Elberton, Georgia Elberton, Georgia Official seal of Elberton, Georgia Location in Elbert County and the state of Georgia Location in Elbert County and the state of Georgia Elberton is the biggest city in Elbert County, Georgia, United States.
The populace was 4,653 at the 2010 census. The town/city is the governmental center of county of Elbert County, and serves as a core for trade and small company in Northeast Georgia.
Settled in the 1780s, Elbert was designated seat of the newly formed Elbert County in 1790.
It was incorporated as a town in 1803 and as a town/city in 1896. Like Elbert County, Elberton is titled for Samuel Elbert. Elberton is positioned near the center of Elbert County at 34 6 35 N 82 51 56 W (34.109628, -82.865669). State Routes 17 and 72 pass east-west through the center of town as College Avenue, while 77 crosses north-south on Oliver Street.
GA 17 leads northwest 19 miles (31 km) to Royston and southeast 29 miles (47 km) to Washington, GA 72 leads east 15 miles (24 km) to the South Carolina border at Richard B.
Russell Lake on the Savannah River and west 35 miles (56 km) to Athens, and GA 77 leads north 18 miles (29 km) to Hartwell and southwest 25 miles (40 km) to Lexington.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Elberton has a total region of 4.8 square miles (12.4 km2), of which 4.7 square miles (12.3 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.72%, is water. In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
In this style of government, the town/city manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the city, the five-person propel council serves as a board of directors, and the mayor performs more ceremonial duties and presides over council meetings, although Elberton mayors have traditionally taken a more active part in running the city.
The City of Elberton also operates Elberton Utilities, a elected utility fitness which includes electric, gas, water, sewer, cable television, and internet services; Elberton Public Works, which provides solid waste and street cleaning services and operates the city's cemeteries; Main Street Elberton, which promotes evolution in the downtown area; and the Elbert Theatre, which reopened in 2001 after extensive renovations and now hosts various productions throughout the year.
The town/city is the major benefactor of the Development Authority of Elberton, Elbert County, and Bowman.
For over twenty years, Elberton has been the sister town/city of Mure, Kagawa, Japan.
Elberton was titled a Georgia City of Excellence by the Georgia Municipal Association in 2002.
The town/city was chose to host the Georgia Literary Festival in 2005 due to the area's contributions to literature.
Elberton claims the title "Granite Capital of the World", annually producing more granite products than any other town/city in the world. The city's post-Civil War history has largely revolved around the industry, following the opening of the first commercial quarry and manufacturing plant by Dr.
As the trade interval in the early 1900s, so did Elberton's importance on the passenger and freight barns lines, bringing many travelers and businessmen to the town/city and dominant to its heyday. Several granite monuments, including the Georgia Guidestones, are positioned in or near Elberton.
For more knowledge on the city's granite industry, see the Elberton Granite Association website.
Elberton's Granite Bowl seats 20,000 and features the former Sanford Stadium (University of Georgia) scoreboard.
Since 1950, Elberton has served as the command posts of the Southeastern Power Administration, a division of the United States Department of Energy.
The authority markets power generated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers athwart the southern United States.
The authority recently moved from its downtown command posts in the former Samuel Elbert Hotel to a new building on Athens Tech Drive on the end of the city.
The town/city is served by the Elbert County School District.
One learning center, one major school, one elementary school, one middle school, and one high school are positioned inside the city. The precinct has 244 full-time teachers and over 3,793 students. The school fitness is one of the county's biggest employers.
Elberton Christian School was positioned on Rhodes Drive in the city, but has closed in recent years.
Athens Technical College operates a full satellite ground on the end of the city, near the elementary school, middle school, and high school.
Elberton is presently served by one newspaper, The Elberton Star, though a several the rest (including the Elbert County Examiner and the Elbert Beacon, both of which consolidated with the Star) have veiled the town/city over the years.
The Anderson (S.C.) Independent-Mail prints a daily Northeast Georgia version which covers the Elberton area.
Georgia State Routes 17, 72, 77 and 77 Connector pass through the city.
Heard, Oliver, Church, and Mc - Intosh streets are the major thoroughfares downtown while College Avenue and Elbert Street bypass the downtown region and serve as the primary routes through the city.
Interstate 85 exits for Elberton include exits 160 (State Routes 51), 173 (17) and 177 (77), all 31 to 33 miles (50 to 53 km) northwest of Elberton.
The town/city can also be reached from Interstate 20 via two exits - State Route 77 (exit 154), 53 miles (85 km) southwest of the city, and U.S.
State Route 72 joins Elberton with Athens to the west and Greenwood, South Carolina, to the east, while State Route 77 joins to Lexington and Hartwell.
State Route 17 stretches from the North Georgia mountain peaks to the coast at Savannah.
State Route 368 begins just north of the town/city and links Elberton to Anderson, South Carolina.
Elberton and Elbert County are served locally by the Elbert County-Patz Field Airport, positioned just east of the town/city on State Route 72.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is positioned 110 miles (180 km) west of Elberton, while Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport is positioned 75 miles (121 km) to the northeast.
Regional air transit is available in the close-by cities of Athens, Georgia, and Anderson, South Carolina.
For many years, Elberton was an meaningful passenger and freight stop on the chief line of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.
A spur line joins Elberton to a chief line of the Norfolk Southern Railway (formerly Southern Railway).
Elbert Memorial Hospital, positioned at the corner of Laurel and Chestnut streets, has provided medical care to the Elberton region since 1950.
Elberton has a sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International, Inc.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Elberton city, Georgia".
"Elberton Granite Association".
Elberton's Sister City Program, Retrieved June 26, 2010.
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