. ^ "1910 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1910.
11. ^ "1930 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1930.
12. ^ "1940 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1940.
13. ^ "1950 Census of Population - Georgia -" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1950.
14. ^ "1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1980.
15. ^ "2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000.
16. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
17. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 22, 2018.

## External links

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Places adjacent to Spalding County, Georgia

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* Orchard Hill

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* Experiment
* Heron Bay‡

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