Cedartown, Georgia
| Cedartown, Georgia | |
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Downtown Cedartown
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 Location in Polk County and the state of Georgia |
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| Coordinates: 34°0′55″N 85°15′14″W / 34.01528°N 85.25389°WCoordinates: 34°0′55″N 85°15′14″W / 34.01528°N 85.25389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Polk |
| Government | |
| • Type | City Commission |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.8 sq mi (17.8 km2) |
| • Land | 6.8 sq mi (17.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 840 ft (260 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 9,750 |
| • Density | 1,400/sq mi (550/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 30125 |
| Area code(s) | 770/678/470 |
| FIPS code | 13-14500 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0312503 |
| Website | Cedartown, Georgia |
Cedartown is a city in Polk County, Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 9,750. The city is the county seat of Polk County. Cedartown is the principal city of and is included in the Cedartown, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, Georgia-Alabama (part) Combined Statistical Area.
The Cedartown Commercial Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Cedartown Waterworks-Woman's Building-Big Spring Park Historic District is also listed along with the Northwest Cedartown Historic District and South Philpot Street Historic District.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Cedartown has a total area of 6.9 square miles (18 km2), of which 6.8 square miles (18 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (0.44%) is water.
Cherokee and Creek Native Americans first inhabited the area known as Cedar Valley. The Cherokee people had established a village there in the 1830s after the Native Americans were forced out on the Trail of Tears.
The most famous of these settlers was Asa Prior. According to local legend, the water rights to Big Spring were won for the white settlers by a local white boy in a footrace with a Cherokee youth. Some versions of the legend differ, saying that the rights to the spring were won by the Cherokee people from the Creek people in a ball game. "Big Strickland" became "Cedar Town" when Prior deeded ten acres of adjacent land to the newly chartered city in 1852. Big Strickland was the original county seat and Cedar Town became the county seat later.
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