Social Circle, Georgia
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Social Circle is a city in southern Walton County, extending into Newton County, in the U.S. state of Georgia, 45 miles east of Atlanta.
History
[edit]It is unclear why the name "Social Circle" was applied to this place.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> According to tradition, Social Circle was named from an incident in which a group of people living in the settlement offered water to a weary traveler, whose response was "This certainly is a social circle".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The city also officially notes that a citizen of another village community which was already known by the name of Social Circle joined the settlement in its early days.<ref name="SocialCircleGA">Template:Cite web</ref>
Social Circle was incorporated as a town in 1869, and as a city in 1904.<ref name="SocialCircleGA" />
Geographical data
[edit]According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert are land and Template:Convert (100%) is water.
A CSX Transportation line maintenance facility operates in the city's railroad station. The city's railyard contains one of the relatively few remaining concrete coaling towers in the southeastern United States.
Demographics
[edit]| Race | Num. | Perc. |
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| White (non-Hispanic) | 2,986 | 60.03% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 1,635 | 32.87% |
| Native American | 7 | 0.14% |
| Asian | 31 | 0.62% |
| Other/Mixed | 197 | 3.96% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 118 | 2.37% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,974 people, 1,598 households, and 1,301 families residing in the city.
Education
[edit]The Social Circle City School District includes all of the city.<ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref><ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref> The district holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of two elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school.<ref>Georgia Board of EducationTemplate:Dead link, Retrieved June 26, 2010.</ref> The district has 90 full-time teachers and over 1,448 students.<ref>School Stats, Retrieved June 26, 2010.</ref>
- Social Circle Primary School
- Social Circle Elementary School
- Social Circle Middle School
- Social Circle High School
Transportation
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Notable people
[edit]- Danny McDevitt – former baseball pitcher, retired here
- Kyle Chandler – actor
- Alonzo F. Herndon - Georgia's first African-American millionaire
In popular culture
[edit]- A season 5 episode of the Discovery Channel series A Haunting, called The Exorcism of Cindy Sauer, takes place in Social Circle in 2010.
- Paramount+ Movie: Jerry and Marge Go Large was filmed mainly in Social Circle, GA. All “downtown” scenes shot on location, not in Evart, MI.
See also
[edit]Template:Portal Jay C. (Jack) Higginbotham (May 11, 1906 – May 26, 1973) was an internationally known Jazz trombonist, born in Social Circle, Georgia.
References
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