Barnesville, Georgia Barnesville, Georgia Barnesville City Hall in Barnesville, Georgia Barnesville City Hall in Barnesville, Georgia Location in Lamar County and the state of Georgia Location in Lamar County and the state of Georgia County Lamar Barnesville June 1831 Incorporated City of Barnesville February 20, 1854 Barnesville is a town/city in Lamar County, Georgia, United States.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a populace of 6,755. The town/city is the governmental center of county of Lamar County. Barnesville was once dubbed the "Buggy Capital of the South" as the town produced about 9,000 buggies a year around the turn of the 20th century. Each year in the third week of September the town hosts an annual Buggy Days celebration.
4.1 Lamar County School District In 1920, Barnesville was designated seat of the newly formed Lamar County. The tornado went on to destroy a several homes in Barnesville.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.7 square miles (15 km2), of which, 5.7 square miles (15 km2) of it is territory and 0.18% is water.
There were 2,079 homeholds out of which 31.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 37.1% were married couples living together, 25.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.5% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.6% under the age of 18, 17.7% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $30,375, and the median income for a family was $36,492.
Lamar County School District The Lamar County School District holds pre-school to undertaking twelve, and consists of two elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school. The precinct has 143 full-time teachers and over 2,600 students. Lamar County Elementary School Lamar County Primary School Lamar County Middle School Lamar County Comprehensive High School The Barnesville-Lamar County Chamber of Commerce hosts three annual celebrations each year.
The Buggy Days Festival jubilates Barnesville's tradition as the Buggy Capital of the South amid the late 1800s.
The event has been titled a Top 20 Event in the Southeast for five out of eight years, often featured in primary publications such as Southern Living magazine.
The Vintage Karting Association with GSKA holds an annual 3-day kart race event in late March at Lamar County Speedway on Highway 36, just west of Barnesville's downtown.
This well attended and noted weekend event attracts competitors from all over the United States and Canada who jubilate the glory days of kart racing competition in the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
Then, karters numbering in the hundreds invaded Barnesville, Forsyth, Griffin, and Thomaston for the Winter Olympics under International Kart Federation & World Karting Association sanction.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Georgia Board of Education[dead link], Retrieved June 22, 2010.
School Stats, Retrieved June 22, 2010.
Lamar County School System Webpage Lamar County Chamber of Commerce Barnesville Buggy Days Municipalities and communities of Lamar County, Georgia, United States County seat: Barnesville state)Cities in Lamar County, Georgia - County seats in Georgia (U.S.
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