Suwanee, Georgia Suwanee, Georgia Suwanee City Hall Suwanee City Hall Location in Gwinnett County and the state of Georgia Location in Gwinnett County and the state of Georgia Suwanee is positioned in Metro Atlanta Suwanee - Suwanee Location of Suwanee in Metro Atlanta Suwanee is a town/city in Gwinnett County in the U.S.
As of the 2010 census, the populace was 15,355; this had grown to an estimated 18,694 as of 2015. Suwanee was the practicing home of the Atlanta Falcons football team from 1979 to 2001 and was voted among the Top 10 Best Places to Live by Money in 2007.
In 2012, Suwanee was rated by Kiplinger as the third best place in America for raising families, and in 2013, Suwanee was identified as one of the nation's 10 Best Towns for Families by Family Circle magazine.
Portions of Forsyth County and Fulton County also have Suwanee and its ZIP Code (30024) as a mailing address.
Suwanee, as did most suburbs in Georgia, started out as a Native American village.
It was assembled on the Chattahoochee River, where societies flourished. The town/city of Suwanee itself was established and officially recognized by the U.S.
In 1871, the Georgia Air Line Railroad was assembled through Suwanee, and in 1880 the Rhodes House hotel was assembled to home passengers of the barns . This was instrumental in bringing citizens through the town and helped to generate trade and economic activity.
From 1880 to 1920, the populace saw almost no increase, shifting from 216 citizens to 241 over the course of 40 years. As of 2015, the populace of Suwanee was over 18,000 Beginning in 1933 and ending in 1936, the now heavily traveled Buford Highway was constructed through Suwanee. In 1960, Interstate 85 was assembled to extend to just south of Suwanee, where it ended at the time.
Throughout the last 100 years, a several primary education schools have opened in Suwanee, including North Gwinnett High School and Suwanee Elementary School.
The first known date for Suwanee High School was 1880, when it was a one-room school home. The first town/city hall was assembled in the early 1960s, and the second town/city hall was assembled in 1997.
In 2005, Town Center was constructed and rather than in 2009, at which time the town/city hall moved to it, where it presently resides. In 2003, Suwanee was titled a City of Excellence by the Georgia Municipal Association and Trend Magazine. Suwanee is positioned in northern Gwinnett County at 34.051447 N 84.072893 WCoordinates: 34.051447 N 84.072893 W. It is bordered to the northeast by the town/city of Sugar Hill, to the southwest by the town/city of Duluth, and on the west by the Chattahoochee River, which serves as the Fulton County border, and athwart which is the town/city of Johns Creek.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Suwanee has a total region of 11.0 square miles (28.4 km2), of which 10.9 square miles (28.2 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.70%, is water. Climate data for Suwanee, Georgia As of 2010, Suwanee had a populace of 15,355.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 84.49% White, 6.38% African American, 0.13% Native American, 6.84% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.72% from other competitions, and 1.42% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.5% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 39.3% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 4.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
Gwinnett County Public Schools operates schools serving Suwanee including Collins Hill High School, North Gwinnett High School, and Peachtree Ridge High School.
The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine's Georgia ground is also positioned in Suwanee.
The most widely known park in Suwanee is the Town Center Park, a 10-acre (4.0 ha) park on Buford Highway and Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road.
The Town Center Park has Gwinnett County's biggest interactive fountain called the "Big Splash".
The park lies next to the Suwanee Public Library. The Suwanee Creek Greenway is a hard-surfaced multipurpose 4-mile (6.4 km) trail with wooded areas and wildlife surrounding.
The Suwanee Creek Park is an 85-acre (34 ha) park generally used for family picnics and other reunions.
Playtown Suwanee is a super playground assembled by 1,200 volunteers in 2004.
Gwinnett County Public Library operates the Suwanee Branch in Suwanee. Suwanee is served by Interstate 85 which leads southwest to Atlanta and northeast to South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Suwanee city, Georgia".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Suwanee's History".
"Monthly Averages for Suwanee, GA (30024)".
2010 general profile of populace and housing characteristics of Suwanee from the US Enumeration a b c d e f City of Suwanee, Georgia, "Parks", retrieved from https://suwanee.com/cityservices.recreationparks.php Official site of Suwanee, Georgia Municipalities and communities of Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States
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