Editing Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

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'''Fort Oglethorpe''' is a city predominantly in [[Catoosa County, Georgia|Catoosa County]] with some portions in [[Walker County, Georgia|Walker County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cumming |first=Kevin |date=4 October 2004 |title=Fort Oglethorpe annexes 109-house subdivisio |url=http://www.walkermessenger.com/view/full_story/3321581/article-Fort-Oglethorpe-annexes-109-house-subdivisio---Local-headline |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304071314/http://www.walkermessenger.com/view/full_story/3321581/article-Fort-Oglethorpe-annexes-109-house-subdivisio---Local-headline |archive-date=4 March 2012 |website=walkermessenger.com}}</ref> As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the city had a population of 10,423. It is part of the [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]], [[Tennessee]]&ndash;Georgia [[Chattanooga metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. It is home to [[Lakeview – Fort Oglethorpe High School]].

==History==
The [[United States Army]] established a cavalry post at the site of Hargrave, Georgia, an unincorporated town situated next to the [[Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park|Chickamauga National Battlefield]]. The existing settlement was named for a [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] soldier, William Hamilton Hargrave, who along with his wife Amelia Cecilia Strange-Hargrave owned most of the land in the area. The couple was well known in the 19th century to travellers heading to Ross's Landing on the [[Tennessee River]] from [[LaFayette, Georgia]]. William Hargrave and other landowners in the area were forced to sell their property to the Army{{Citation needed|date=January 2014}} to be used as a base for the [[6th Cavalry Regiment|6th Cavalry]]. The Chickamauga Post established in 1902 by the U.S. Army was later named [[Fort Oglethorpe (Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia)|Fort Oglethorpe]] after [[James Oglethorpe]], the founder of the [[Province of Georgia|Colony of Georgia]]. During and after [[World War I]], the fort served between 1917 and 1920 as an [[Fort Oglethorpe (prisoner-of-war camp)|detention camp]] for [[Internment of German Americans|civilian internees]] and [[prisoners of war]]. During [[World War II]], the area served as a war-time induction and processing center, and again housed prisoners of war.<ref>Copeland, Susan, [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/ArticlePrintable.jsp?id=h-592 "Foreign Prisoners of War"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117192817/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/foreign-prisoners-war |date=2018-11-17 }}, ''The New Georgia Encyclopedia''. Retrieved March 28, 2011</ref> Fort Oglethorpe was a major training center for the [[Women's Army Corps]] during World War II. The post land was declared surplus in 1947 and returned to civilian hands, forming the nucleus for a town that was incorporated in 1949.<ref>Cooksey, Elizabeth B., [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2308&hl=y "Catoosa County"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021122818/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2308&hl=y |date=October 21, 2012 }}, ''The New Georgia Encyclopedia''. Retrieved August 29, 2011</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IP4vAAAAIBAJ&pg=4163%2C288112 | title=Catoosa County | work=Calhoun Times | date=September 1, 2004 | access-date=24 April 2015 | pages=31}}</ref>

==Geography==
Fort Oglethorpe is located in western Catoosa County and northeastern Walker County at {{coord|34|56|44|N|85|14|44|W|type:city}} (34.945683, -85.245653).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is {{convert|9|mi|0}} south of [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]], by [[U.S. Route 27]], which also leads south {{convert|18|mi}} to [[LaFayette, Georgia]]. The [[Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park]] takes up the southern two-thirds of the city's area.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|36.0|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1330956| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212175258/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1330956| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Fort Oglethorpe city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=July 18, 2014}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1950= 692
|1960= 2251
|1970= 3869
|1980= 5443
|1990= 5880
|2000= 6940
|2010= 9263
|2020= 10423
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1850-1870<ref name=1870CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1870-1880<ref name=1880CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref><br> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|pages=251–256}}</ref><br> 1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1970<ref name=1970CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Fort Oglethorpe racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1330956&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-17|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|8,619
|82.69%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|568
|5.45%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|44
|0.42%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|337
|3.23%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|43
|0.41%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|498
|4.78%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|314
|3.01%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 10,423 people, 3,994 households, and 2,240 families residing in the city.

Circa 2024, of the Fort Oglethorpe residents, 9,013 of them lived in Catoosa County and 250 of them lived in Walker County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/CountyMaps/Catoosa.pdf|title=General Highway Map Catoosa County Georgia|publisher=[[Georgia Department of Transportation]]|access-date=2024-09-24}}</ref>

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States Census|2000 U.S. census]], there were 6,940 people, 2,873 households, and 1,881 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|532.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,108 housing units at an average density of {{convert|238.5|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 93.14% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.38% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.19% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.07% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.56% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.63% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.41% of the population.

There were 2,873 households, out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.5% were non-families. 30.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.86.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 22.8% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 19.6% 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $32,095, and the median income for a family was $40,643. Males had a median income of $28,160 versus $21,141 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,288. About 11.5% of families and 17.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 30.8% of those under age 18 and 11.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
The portion in Catoosa County is in the [[Catoosa County School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st13_ga/schooldistrict_maps/c13047_catoosa/DC20SD_C13047.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Catoosa County, GA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-15}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st13_ga/schooldistrict_maps/c13047_catoosa/DC20SD_C13047_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> [[Lakeview Fort Oglethorpe High School]] is in the Catoosa County district.

The portion in Walker County is in the [[Walker County School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st13_ga/schooldistrict_maps/c13295_walker/DC20SD_C13295.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Walker County, GA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-15|pages=2, 4 (PDF pp. 3, 5/12)}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st13_ga/schooldistrict_maps/c13295_walker/DC20SD_C13295_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.fortogov.com/ City of Fort Oglethorpe official website]
* [http://www.6thcavalrymuseum.org/ 6th Cavalry Regiment Museum]
* [http://www.nps.gov/chch/ Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park]

{{Catoosa County, Georgia}}
{{Walker County, Georgia}}

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[[Category:Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Cities in Catoosa County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Cities in Walker County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Cities in the Chattanooga metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1949]]
[[Category:1949 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)]]