Chatsworth is a city in and the
county seat
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of
Murray County,
Georgia
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, United States.
It is part of the
Dalton, Georgia,
Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population was 4,874 at the
2020 census,
up from 4,299 in
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
. The city is the site of the coldest recorded temperature in Georgia, on January 27, 1940.
According to a popular legend, the town received its name after a road sign with the word "Chatsworth" fell off a passing freight train nearby. Someone put the sign on a post, and the name stuck.
History
Chatsworth was founded in 1905 as a depot on the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad. It was incorporated as a town in 1906 and as a city in 1923. In 1915, the seat of Murray County transferred to Chatsworth from Spring Place which was once the county seat.
Geography
Chatsworth is located in central Murray County at (34.772336, -84.778977),
in northwestern Georgia. It sits at an elevation of on the west side of the valley of
Holly Creek, with
Fort Mountain and
Cohutta Mountain rising over the valley to the east.
U.S. Routes
76 and
411 pass through the center of town on Third Avenue. US 76 leads west to
Dalton and southeast to
Ellijay, while US 411 leads south to
Fairmount and north to
Benton, Tennessee. Georgia State Routes
2 and
52 run together out of Chatsworth to the east, climbing into the
Cohutta Mountains and passing through
Fort Mountain State Park east of the city center.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, Chatsworth has a total area of , of which , or 0.18%, are water.
Holly Creek, which runs along the eastern edge of the city, is a south- and west-flowing tributary of the
Conasauga River, part of the
Oostanaula/
Coosa/
Alabama River watershed.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the
2020 United States census, there were 4,874 people, 1,670 households, and 1,117 families residing in the city.
2010 census
As of the
census
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of 2010, there were 4,299 people, 1,587 households, and 1,071 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 1,546 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 99.1%
White
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, 0.5%
African American
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, 0.1%
Native American, 0.1%
Asian, 0.2%
Pacific Islander
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, 0% from
other races, and 0% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino of any race were 0% of the population.
Education
Murray County School District
The
Murray County School District holds preschool to grade twelve, and consists of six elementary schools, two middle schools, two high schools, and once had an academy school which became another high school. The district has 451 full-time teachers and over 7,350 students.
Healthcare
AdventHealth Murray purchased Murray Medical Center on December 15, 2020. Advent Health Murray is the only hospital in the Chatsworth/Murray County area.
Notable people
*
C. K. Fauver, former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Louisville Colonels
*
Ladd McConkey, wide receiver for the
Los Angeles Chargers
*
Jody Ridley, NASCAR driver
*
James L. Terry, US Army Lieutenant General
*
Robert L. Vining Jr., former senior United States district judge
*
Charles L. Carnes, former Chief Justice of Fulton County State Court
References
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Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Cities in Murray County, Georgia
County seats in Georgia (U.S. state)
Dalton metropolitan area, Georgia
Populated places established in 1905
1905 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)