Loganville, Georgia

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Loganville is a city in Walton and Gwinnett counties, Georgia, United States. The population was 16,516 as of 2023. Loganville is located about Template:Convert east of Atlanta and is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.

History

An early variant name was "Buncombe".<ref>Template:GNIS</ref> It was then renamed after James Harvie Logan, an early settler.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Loganville as a town in 1887.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Geography

Loganville is in western Walton County, with the city limits extending west into southeastern Gwinnett County. U.S. Route 78 (Atlanta Highway) passes through the center of town, leading east Template:Convert to Monroe, the Walton County seat, and west Template:Convert to downtown Atlanta. Georgia State Route 20 leads northwest from Loganville Template:Convert to Lawrenceville, the Gwinnett County seat, and southwest Template:Convert to Conyers. Georgia State Route 81 leads northeast Template:Convert to Winder and south Template:Convert to Covington.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Loganville has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert, or 0.60%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref> It is about Template:Convert from downtown Atlanta and is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.Template:Sfn

Demographics

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Loganville City Hall

Loganville racial composition as of 2020<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	6,305	44.63%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	5,109	36.16%
Native American	32	0.23%
Asian	410	2.9%
Pacific Islander	4	0.03%
Other/Mixed	721	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1,546	10.94%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 14,127 people, 4,101 households, and 3,112 families residing in the city.

Education

The portion in Walton County is in the boundary of the Walton County School District.<ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref> The portion in Gwinnett County is in the Gwinnett County School District.<ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref>

Loganville has a full complement of grade schools from primary to high school. The schools are a part of the Walton and Gwinnett County public school districts.

Public Schools

The following schools are part of the Walton County Public School System that serve the Loganville, Georgia area:

• Loganville High School (Loganville, GA)
• Walnut Grove High School (Loganville, GA)
• Foothills Charter High School, alternative high school that serves residents of Walton County
  • Loganville Middle School (Loganville, GA)
  • Youth Middle School (Loganville, GA)
    • Loganville Elementary School (Loganville, GA)
    • Youth Elementary School (Loganville, GA)
    • Bay Creek Elementary School, formerly known as 'Loganville Primary School' (Loganville, GA)
    • Walnut Grove Elementary School (Walnut Grove, GA)
    • Sharon Elementary School (Loganville, GA)
    • Monroe Elementary School (Monroe, GA) formally known as Monroe Primary School

The following schools in Loganville are part of the Gwinnett County Public Schools System:

• Cooper Elementary School
• Rosebud Elementary School
• McConnell Middle School
• Archer High School
• Grayson High School

Private schools

• Loganville Christian Academy
• Trinity Prep School
• Victory Baptist School

Points of interest

• Vines Botanical Gardens
• Kent Rock Manor, used as the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted in the CW show Legacies
• Holy Cross Cathedral, the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of the South

Notable people

• Bobby Byrd, singer with James Brown, founder of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocal group The Famous Flames.
• Kyle Chandler, actor
• Clint Frazier, Major League Baseball player
• Jon Langston, country singer
• Austin Meadows, Major League Baseball player
• Brandon Moss, Major League Baseball player
• Jordan Pruitt, pop singer
• Jeffrey Webb, former president of CONCACAF who was arrested in the 2015 FIFA corruption case in May 2015
• Wayne Gallman, NFL running back for the Minnesota Vikings
• Jordan Rager, country singer

References

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Bibliography

• Template:Cite book

External links

• City of Loganville official website