Spalding County is a

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in the West Central region of the

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,306. The

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.United States Census Bureau, 2020 Census Report, Spalding County, Georgia The county was created December 20, 1851, and named for former

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and

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Thomas Spalding. Spalding County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.6%) is water. The county is located in the

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region of the state. The western portion of Spalding County, west of a line from Sunny Side through

to Orchard Hill, is located in the Upper Flint River sub-basin of the

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(Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The eastern part of the county is located in the Upper

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basin.

Major highways

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U.S. Route 19 * Business plate

U.S. Route 19 Business * US 41

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U.S. Route 41 Business * Georgia 3

State Route 3 * Georgia 7

State Route 7 * Georgia 16

State Route 16 * Georgia 92

State Route 92 * Georgia 155

State Route 155 * Georgia 362

State Route 362 * Georgia 401

State Route 401 (unsigned designation for I-75)

Adjacent counties

* Henry County (northeast) * Butts County (east) * Lamar County (southeast) * Pike County (southwest) * Meriwether County (west) *

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(west) * Fayette County (northwest) * Clayton County (northwest)

Communities

Cities

(county seat) * Sunny Side

Town

* Orchard Hill

Census-designated places

* East Griffin *

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* Heron Bay (partly in Henry County)

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 67,306 people, 25,339 households, and 16,563 families residing in the county.

Education

The Griffin-Spalding County School District has 11 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 2 high schools, and 4 complementary programs.

Politics

Spalding County is solidly Republican at the presidential level having last voted for a Democrat in

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when it voted for

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. Since then, the closest a Democrat has come to winning Spalding County was in

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, when

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lost to

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by 5.6 percent.

References

External links

County website

Spalding County Genealogy

Biography and Photos {{Coord, 33.26, -84.28, display=title, type:adm2nd_region:US-GA_source:UScensus1990 Georgia (U.S. state) counties 1851 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Spalding Populated places established in 1851