Ringgold, Georgia Ringgold, Georgia Ringgold City Hall Ringgold City Hall Location in Catoosa County and the state of Georgia Location in Catoosa County and the state of Georgia Ringgold is a town/city in Catoosa County, Georgia, United States.
The populace was 3,580 at the 2010 census. The town/city is the governmental center of county of Catoosa County. Ringgold is part of the Chattanooga, TN GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
4.1 Catoosa County School District Ringgold was established in 1846 and incorporated as a town/city in 1847.
Ringgold is where the The General locomotive stopped amid the Great Locomotive Chase on April 12, 1862.
Ringgold is also home to the historic Ringgold Depot, which still contains bullet marks from the Civil War.
Houses in Ringgold finished by an EF4 tornado On April 27, 2011, an EF4 tornado touched down in Ringgold and Catoosa County, leaving a path of destruction.
The tornado killed twenty citizens along a 48 miles (77 km) path athwart Catoosa County and over the state line in Hamilton and Bradley counties.
Ringgold is positioned near the center of Catoosa County at 34 55 2 N 85 6 57 W (34.917170, -85.115698). U.S.
Ringgold, Georgia Exit According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.7 square miles (12.3 km2), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km2), or 0.11%, is water. Ringgold is situated in the Valley and Ridge geologic province of the Appalachian Mountains, characterized by long north-northeasterly trending ridges separated by valleys.
The topography was formed by the erosion of alternating layers of difficult and soft sedimentary modern that were closed and faulted amid the building of the Appalachians. Taylor Ridge runs through Ringgold; a gap in the ridge is positioned just east of the town/city center, with the part of the ridge running to the south called Taylors Ridge and to the north called White Oak Mountain.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Ringgold has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Catoosa County School District The Catoosa County School District educates students from pre-school to undertaking twelve.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Ringgold city, Georgia".
Ringgold, GA Tornado Confirmed as an EF-4 Tornado, The OKCStorm - Watcher Weather Blog, April 29, 2011.
Ringgold inhabitants return to 'utter devastation' from tornadoes, WXIA-TV, April 29, 2011.
Ringgold devastated after tornado touchdown, Dalton Daily Citizen, April 29, 2011.
Valley and Ridge geologic province, New Georgia Encyclopedia, retrieved Nov.
Climate Summary for Ringgold, Georgia "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved June 2, 2010.
School Stats, Retrieved June 2, 2010.
"Catoosa County Public Schools".
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