Editing Grovetown, Georgia

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'''Grovetown''' is a city in [[Columbia County, Georgia]], United States. It is part of the [[Augusta metropolitan area]] as well as the [[Central Savannah River Area]]. The 2019 population estimate was 15,152.<ref name=Census>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/grovetowncitygeorgia |title=QuickFacts: Grovetown city, Georgia |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 9, 2021 }}</ref> The mayor is Gary Jones.<ref name=Mayor>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofgrovetown.com/Directory.aspx?EID=26 |title=Gary Jones |publisher=Cityofgrovetown.com |access-date=February 11, 2018 }}</ref>

==History==
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From the building of the [[Georgia Railroad and Banking Company|Georgia Railroad]], which travels through the city until at least the 1860s, the community was known as "Belair".<ref name="Georgia.gov">{{cite web |url=https://georgia.gov/cities-counties/grovetown |title=Grovetown |publisher=Georgia.gov |access-date=February 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110183641/https://georgia.gov/cities-counties/grovetown |archive-date=January 10, 2019 }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=February 2018}} The city was chartered by the [[Georgia Legislature]] and officially incorporated on January 1, 1881.<ref name="Georgia.gov"/> The name of the small village purportedly came from the old Grove Baptist Church that was founded in 1808. A poet famous in the post-Civil War era, [[Paul Hamilton Hayne]], moved to Copse Hill in the Parham Road area in the 1860s. He solicited the [[United States Postal Service]] to establish the Grovetown post office. The first U.S. mail service was inaugurated on September 28, 1877, with Charles Clifford as [[postmaster]]. Mr. Clifford was also the [[train depot]] agent and the owner of the corner store.<ref name="City of Grovetown">{{cite web |url=https://cityofgrovetown.com/214/City-History |title=City History |publisher=Cityofgrovetown.com |access-date=February 11, 2018 }}</ref>

The first railroad depot was a small structure built in 1878–79. The last depot was an ornate structure built in 1891 at a cost of $5,041.74. It served the citizens of Grovetown until 1970, when passenger trains no longer traveled on the Augusta–[[Atlanta]] line. It was demolished in 1973.<ref name="City of Grovetown"/>

Many wealthy and influential Augusta residents had summer homes in Grovetown, escaping the heat and disease of the city. They commuted on the old "Picayune" train, relying on its frequent service. The Rosland Hotel, later known as the "Eagle", was built in the 1880s. Its huge [[Rotunda (architecture)|rotunda]] was frequently used for church gatherings, suppers, parties, and dances. It later became a [[boarding house]] and burned in the 1970s. The Church of Christ is now located on the site.<ref name="City of Grovetown"/>

Several [[country store]]s were established on Old Wrightsboro Road near the railroad crossing. One was S. F. Poole's store, where the gazebo now stands at the corner with Robinson Avenue, with a "philosophers' bench"{{Clarify|date=March 2024|reason=''Philosophers' Bench'' is another name for a Bench or Table, sometimes Rocking Chairs, placed out in front of a Business where the Older Gentleman of the community would gather and talk about all the things happening in the Town. A communal gathering spot for the Menfolk .}} by the door. During the early days, many famous residents lived in the Grovetown area: Hayne, the literary figure; Stewart Phinizy and James Tobin, [[cotton broker]]s; Charles Phinizy, banker and railroad president; Dr. H. H. Steiner, physician; and John Dodge, pharmacist and [[harness racing]] enthusiast. Dodge brought his stable from [[Ohio]] and built a large home and racetrack.<ref name="City of Grovetown"/>

With the construction of [[Camp Gordon]] in 1942, Grovetown experienced rapid growth; it was no longer a small agricultural town. Due to its close proximity to Fort Gordon (now [[Fort Eisenhower]]), Many military families looked to Grovetown for housing. Gradually, more and more [[veteran|retired military]] saw the benefits of living in the small town and population began to grow and stabilize.<ref name="City of Grovetown"/>

[[Annexation]] and multi-housing construction has increased the population of the formerly quiet town. Currently, Grovetown has a population of approximately 15,000,<ref name=Census/> up from the 1990 census figure of 3,596. A variety of stores, dining establishments, schools, and churches add to the town's culture. Services include [[recreation]]al facilities, a [[public safety department]], two [[fire station]]s, [[Water service|water]] and [[sewage disposal|sewer services]], a [[senior center]], and museum.<ref name="City of Grovetown"/>

==Geography==
Grovetown is located in southern Columbia County. Downtown [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]] is {{convert|15|mi}} east. The northern boundary of [[Fort Eisenhower]] is {{convert|2|mi|0}} south.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Grovetown has a total area of {{convert|12.5|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.03|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.23%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1335716 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212180447/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1335716 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Grovetown city, Georgia |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder |access-date=July 29, 2014 }}</ref>

===Climate and weather extremes===

Grovetown has yet had some extreme weather. The strongest tornado was an EF2 on October 31, 2019. Hurricane Helene hit the town on September 27, 2024.  The highest temperature was 108&nbsp;°F both on August 10, 2007, and on August 21, 1983. The coldest temperature was −1&nbsp;°F set on January 21, 1985.

