Forsyth, Georgia
Forsyth, Georgia Forsyth City Hall Forsyth City Hall Location in Monroe County and the state of Georgia Location in Monroe County and the state of Georgia State Georgia Forsyth is a town/city in Monroe County, Georgia, United States.
It is the governmental center of county of Monroe County. The populace was 3,776 at the 2000 census.
The Forsyth Commercial Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a tourist attraction.
It includes the Monroe County Courthouse and Courthouse Square as well as the encircling area, including a several examples of 19th-century architecture.
5 Monroe County School District That same year, the seat of Monroe County was transferred to Forsyth from Johnstonville.
Forsyth, Georgia was titled for John Forsyth, Governor of Georgia from 1827 to 1829 and Secretary of State under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.0 square miles (13 km2), all of it land.
There were 1,457 homeholds out of which 30.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 39.5% were married couples living together, 26.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.6% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $30,523, and the median income for a family was $35,405.
About 14.9% of families and 18.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 29.1% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.
The Georgia Department of Corrections has moved into the former Tift College site in 2010. Burruss Correctional Training Center is positioned in Forsyth next to the Georgia Public Safety Training Center. Monroe County School District The Monroe County School District holds pre-school to undertaking twelve, and consists of three elementary schools, two middle schools, and a high school. The precinct has 225 full-time teachers and over 3,872 students. Tift College was positioned in Forsyth.
Forsyth Georgia.gov "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved June 24, 2010.
School Stats, Retrieved June 24, 2010.
City of Forsyth, Georgia Municipalities and communities of Monroe County, Georgia, United States
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