Cairo, Georgia
| Cairo, Georgia | |
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| City | |
Cairo City Hall
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| Nickname(s): "Georgia's Hospitality City" | |
 Location in Grady County and the state of Georgia |
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| Coordinates: 30°53′N 84°13′W / 30.883°N 84.217°WCoordinates: 30°53′N 84°13′W / 30.883°N 84.217°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Grady |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.8 sq mi (25.4 km2) |
| • Land | 9.7 sq mi (25.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 243 ft (74 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 9,607 |
| • Density | 992/sq mi (382.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 31728, 39827, 39828 |
| Area code(s) | 229 |
| FIPS code | 13-12400 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0354934 |
| Website | www |
Cairo 
i/ˈkeɪ.roʊ/ is a city in Grady County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 9,607. The city is the county seat of Grady County.
Cairo was founded in 1835. It was incorporated as a town in 1870 and as a city in 1906. In 1905, Cairo was designated seat of the newly formed Grady County. The city was named after Cairo, the capital of Egypt.
Although Cairo is nicknamed the "Syrup City", it has no relationship with the Karo brand of corn syrup, which is pronounced like the city's name. Rather, Cairo earned its nickname by producing cane syrup from the early 1900s through the late 1990s. Of the several companies that produced cane syrup, Roddenbery's was the best known. Roddenbery's later became better known for its pickles and the world's largest outdoor brine yard. However, the company was sold to Dean Foods in 1993 and the local factory shut down.
Reflecting its "syrup" heritage, the Cairo High School football team is nicknamed the Syrupmakers, and the school mascot is the agriculturally based sugar cane farmer/syrupmaker similar to the Cornhusker and Boilermaker. According to local tradition, this began during a rainy football game, when the players wore donated ponchos with "Roddenbery Syrup" printed on them. The most widely accepted tradition and the one with the most supportive evidence claims that a newspaper reporter referred to the Cairo Tigers in print as "the syrupmakers from Cairo".
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