Taylorsville, Georgia
| Taylorsville, Georgia | |
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| Town | |
Farmers Supply Company in Taylorsville
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 Location in Bartow County and the state of Georgia |
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| Coordinates: 34°5′5″N 84°59′7″W / 34.08472°N 84.98528°WCoordinates: 34°5′5″N 84°59′7″W / 34.08472°N 84.98528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| Counties | Bartow, Polk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km2) |
| • Land | 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 732 ft (223 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 213 |
| • Density | 152.7/sq mi (58.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 30178 |
| Area code(s) | 770/678/470 |
| FIPS code | 13-75664 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0323966 |
Taylorsville is a town in Bartow and Polk counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 211 at the 2012 census.
Taylorsville was surveyed circa 1870 by Edward G. Taylor, and named for him.
On March 14–15 there was a tornado outbreak across much of the southeast United States in which damage was inflicted on portions of the City of Atlanta and its northwest suburbs, including Taylorsville. An EF3 tornado struck Taylorsville killing 2 people, causing 2 serious injuries, demolishing 21 homes and damaging over 100 others. The path of the tornado across Taylorsville was estimated at 16 miles long.
On October 28, 2011, former Taylorsville Mayor, Cary Rhodes, was arrested after attempting to meet a minor for sex. In the internet sting operation, initiated by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, Rhodes was charged with attempted child molestation and violation of the Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Act. The State subsequently dropped the attempted child molestation charges. On June 28, 2012, Rhodes was convicted and sentenced for inappropriate conversations over the Internet. He was given a term of two years in prison and 10 years on probation on one count of computer and electronic child exploitation.
Taylorsville is located at 34°5′5″N 84°59′7″W / 34.08472°N 84.98528°W (34.084798, -84.985249).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2), all of it land.
The majority of Lake Allatoona is located in Bartow County. Taylorsville is nearby.
As of the census of 2010, the population was 3,796. The population density was 153.3 people per square mile (59.3/km²). There were 103 housing units at an average density of 68.9 per square mile (26.7/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 93.45% White, 4.37% African American, 0.87% from other races, and 1.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.75% of the population.
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