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| location = [[Daniel Field|Augusta Daniel Field Airport]], Georgia (1991–2020 normals,{{efn|Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.}} extremes 1871–present{{efn|Official records for Augusta were kept at downtown from February 1871 to March 1944, [[Daniel Field]] from April 1944 to June 1950, and at Daniel Field / Augusta Daniel Field since July 1950. For more information, see [http://threadex.rcc-acis.org Threadex]}})
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| Jan record high F = 84
| Feb record high F = 88
| Mar record high F = 93
| Apr record high F = 96
| May record high F = 101
| Jun record high F = 106
| Jul record high F = 107
| Aug record high F = 108
| Sep record high F = 106
| Oct record high F = 101
| Nov record high F = 90
| Dec record high F = 84
| year record high F = 108
| Jan avg record high F = 76
| Feb avg record high F = 79
| Mar avg record high F = 85
| Apr avg record high F = 89
| May avg record high F = 94
| Jul avg record high F = 100
| Aug avg record high F = 99
| Sep avg record high F = 95
| Oct avg record high F = 89
| Nov avg record high F = 82
| Dec avg record high F = 73
| year avg record high F = 101
| Jan high F = 59.6
| Feb high F = 63.5
| Mar high F = 71.0
| Apr high F = 78.5
| May high F = 85.9
| Jun high F = 91.3
| Jul high F = 94.1
| Aug high F = 92.6
| Sep high F = 87.8
| Oct high F = 79.0
| Nov high F = 69.1
| Dec high F = 61.5
| year high F = 77.8
| Jan mean F = 47.4
| Feb mean F = 52.1
| Mar mean F = 57.5
| Apr mean F = 64.6
| May mean F = 72.7
| Jun mean F = 79.7
| Jul mean F = 80.9
| Aug mean F = 81.8
| Sep mean F = 76.4
| Oct mean F = 66.0
| Nov mean F = 55.6
| Dec mean F = 49.4
| year mean F = 65.4
| Jan low F = 35.3
| Feb low F = 38.1
| Mar low F = 44.1
| Apr low F = 50.1
| May low F = 59.6
| Jun low F = 70.3
| Jul low F = 71.6
| Aug low F = 71.0
| Sep low F = 65.0
| Oct low F = 53.1
| Nov low F = 42.2
| Dec low F = 37.3
| year low F = 53.0
| Jan avg record low F = 18
| Feb avg record low F = 21
| Mar avg record low F = 26
| Apr avg record low F = 34
| May avg record low F = 44
| Jul avg record low F = 63
| Aug avg record low F = 61
| Sep avg record low F = 50
| Oct avg record low F = 35
| Nov avg record low F = 25
| Dec avg record low F = 19
| year avg record low F = 16
| Jan record low F = −1
| Feb record low F = 3
| Mar record low F = 12
| Apr record low F = 26
| May record low F = 35
| Jun record low F = 46
| Jul record low F = 54
| Aug record low F = 52
| Sep record low F = 36
| Oct record low F = 22
| Nov record low F = 11
| Dec record low F = 5
| year record low F = -1
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 3.84
| Feb precipitation inch = 3.67
| Mar precipitation inch = 4.08
| Apr precipitation inch = 2.92
| May precipitation inch = 3.05
| Jun precipitation inch = 4.75
| Aug precipitation inch = 4.61
| Sep precipitation inch = 3.60
| Oct precipitation inch = 2.56
| Nov precipitation inch = 2.66
| Dec precipitation inch = 3.87
| year precipitation inch = 44.09
| Jan snow inch = 0.4
| Feb snow inch = 0.3
| Mar snow inch = 0.0
| Apr snow inch = 0.0
| May snow inch = 0.0
| Jun snow inch = 0.0
| Aug snow inch = 0.0
| Sep snow inch = 0.0
| Oct snow inch = 0.0
| Nov snow inch = 0.0
| Dec snow inch = 0.1
| year snow inch = 0.8
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days = 9.9
| Feb precipitation days = 10.2
| Mar precipitation days = 8.6
| Apr precipitation days = 7.6
| May precipitation days = 7.9
| Jun precipitation days = 11.1
| Aug precipitation days = 11.1
| Sep precipitation days = 7.9
| Oct precipitation days = 6.4
| Nov precipitation days = 7.0
| Dec precipitation days = 9.4
| year precipitation days = 107.3
| unit snow days = 0.1 in
| Jan snow days = 0.4
| Feb snow days = 0.1
| Mar snow days = 0.0
| Apr snow days = 0.0
| May snow days = 0.0
| Jun snow days = 0.0
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 0.0
| Oct snow days = 0.0
| Nov snow days = 0.0
| Dec snow days = 0.1
| year snow days = 0.5
| Jan humidity = 69.8
| Feb humidity = 65.8
| Mar humidity = 65.0
| Apr humidity = 64.5
| May humidity = 69.6
| Jun humidity = 71.3
| Jul humidity = 73.9
| Aug humidity = 76.5
| Sep humidity = 76.2
| Oct humidity = 73.3
| Nov humidity = 71.9
| Dec humidity = 71.6
| year humidity = 70.8
| source 1 = [[NOAA]] (relative humidity 1961–1990)<ref name="NWS Columbia, SC (CAE)">{{cite web |url=https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=cae |title=NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date=May 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702164710/http://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=cae |archive-date=July 2, 2017| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NCDC TXT KAGS">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USW00003820&format=pdf |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station: August Bush Fld AP, GA |work=U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020) |access-date=May 24, 2021 |archive-date=May 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524172629/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USW00003820&format=pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name= "WMO 1961–90 KAGS">{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_IV/US/GROUP3/72218.TXT |title=WMO Climate Normals for COLUMBIA/METRO ARPT SC 1961–1990 |access-date=September 4, 2016 |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |archive-date=July 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716072832/ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_IV/US/GROUP3/72218.TXT |url-status=live }}</ref>
| source = NWS Climate Summaries
| Jun avg record high F = 98.2
| Jun avg record low F = 60.2
| Jul snow inch = 0.0
| Jul precipitation inch = 3.99
| Jul precipitation days = 8.3
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 527
|1910= 558
|1920= 425
|1930= 267
|1960= 1396
|1970= 3169
|1980= 3384
|1990= 3596
|2000= 6089
|2010= 11216
|2020= 15577
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015 }}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Grovetown racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1335716&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-15|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|6,309
|40.5%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|5,492
|35.26%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|36
|0.23%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|380
|2.44%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|42
|0.27%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|1,133
|7.27%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|2,185
|14.03%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 15,577 people, 4,028 households, and 2,986 families residing in the city.

