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Powder Springs City Profile
Official State Website URL- http://www.georgia.govHere are some facts about Powder springs, GA. There are twelve thousand, four hundred and eighty-one citizens in Powder springs, GA. Economic data shows that median income in Powder springs, GA, makes up fifty-six thousand, four hundred and eighty-six dollars. [f1] The median age of a Powder springs, GA citizen is thirty-two. The total population of males in Powder springs, GA is 5,911. The percentage for females is forty-seven point three six percent. The estimate number of households in Powder springs, GA is four thousand, four. The city has reasonable weather and views.
| Powder Springs, Georgia | |
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| Coordinates: | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Cobb |
| Area | |
| - Total | 6.3 sq mi (16.4 km²) |
| - Land | 6.3 sq mi (16.4 km²) |
| - Water | 0 sq mi (0 km²) |
| Elevation | 945 ft (288 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 12,481 |
| - Density | 1,981.1/sq mi (761/km²) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 30127 |
| Area code(s) | 770/678 |
| FIPS code | 13-62524GR2 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0356480GR3 |
Powder Springs is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 12,481 at the 2000 census. Census estimates for 2005 show 14,507 people living in Powder Springs.
[edit] History
The town of Powder Springs was incorporated as Springville in 1838 in the lands of two Cherokee Indian chiefs, Chief Nose and Chief Ana Kanasta (Sweetwater). Gold had been discovered in Georgia ten years earlier, and the first area settlers came to find gold. They found little in the mines at Lost Mountain and off Brownsville Road. It was at about this same time that the Cherokee people were forced off their land and marched to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears.
The name Springville was changed to Powder Springs in 1859. This name was derived from the seven springs in the city limits. The water in these springs contains some 26 minerals that turn the surrounding sand black like gunpowder – hence the name Gunpowder Springs.[1] Later the "Gun" was dropped and the name finalized as Powder Springs.[citation needed]
American Civil War history includes a skirmish at Lattermore's Mills on June 20, 1864, that was a part of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain and General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign.[2]
The city is also home to the McEachern High School. The school is unique in that it is located on the site of the former Seventh District Agricultural and Mechanical (A&M) School. The late Georgia Senator Richard B. Russell attended the Seventh District A&M School. The administrative building of McEachern High School is named for Senator Russell. The school consists of several buildings. The school campus resembles a college campus and it has been mistaken for a college.
Pat Cannon (1904-1966), a United States Representative from Florida, was born in Powder Springs.
[edit] External links
- City of Powder Springs official site