Stockbridge, Georgia Stockbridge, Georgia, Metro Atlanta Stockbridge City Hall Stockbridge City Hall Location in Henry County and the state of Georgia Location in Henry County and the state of Georgia Stockbridge is positioned in Metro Atlanta Stockbridge - Stockbridge Location of Stockbridge in Metro Atlanta Website City of Stockbridge Stockbridge is a town/city in Henry County, Georgia, United States with a populace of 25,637 as of the 2010 census.
Stockbridge is part of the Atlanta urbane area.
1.2.2 New City Hall It was granted a postal service on April 5, 1847 titled for a traveling Professor, Levi Stockbridge, who passed through the region many times before the Post Office was built.
Others contend that the town/city was titled after Thomas Stock, who was State Surveyor and President of the Georgia State Senate in the 1820s.
In 1881, the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad was to pass through Stockbridge between Macon and Atlanta.
The pioneer who owned the territory about Old Stockbridge asked so much for their territory that two prominent Atlanta people, John W.
Stockbridge was incorporated as a town in 1895 and as a town/city August 6, 1920.
John Stockbridge of South Carolina requesting a letter of "Greeting" from the City of Stockbridge to the attendees of the first reunion of the Stockbridge family.
In his letter, he mentioned that he interval up in Georgia and had been told as a child that the City of Stockbridge was titled after his great-great-grandfather Levi Stockbridge who traveled back and forth from the north to his property in Florida and stopped here on his journey.
Levi would have been 27 years of age when Stockbridge was assigned a postal service in 1847.
At that time, Levi Stockbridge was mentioned as the person for whom the town/city may have been named.
However, through John Stockbridge's letters and many conversations with him, it is believed that this is the rightful Professor Stockbridge who had been unknown for 146 years.
In late 2005 the City of Stockbridge engaged in a highly controversial preemptive use of eminent domain to buy over 16 acres (65,000 m2) of territory near the current town/city hall running along East Atlanta Road.
The City reportedly wanted to build a new town/city hall, park/square, and a small tract of territory for new and more desirable company to incorporate a new image for the city.
Stockbridge became the focus of nationwide news and was also one of the biggest issues in the 2006 Georgia General Assembly and their accomplishments to prevent abuse of eminent domain.
Many of the people of Stockbridge and Henry County were surprised by the apparent abuse of eminent domain by the city.
Syndicated Atlanta talk show host Neal Boortz said amid his show, "Private property rights are dead in Stockbridge, Georgia" and called members of the Stockbridge City Council "sorry bastards." Stockbridge City Hall blocking view of opposing candidate's signs.
Although the county legally has no say of what the City of Stockbridge can do with its territory and its use of eminent domain.
The conflict between the town/city and the property owners came to an end on February 2, 2007 as the Georgia Court of Appeals threw out the condemnation.
An continuing brick fence was erected around the florist shop to separate it from the new City Hall.
When the florist shop put up signs for a mayoral and town/city council candidates who opposed the eminent domain abuse, workers at town/city hall started putting up bales of hay to block the sign.
After February 2007 the town/city had new plans drawn up to build the new town/city hall.
The plans call for the new town/city hall and park and green space to all be assembled around the Stockbridge Florist shop that started the now famous Eminent Domain lawsuit.
The Stockbridge City Manager Ted Strickland, said that the new town/city hall was absolutely necessary, because some current town/city employees are working out of closets and supply rooms.
During interviews with town/city workers, they complained that it was interesting how the town/city could "spend 2 million dollars on a water fountain" but could not give its employees a mere $0.50 raise.
After being more than 1 million dollars over budget and 2 years behind on the universal the new town/city hall was opened in August 2009.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 13.4 square miles (35 km2), of which, 13.3 square miles (34 km2) of it is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (0.45%) is water.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 71.63% White, 20.51% African American, 0.27% Native American, 4.55% Asian, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 1.44% from other competitions, and 1.46% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.3% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 38.1% from 25 to 44, 18.1% from 45 to 64, and 6.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $48,296, and the median income for a family was $51,341.
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 25,636 citizens , 9,499 homeholds, and 6,536 families residing in the city. The populace density was 1,927.5 inhabitants per square mile (744.2/km2).
There were 10,312 housing units at an average density of 775.4 per square mile (299.4/km2). The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 28.8% white, 55.7% black or African American, 7.6% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 3.8% from other competitions, and 3.7% from two or more competitions.
Stockbridge is served by the Henry County School District.
Stockbridge Elementary School.
Stockbridge Middle School.
Stockbridge High School.
City of Stockbridge Municipalities and communities of Henry County, Georgia, United States
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