==Parks and recreation==
City parks include the Liberty Park Community Center,<ref name=Parks>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofgrovetown.com/256/Parks-and-City-Facilities |title=Parks and City Facilities |publisher=Cityofgrovetown.com |access-date=April 1, 2020 }}</ref> and Goodale Park,<ref name=Parks/> which is named after Joseph Daniel "Danny" Goodale Jr., a  [[Vietnam veteran]] who died in 1969.<ref name="Goodale VVMF">{{cite web |url=http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/19161/JOSEPH-D-GOODALE-JR |title=Joseph D Goodale Jr&nbsp;–Army |publisher=Virtual [[Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund]] |access-date=February 11, 2018 }}</ref><ref name="Goodale Chronicle">{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives/?p_product=HA-AGCB&p_theme=histpaper&p_nbid=&p_action=doc&p_docid=1292855F747F7E88&s_lastnonissuequeryname=2&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=2&p_docnum=1&p_docref=v2:1252FEAF2D2D3A44@HA-AGCB-1292855F7137D686@2450595-1292855F747F7E88@0-1292855F747F7E88@ |title=Grovetown remembers fallen soldier |newspaper=[[The Augusta Chronicle]] |via=[[NewsBank]] |date=May 26, 1997 |access-date=April 1, 2020 |url-access=registration }}</ref> The city has also added Kiddie Park, as well as Historical Park. Friendship Park is located at the Veterans wall on Robinson Ave and is referred to as Freedom Park. They also have a Wildflower Park at the corner of Robinson Ave. and Johns Street.

==Education==
Grovetown Middle School, Grovetown Elementary School, Grovetown Highschool, and Cedar Ridge Elementary School are located in the city limits of Grovetown.Columbia Middle School, Brookwood Elementary School, Euchee Creek Elementary School, and Baker Place Elementary School are located near the city.<ref name=Education>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofgrovetown.com/222/Education |title=Education |publisher=Cityofgrovetown.com |access-date=February 11, 2018 }}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
Grovetown is mainly served by [[Georgia State Route 223]] (SR&nbsp;223), locally known as Robinson Avenue from just northwest of [[Fort Eisenhower]]'s Gate 2 to the [[Intersection (road)|intersection]] with [[Harlem–Grovetown Road]] and as [[Wrightsboro Road]] past this point. It is also served by [[Georgia State Route 388|SR&nbsp;388]] east of this intersection. Here, SR&nbsp;388 takes on the Wrightsboro Road name until an intersection with Katherine Street. At this intersection, the [[State highway (US)|state highway]] turns left onto Horizon South Parkway, while Wrightsboro Road continues toward [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]]. Harlem–Grovetown Road connects the city with [[Harlem, Georgia|Harlem]].

There are railroad tracks of [[CSX Transportation]] that extend through Grovetown, used mostly by freight trains.

==Notes==
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==See also==
{{Portal-inline|Georgia (U.S. state)}}
*[[Central Savannah River Area]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.cityofgrovetown.com/}}

{{Columbia County, Georgia}}
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