Austell, Georgia Austell, Georgia Downtown Austell Downtown Austell Location in Cobb County and the state of Georgia Location in Cobb County and the state of Georgia Austell is positioned in Metro Atlanta Austell - Austell Austell is a town/city in Cobb County in the U.S.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a populace of 6,581. The region that is now Austell was incessanted by game hunters and trappers on their way to the area's salt licks.
Later, the spring was retitled Lithia Springs due to the water including lithium carbonate, and the neighboring town/city of Lithia Springs was established in 1882.
In 1888, the lithia spring water was bottled and sold under the commercial name Bowden Lithia Spring Water. The historic lithia spring water is still bottled and sold under the name brand Lithia at fine restaurants and community food stores.
Georgia Pacific, now a division of Southern Railway, chose the town of Austell to be a station depot, being the dividing point for the primary Birmingham and Chattanooga stockyards lines. The town of Austell is titled for General Alfred Austell (1814 1881), founder of the Atlanta National Bank (later Wachovia), in recognition of his accomplishments to bring primary stockyards s to the South. Austell is buried in an elaborate Gothic Revival-style mausoleum at the highest point in Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery.
In 2009, Sweetwater Creek flooded, destroying many homes and businesses in the Austell area. Austell is positioned along the southern border of Cobb County at 33 48 57 N 84 38 10 W (33.815905, 84.636242). A small portion of the town/city extends south into Douglas County.
The town/city of Powder Springs is 4 miles (6 km) to the northwest.
Route 78 passes through the city, dominant east 15 miles (24 km) to downtown Atlanta and west 8 miles (13 km) to Douglasville.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Austell has a total region of 6.0 square miles (15.5 km2), of which 0.015 square miles (0.04 km2), or 0.24%, is water. Sweetwater Creek, a tributary of the Chattahoochee River, flows through the city, passing north, then east of the town/city center.
According to the Koppen classification, Austell has a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and mild, but occasionally cold winters by the standards of the southern United States.
Winters are mild, windy, with some warm, sunny days and occasional snow, with a January average high of 50 F (10 C) and low of 30 F ( 1 C).
Climate data for Austell, Georgia The ethnic makeup of the town/city is: Black alone 3,593 (54.6%) White alone 1,932 (29.4%) Hispanic 782 (11.9%) Two or more competitions 134 (2.0%) Asian alone 96 (1.5%) Other race alone 22 (0.3%) American Indian alone 13 (0.2%) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone 9 (0.1%) In the city, the populace was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 37.0% from 25 to 44, 17.8% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The economy of Austell in its early years was largely tied to the rail depot, transferring citizens and goods and allowing many inhabitants to commute to close-by Atlanta in pursuit of higher paying, more abundant jobs.
Passengers no longer move by rail to or from Austell, though.
City of Austell, July 4 fireworks celebration. Six Flags Over Georgia, a large tourist attraction, is positioned in unincorporated Cobb County 7 miles (11 km) southeast of downtown and has an Austell mailing address.
The Collar Community Center positioned near downtown is used for civic organizations and small-town get-togethers. South Cobb Recreation Center is a 21,000-square-foot (2,000 m2) facility that offers a gym, two multipurpose rooms, a caterer's kitchen, six offices, a conference room, three restrooms and a lobby.
The Austell Parks and Recreation Department maintains five recreational facilities and seven parks Berry Park, a passive park, Collar Park and Legion Park which are both improve parks, and Pine Street, Stephens, Washington Street and Berry Park which are neighborhood parks.
Austell City Hall The town/city of Austell has seven propel officials: Mayor, delegates of four wards and two delegates at-large.
Public education in Cobb County is handled by the Cobb County School District. Public schools in the town/city limits include Austell Primary School, Austell Elementary School, and Garrett Middle School. The locally read newspapers include South Cobb Patch, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fulton County Daily Report. Austell is 4 miles (6 km) north of Interstate 20.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Austell city, Georgia".
Austell History Austell Flood Victim Seeks Answers "Monthly Averages for Austell, Georgia".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Austell Fire Works Collar Community Center South Cobb Recreation Center Archived August 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
Elected Officials of Austell Cobb County School District City of Austell.
Goddard School Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
Fulton County Daily Report Online City of Austell official website Municipalities and communities of Cobb County, Georgia, United States Municipalities and communities of Douglas County, Georgia, United States
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