Editing McDonough, Georgia

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'''McDonough''' is a city in [[Henry County, Georgia|Henry County]], Georgia, United States. It is part of the [[Atlanta metropolitan area]]. Its population was 29,051 in 2020. The city is the [[county seat]] of Henry County.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> The [[unincorporated area|unincorporated communities]] of [[Blacksville, Georgia|Blacksville]], [[Flippen, Georgia|Flippen]], [[Kelleytown, Georgia|Kelleytown]], and [[Ola, Georgia|Ola]] are located near McDonough, and addresses in those communities have McDonough ZIP codes.

==History==
The town was named for naval officer Commodore [[Thomas Macdonough]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|year=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n192 193]}}</ref> and founded in 1823 around a traditional [[town square]] design. The buildings surrounding the square are intact, although there are some vacancies. The county courthouse and historic jail building are on the north side near the Welcome Center in a historically maintained [[Standard Oil]] service station, built in 1920. The station also houses the Main Street Program Office.

One block east of the square, the town's original cotton warehouse has been replaced with the Henry County Judicial Center. In the same area the Henry County Courthouse Annex has an original oil on canvas "Cotton Gin" ({{frac|4|1|2}} by 11 feet) by artist [[Jean Charlot]]. He painted this oil in 1942 for the town post office. His works can be found all over the world in everything from children's books to large murals.

The town was a relay station on the New York City to [[New Orleans]] stagecoach line and was connected by other stage lines with [[Fayetteville, Georgia|Fayetteville]] and [[Decatur, Georgia|Decatur]], and with [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]] by way of [[Jackson, Georgia|Jackson]].<ref name="History of Henry County">{{cite web |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gahenry/History/history.htm |title= History of Henry County|website=www.rootsweb.ancestry.com |access-date=April 24, 2009}}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}</ref>

==Geography==
McDonough is in central Henry County, {{convert|28|mi}} southeast of downtown [[Atlanta]]. [[U.S. Route 23]] passes through the center of the city, leading northwest {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Stockbridge, Georgia|Stockbridge]] and south {{convert|7|mi|0}} to [[Locust Grove, Georgia|Locust Grove]]. [[Interstate 75]] passes through the southwestern arm of the city, with access from Exits 216, 218, and 221. I-75 leads northwest to Atlanta and southeast {{convert|56|mi}} to [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|33.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|32.9|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.5|km2|order=flip|1}}, or 1.50%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): McDonough city, Georgia |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1348624 |access-date=May 18, 2017 |work=American Factfinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 320
|1880= 320
|1890= 515
|1900= 683
|1910= 882
|1920= 1263
|1930= 1068
|1940= 1232
|1950= 1635
|1960= 2224
|1970= 2675
|1980= 2778
|1990= 2929
|2000= 8493
|2010= 22084
|2020= 29051
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|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= 1910|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= 1950|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> 2010<ref name=2010CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2010 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 2010|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|+McDonough racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1348624&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 13, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
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!Perc.
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|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|4,998
|17.2%
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|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|20,092
|69.16%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|55
|0.19%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|610
|2.1%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|30
|0.1%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|1,306
|4.5%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|1,960
|6.75%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 29,051 people, 8,543 households, and 5,778 families residing in the city.

==Economy==
[[Snapper Inc.]] manufacturing residential and professional lawn care and snow removal equipment, was based in McDonough.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}} The company began in 1894 as Southern Saw Works, and claims to have invented the first self-propelled rotary lawn mower.<ref name="Snapper" /> The company was sold to [[Briggs and Stratton]],<ref name="Snapper">{{cite web |title=About Snapper |url=https://www.snapper.com/na/en_us/about-snapper.html |website=Snapper |access-date=27 December 2023}}</ref> which operated the plant until its closure in 2015.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

[[Goya Foods]] has its Atlanta offices in an [[unincorporated area]] near McDonough.<ref>"[http://www.goya.com/english/about/contact_us.html Contact Us]." [[Goya Foods]]. Retrieved on March 26, 2016. "Goya Atlanta 4005 Haworth Parkway McDonough, GA 30253"</ref><ref>[http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st13_ga/place/p1348624_mcdonough/ Maps of McDonough]." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on April 19, 2016.</ref>

==Arts and culture==
[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Henry County, Georgia|Several individual buildings and two historic districts in the city]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], including the downtown [[McDonough Historic District]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Georgia - Henry County |url=https://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ga/henry/state.html |website=National Register of Historic Places |access-date=27 December 2023}}</ref>

