Menlo, Georgia

Menlo, Georgia
City
Buildings along 7th Avenue (SR 337)
Location in Chattooga County and the state of Georgia
Coordinates: 34°29′6″N 85°28′34″W / 34.48500°N 85.47611°W / 34.48500; -85.47611Coordinates: 34°29′6″N 85°28′34″W / 34.48500°N 85.47611°W / 34.48500; -85.47611
Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	Chattooga
Area
• Total	0.8 sq mi (2.0 km2)
• Land	0.8 sq mi (2.0 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	1,100 ft (335 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	474
• Density	605/sq mi (233.7/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	30731
Area code(s)	706/762
FIPS code	13-50848
GNIS feature ID	0332373

Menlo is a small city in Chattooga County, Georgia, United States. The population was 474 at the 2010 census.

A post office called Menlo has been in operation since 1886. The city was established in the early 1880s, and incorporated in 1903. The city's founder, Captain Andrew Lawrence, named it after Menlo Park, New Jersey, in honor of inventor Thomas Edison.

Menlo is located at the base of the Cumberland Plateau in western Chattooga County. It lies just over a mile east of the Alabama border. Georgia State Route 48 runs through the center of town, leading east 8 miles (13 km) to Summerville, the Chattooga County seat, and northwest 3 miles (5 km) to Cloudland atop Lookout Mountain. SR 337 leads northeast through the Broomtown Valley 20 miles (32 km) to LaFayette.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Menlo has a total area of 0.77 square miles (2.0 km²), all of it land.

As of the census of 2000, there were 485 people, 229 households, and 141 families residing in the city. The population density was 622.5 people per square mile (240.1/km²). There were 251 housing units at an average density of 322.2 per square mile (124.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.49% White, 3.30% African American, and 0.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.41% of the population.