Trion, Georgia Trion, Georgia Town Hall and other buildings viewed from athwart Trion Park Town Hall and other buildings viewed from athwart Trion Park Location in Chattooga County and the state of Georgia Location in Chattooga County and the state of Georgia Trion is a town in Chattooga County, Georgia, United States.
Trion is the second biggest incorporated improve in Chattooga County, which has a populace of approximately 26,000.
Trion is known as the denim capital of the world because of the Mount Vernon (formerly Riegel) manufacturing plant, which employs about 4,000 citizens .
4.1 Trion City School District Trion Mill, 1895 Trion had its start in the 1840s when the Trion Mills cotton foundry was established there. A postal service called Trion Factory opened in 1847, and in 1904 the name was changed to Trion. The name "Trion" was chosen by the mill's three framers (Andrew Allgood, Spencer Marsh, and W.K.
Trion is positioned in northern Chattooga County.
Route 27 passes through the easterly part of the town, dominant south 5 miles (8 km) to Summerville, the county seat, and north 12 miles (19 km) to La - Fayette.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Trion has a total region of 3.9 square miles (10.0 km2), of which 0.012 square miles (0.03 km2), or 0.32%, is water. The Chattooga River, a tributary of the Coosa River, flows through the town.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,993 citizens , 832 homeholds, and 524 families residing in the town.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 21.7% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 22.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $30,107, and the median income for a family was $37,548.
Trion City School District The Trion City School District holds grades pre-school to undertaking twelve, and consists of one elementary school, a middle school, and a high school. The precinct has 79 full-time teachers and over 2,345 students. Trion Elementary School Trion Middle School Trion High School On September 21, 2009, the "Frogtown" region of Trion and low-lying apartements in the town were evacuated when floodwaters overtopped a levee that protects the town.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Trion town, Georgia".
Elizabeth Cooksey, "Chattooga County," New Georgia Encyclopedia, 2005.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved June 28, 2010.
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