===Events===
The city hosts a [[Geranium]] Festival each springtime on the third Saturday in May, celebrating the locally grown flowers and community.<ref name="flower">{{cite web |title=ABOUT US |url=https://geraniumfestival.com/about-us/ |website=THE GERANIUM FESTIVAL |access-date=27 December 2023}}</ref> The one-day festival serves as a showcase of local artistry and talent through the open-air craft markets and live musical performances. The festival is sponsored by the McDonough Lions Club, and held on the McDonough Square and surrounding areas.<ref name="flower" />

==Sports== 
The city's semi-professional soccer team [[Georgia Revolution FC]] plays in the [[National Premier Soccer League]] at the [[Henry County High School|Warhawk Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web |title=MCDONOUGH'S SOCCER CLUB |url=https://www.georgiarevsfc.com/ |website=Georgia Revolution FC |access-date=27 December 2023}}</ref>

[[WWE]] developmental territory [[Deep South Wrestling]] was based in McDonough.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

==Education==
===Henry County School District===
The [[Henry County School District]] holds grades pre-school to grade twelve. The district has twenty eight elementary schools, nine middle schools, and ten high schools.<ref>[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=675&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Retrieved June 19, 2010.</ref> The district has 1,543 full-time teachers and over 40,000 students.<ref>[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/HENRY/HENRY_COUNTY.html School Stats], Retrieved June 19, 2010.</ref>

====Henry County Public Schools====

===Elementary schools===
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*Cotton Indian Elementary School
*Dutchtown Elementary School
*East Lake Elementary School
*Flippen Elementary School
*Hickory Flat Elementary School 
*McDonough Elementary School
*New Hope Elementary School
*Oakland Elementary School
*Ola Elementary School
*Pleasant Grove Elementary School
*Rock Spring Elementary School
*Timber Ridge Elementary School
*Tussahaw Elementary School
*Unity Grove Elementary School
*Walnut Creek Elementary School
*Wesley Lakes Elementary School
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====Middle schools====
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*Eagle's Landing Middle School
*Dutchtown Middle School
*McDonough Middle School
*Ola Middle School
*Woodland Middle School
*Union Grove Middle School

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====High schools====
*Academy for Advanced Studies
*Dutchtown High School
*[[Eagle's Landing High School]]
*Henry County Evening Academy
*[[McDonough High School]]
*[[Ola High School (Georgia)|Ola High School]]
*[[Union Grove High School]]
*Luella High School

===Private schools===
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*[[Eagle's Landing Christian Academy]]<ref>[http://www.elcaonline.org/ Eagle's Landing Christian Academy], Retrieved June 19, 2010.</ref>
*New Creation Christian Academy<ref>[http://www.newcreationcenter.org/ New Creation Center], Retrieved June 19, 2010.</ref>
*[[Creekside Christian Academy]]<ref>[http://www.creeksideacademy.org/ Creekside Christian Academy], Retrieved August 8, 2010.</ref>
*Living Word Christian
*McDonough Christian Academy
*Sunbrook Academy at Luella <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunbrookacademy.com/luella-mcdonough-ga/|title=Daycare in McDonough, Georgia - Sunbrook Academy at Luella}}</ref>
*The Sharon School
*Peoples Baptist Academy
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===Higher education===
*[[Gordon State College]] has a satellite center in McDonough.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gordon State College at McDonough|url=https://www.gordonstate.edu/about/location-directions/mcdonough-campus/index.html|website=www.gordonstate.edu|language=en-US|access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Mercer University]] opened a campus in McDonough in 2003, and offers teacher education, criminal justice, and general studies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercer.edu|title=Mercer University|website=www.mercer.edu}}</ref>
*Grace Biblical Seminary opened in 2004, and offers theological and ministries degrees.{18}
*Atlanta Bible College is located in McDonough.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

==Media==
[[WKKP]] is the local radio station, broadcasting on 100.9 FM and 1410 AM; it has a classic country format.<ref>{{cite web |title=WJGA-FM, WKKP AM-FM |url=https://www.gab.org/cm-business/wjga-fm-wkkp-am-fm/ |website=Georgia Association of Broadcasters |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref>

''[[The Henry Herald]]''  is the local county news print media.<ref>{{cite web |title=About The Henry herald. (McDonough, Henry County, Ga.) 1987-1998 |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89053250/ |website=Library of Congress |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref>

