Editing Palmetto, Georgia

{{For|the unincorporated community in Oglethorpe County|Palmetto, Oglethorpe County, Georgia}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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|official_name            = Palmetto, Georgia
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|image_caption            = Downtown Palmetto
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|map_caption              = Location in [[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton County]] and the state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Georgia (U.S. state)|Counties]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton]], [[Coweta County, Georgia|Coweta]]
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|leader_title             = Mayor
|leader_name              = Teresa Thomas-Smith{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
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|area_total_km2           = 31.19
|area_land_km2            = 30.71
|area_water_km2           = 0.49
|area_total_sq_mi         = 12.04
|area_land_sq_mi          = 11.86
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.19
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 5071
|population_density_km2   = 165.14
|population_density_sq_mi = 427.72
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|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset               = -5
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|elevation_ft             = 1020
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 30268
|area_code                = [[Area code 770|770]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 13-58884<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
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|website                  = {{URL|https://www.citypalmetto.com/|citypalmetto.com}}
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'''Palmetto''' is a city located mostly in [[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton County]] (originally [[Campbell County, Georgia|Campbell County]]) and now partly in [[Coweta County, Georgia|Coweta County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. The population was 5,071 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

==History==
The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated Palmetto as a town in 1854.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CCA4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA264|year=1854|publisher=J. Johnston|page=264}}</ref> The community was named after the [[Palmetto Regiment]] of the [[Mexican–American War]].<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/p.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=170 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> In 2023, Palmetto elected its first female and [[African American]] mayor when Teresa Thomas-Smith won the election by 84 votes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Proctor |first=Aungelique  |date=10 November 2023 |title=Palmetto elects its first female and African American mayor |url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/palmetto-elects-its-first-female-and-african-american-mayor |url-status=live |work=Fox 5 News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111035448/https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/palmetto-elects-its-first-female-and-african-american-mayor |archive-date=11 November 2023 |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 1526
|1870= 294
|1880= 473
|1890= 552
|1900= 620
|1910= 922
|1920= 965
|1930= 964
|1940= 1029
|1950= 1257
|1960= 1466
|1970= 2045
|1980= 2086
|1990= 2612
|2000= 3400
|2010= 4488
|2020= 5071
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|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"
|+Palmetto racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1358884&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-13|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,203
|23.72%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|2,949
|58.15%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|9
|0.18%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|43
|0.85%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|1
|0.02%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|205
|4.04%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|661
|13.03%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 5,071 people, 1,950 households, and 1,200 families residing in the city.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.citypalmetto.com/ City of Palmetto, Georgia] Official Website
* [https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_palmetto Palmetto historical marker]

{{Coweta County, Georgia}}
{{Fulton County, Georgia}}

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[[Category:Cities in the Atlanta metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Cities in Fulton County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Cities in Coweta County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1853]]