Cairo, Georgia Cairo, Georgia Cairo City Hall Cairo City Hall Nickname(s): "Georgia's Hospitality City", and the"Syrup City" Location in Grady County and the state of Georgia Location in Grady County and the state of Georgia Cairo Listeni/ ke .ro / is a town/city in Grady County, Georgia, United States.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a populace of 9,607. The town/city is the governmental center of county of Grady County. 2 Syrup City Cairo was established in 1835.
In 1905, Cairo was designated seat of the newly formed Grady County. The town/city was titled after Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Although Cairo is nicknamed the "Syrup City", it has no relationship with the Karo brand of corn syrup, which is pronounced like the city's name.
Rather, Cairo earned its nickname by producing cane syrup from the early 1900s through the late 1990s.
Reflecting its "syrup" heritage, the Cairo High School football team is nicknamed the Syrupmakers, and the school mascot is the agriculturally based sugar cane farmer/syrupmaker similar to the Cornhusker and Boilermaker.
The most widely accepted tradition and the one with the most supportive evidence claims that a journal reporter referred to the Cairo Tigers in print as "the syrupmakers from Cairo".
The school's female athletic squads are titled "Syrup Maids", often shortened to "Maids", while the male athletes are often dubbed "Makers".
Cairo is close to great hunting, fishing, and points of historical interest. The small-town industrialized base continues to expanded with manufacturing, service, and healthcare companies anchoring a strong economy.
The region is home to a several small-town festivals, including Calvary's Mule Day, Whigham's Rattlesnake Roundup, Cairo's own Antique Car Rally, and a several competing recreational programs.
Grady County Schools serves the city.
Elementary schools in Grady include Shiver School, Eastside Elementary, Northside Elementary, Southside Elementary, and Whigham School.
All inhabitants are zoned to Washington Middle School and Cairo High School.
Students living further out in the county are sent to Shiver School K-8, or either Whigham School The South West Georgia Tech ground is in Cairo, with the chief campus positioned in Thomasville.
Grady General Hospital serves the city.
Cairo is positioned in central Grady County at 30 53 N 84 13 W (30.8778, -84.2089). U.S.
Route 84 (38th Boulevard) passes through the northern part of the city, dominant east 14 miles (23 km) to Thomasville and west 24 miles (39 km) to Bainbridge.
Valdosta is 59 miles (95 km) to the east, and Dothan, Alabama, is 79 miles (127 km) to the west on US 84.
Georgia State Route 93 passes through the center of Cairo as Broad Street and Fifth Street; it leads north 19 miles (31 km) to Pelham and south 12 miles (19 km) to U.S.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Cairo has a total region of 9.8 square miles (25.4 km2), of which 9.7 square miles (25.1 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km2), or 1.38%, is water. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Cairo has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Climate data for Cairo, Georgia As of the census of 2000, there were 9,239 citizens , 3,465 homeholds, and 2,456 families residing in the city.
There were 3,898 housing units at an average density of 418.5 per square mile (161.7/km ).
In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.1% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $23,054, and the median income for a family was $30,352.
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Grady County Schools.
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"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cairo city, Georgia".
Climate Summary for Cairo, Georgia "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
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