Lavonia, Georgia Location in Franklin County and the state of Georgia Location in Franklin County and the state of Georgia Lavonia is a town/city in Franklin County, Georgia, United States.
Lavonia is positioned in northeastern Franklin County at 34 26 10 N 83 6 23 W (34.436055, -83.106270). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.6 square miles (11.9 km2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.06 km2), or 0.53%, is water. The town/city lies along Interstate 85, 53 miles (85 km) southwest of Greenville, South Carolina, and 94 miles (151 km) northeast of Atlanta.
The Cherokee citizens were indigenous to the region in which Lavonia is located.
As a result, citizens of European lineage began to move into the Lavonia region during the 1780s.
The beginning of the town of Lavonia came as the result of the expansion of the barns in northeast Georgia.
Upon division of the region into town lots and culmination of all necessary legal procedures, the town of Lavonia was incorporated in 1880. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,827 citizens , 777 homeholds, and 519 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 470.0 citizens per square mile (181.3/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 69.24% White, 28.95% African American, 0.11% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.38% from other competitions, and 1.20% from two or more competitions.
There were 777 homeholds out of which 28.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.5% were married couples living together, 18.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.1% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.4% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $24,286, and the median income for a family was $28,464.
About 28.1% of families and 29.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 42.6% of those under age 18 and 23.0% of those age 65 or over.
The Lavonia-Carnegie Library is positioned in the town/city of Lavonia and titled after philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (G001), Lavonia city, Georgia".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
City of Lavonia official website
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