Spalding County, Georgia

Spalding County is a county in the West Central region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,306.<ref name="QF">Template:Cite web</ref> The county seat is Griffin.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">United States Census Bureau, 2020 Census Report, Spalding County, Georgia</ref> The county was created December 20, 1851, and named for former United States representative and senator Thomas Spalding.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Spalding County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (1.6%) is water.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> The county is located in the Piedmont region of the state.

The western portion of Spalding County, west of a line from Sunny Side through Griffin to Orchard Hill, is located in the Upper Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The eastern part of the county is located in the Upper Ocmulgee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River basin.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Major highways

• File:I-75.svg Interstate 75
• File:US 19.svg U.S. Route 19
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  File:US 19.svg U.S. Route 19 Business
• File:US 41.svg U.S. Route 41
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• File:Georgia 3.svg State Route 3
• File:Georgia 7.svg State Route 7
• File:Georgia 16.svg State Route 16
• File:Georgia 92.svg State Route 92
• File:Georgia 155.svg State Route 155
• File:Georgia 362.svg State Route 362
• File:Georgia 401.svg State Route 401 (unsigned designation for I-75)

Adjacent counties

• Henry County (northeast)
• Butts County (east)
• Lamar County (southeast)
• Pike County (southwest)
• Meriwether County (west)
• Coweta County (west)
• Fayette County (northwest)
• Clayton County (northwest)

Communities

Cities

• Griffin (county seat)
• Sunny Side

Town

• Orchard Hill

Census-designated places

• East Griffin
• Experiment
• Heron Bay (partly in Henry County)

Demographics

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

Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	37,105	55.13%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	23,148	34.39%
Native American	154	0.23%
Asian	640	0.95%
Pacific Islander	23	0.03%
Other/Mixed	2,570	3.82%
Hispanic or Latino	3,666	5.45%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 67,306 people, 25,339 households, and 16,563 families residing in the county.

Education

The Griffin-Spalding County School District has 11 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 2 high schools, and 4 complementary programs.

Politics

Spalding County is solidly Republican at the presidential level having last voted for a Democrat in 1980 when it voted for Jimmy Carter. Since then, the closest a Democrat has come to winning Spalding County was in 1992, when Bill Clinton lost to George H. W. Bush by 5.6 percent. Template:PresHead Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresFoot

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Spalding County, Georgia
• List of counties in Georgia

External links

• County website
• Spalding County Genealogy
• Doc Holliday (John Henry Holliday) Biography and Photos