===Film===
* The film ''[[A Madea Christmas (film)|A Madea Christmas]]'' was filmed in the town square and around McDonough.<ref>{{cite web |title=GET IN THE SPIRIT WITH THESE HOLIDAY MOVIES MADE IN GEORGIA |url=https://www.exploregeorgia.org/blog/get-in-the-spirit-with-these-holiday-movies-made-in-georgia |website=Explore Georgia |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref>
* The television show ''[[Resurrection (U.S. TV series)|Resurrection]]'' was filmed in the town square and around McDonough.
* Scenes for the 1989 [[American Civil War|Civil War]] film, ''[[Glory (1989 film)|Glory]]'', were filmed in the city.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glory |url=https://movie-locations.com/movies/g/Glory.php |website=Movie-Locations.com |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref>
* A pilot episode for ''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'' was filmed on the city square at the old Phillips 66 service station.
* The 1977 film ''[[Smokey and the Bandit]]'' was filmed primarily in Georgia in the cities of McDonough, [[Jonesboro, Georgia|Jonesboro]] and [[Lithonia, Georgia|Lithonia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Smokey and the Bandit Filming Locations: A 40-Year Now and Then Look Back |url=https://horsepowermemories.com/2017/06/16/smokey-and-the-bandit-filming-locations-a-40-year-now-and-then-look-back/ |website=Horsepower Memories |date=June 16, 2017 |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
[[Xpress GA]] provides local bus service.

McDonough is served by the following highways:
*[[Image:I-75.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 75 in Georgia|Interstate 75]]
*[[Image:US 23.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 23 in Georgia|U.S. Highway 23]]
*[[Image:Georgia 20.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 20]]
*[[Image:Georgia 42.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 42]]
*[[Image:Georgia 81.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 81]]
*[[Image:Georgia 155.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 155]]
*[[Image:Georgia 351.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 351]]
*[[Image:Georgia 401.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 401]]

Until the mid-1960s the [[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern Railway]] operated the [[Cincinnati]] to Miami ''[[Ponce de Leon (train)|Ponce de Leon]], '' which made stops in McDonough.<ref>Southern Railway timetable, May 1, 1965, Table 3</ref>

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* [[Jordan Akins]], Current [[NFL]] Tight End for the [[Houston Texans]] who was drafted in the 3rd round of the [[2018 NFL draft]]; was born, and presumably raised in McDonough, Georgia
* [[Darrell Armstrong]], former NBA player; lives in McDonough
* [[Erasmus W. Beck]], United States congressman; born in McDonough in 1833
* [[Travis Bergen]], [[MLB]] pitcher; born in McDonough in 1993
* [[Herman Cain]], businessman and candidate for [[Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2012|2012 Republican presidential nomination]]; lived in McDonough<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/home-is-where-the-votes-are-20110520?page=1 |title=Home is Where the Votes Are |last=Reinhard |first=Beth |date=May 20, 2011 |work=National Journal |access-date=May 21, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Daz Cameron]], top baseball outfield prospect in the Detroit Tigers organization
* [[Antonio Gibson]], American football player; attended high school in McDonough
* [[Jason Heyward]], former [[Atlanta Braves]] All-Star outfielder and first-round selection in the [[2007 Major League Baseball Draft]]; starting outfielder for [[2016 World Series]] champion [[Chicago Cubs]]; attended high school in McDonough
* [[James T. Holtzclaw]], [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] general in the [[American Civil War]]; born in McDonough in 1833
* [[John Lunsford]], politician and businessman<ref>{{cite web |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/32043/john-lunsford |title=John Lunsford's Biography |publisher=[[Vote Smart]] |accessdate=March 5, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Tre McBride]], former [[NFL]] & [[XFL (2020)|XFL]] wide receiver; born in McDonough
* [[Matt Murton]], [[Hanshin Tigers]] outfielder 2010–15; former MLB player with the [[Chicago Cubs]], [[Oakland Athletics]], and [[Colorado Rockies]]; went to high school in McDonough
* [[Shaquille O'Neal]], [[NBA]] Hall Of Fame center; lives in McDonough
* [[J. R. Pinnock]], [[George Washington Colonials]] guard; went to high school in McDonough
* [[Renford Reese]], professor, author
* [[Chris Rodriguez Jr.]], American football player
* [[Andrew Sloan]], United States congressman; born in McDonough in 1845
* [[Dalvin Tomlinson]], defensive end for the [[New York Giants]]; born in McDonough in 1994
* [[D. J. White (American football)|D. J. White]], football cornerback for [[Indianapolis Colts]]
* [[James W. Wise]], United States congressman; born in McDonough in 1868
* [[Austin Theory]], wrestler, was born in McDonough, Georgia in 1997
* [[Collective Soul]], Band members used to live in McDonough in the early 2000s.
* [[McKenna Hellam]], fashion model who grew up on a farm in McDonough
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==In popular culture==
"The McDonough Road" is mentioned by Rhett Butler in the 1939 film, ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]''.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.mcdonoughga.org/ City of McDonough official website]

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