Fayetteville, Georgia | |
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 Fayette County Courthouse | |
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Motto: "No limits on imagination" | |
 Location in Fayette County and the state of Georgia | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Fayette |
| Established | March 28, 1822 |
| Incorporated (town) | 1823 |
| Incorporated (city) | 1888 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council/Manager |
| • Mayor | Ed Johnson |
| • City Manager | Ray Gibson |
| Area | |
• Total |
13.18 sq mi (34.14 km2) |
| • Land | 12.96 sq mi (33.58 km2) |
| • Water | 0.22 sq mi (0.56 km2) |
Fayetteville is a city in and the county seat of Fayette County, Georgia, United States.[4] As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 18,957,[5] up from 15,945 at the 2010 census. Fayetteville is located 22 miles (35 km) south of downtown Atlanta.[6]
In 2015 the city elected its first African-American mayor, Edward Johnson, a retired US navy commander and pastor. In 2011 he was elected as the first black city council member. He was a three-term president of the NAACP.[7][8]
History[]
Fayetteville was founded in 1822 as the seat of the newly formed Fayette County, organized by European Americans from territory ceded by force the Creek people under a treaty with the United States during the early period of Indian removal from the Southeast. Both city and county were named in honor of the Revolutionary War hero the French Marquis de Lafayette. Fayetteville was incorporated as a town in 1823 and as a city in 1909.[9]
The area was developed for cotton plantations, with labor provided by enslaved African Americans, who for more than a century comprised the majority of the county's population. Fayetteville became the trading town for the agricultural area.
In the first half of the 20th century, as agriculture became more mechanized, many African-American workers left the area in the Great Migration to northern and midwestern industrial cities, which had more jobs and offered less oppressive social conditions.
A reverse migration has brought new residents to the South, and the city of Fayetteville has grown markedly since 2000, as has the county. The city's population has increased from 11,148 in 2000 to 18,957 in 2020.[10]
Government[]
The city has a mayor-council form of elected government. Five council members are elected at-large, in non-partisan post, and the mayor is elected at-large in a non-partisan race.[7]
In 2015 Edward Johnson was elected mayor, the first African American to serve in the position. The retired US Naval Commander and pastor of Fayette County's oldest black church is described as a consensus builder. In 2011 Johnson was elected as the first black member of the city council after having served three terms as president of the local chapter of the NAACP.[7]
Demographics[]
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1880 | 138 | ||
| 1890 | 380 | 175.4% | |
| 1900 | 430 | 13.2% | |
| 1910 | 709 | 64.9% | |
| 1920 | 952 | 34.3% | |
| 1930 | 796 | −16.4% | |
| 1940 | 832 | 4.5% | |
| 1950 | 1,032 | 24.0% | |
| 1960 | 1,389 | 34.6% | |
| 1970 | 2,160 | 55.5% | |
| 1980 | 2,715 | 25.7% | |
| 1990 | 5,827 | 114.6% | |
| 2000 | 11,148 | 91.3% | |
| 2010 | 15,945 | 43.0% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[11] | |||
2020 census[]
| Race | Num. | Perc. |
|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 7,342 | 38.5% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 8,481 | 44.06% |
| Native American | 52 | 0.15% |
| Asian | 1,154 | 6.06% |
| Pacific Islander | 6 | 0.01% |
| Other/Mixed | 614 | 5.12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,339 | 7.06% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 18,957 people, 6,833 households, and 4,833 families residing in the city.
2010 census[]
As of the 2010 census,[13] there were 15,945 people, 6,006 households, and 4,264 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 55.0% White, 33.9% African American, 0.4% Native American, 6.6% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.3% from other races, and 2.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.8% of the population.
Out of the 6,006 households, 39.7% had individuals under the age of 18. 51.8% of households were married couples living together, 16.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% were non-families. 26.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59, and the average family size was 3.14.
In the city, the age distribution was 26.7% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 9.1% from 25 to 34, 15.4% from 35 to 44, 15.9% from 45 to 54, 11.4% from 55 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.9 years. The population was 54.4% female and 45.6% male.
As of the most recent community survey, the median income for a household in the city was $62,037 and the median income for a family was $81,613. About 6.5% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.3% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.
Education[]
Fayette County Board of Education
In 2016, a soundstage at Pinewood Studios was open for educational use by the Georgia Film Academy. In late 2020, the Georgia Film Academy partnered with Trilith and the University of Georgia to launch its Master of Fine Arts film program; students would work and live in Trilith during their second year.[11] Trilith also has a small K-12 school called "The Forest School".
Georgia Military College
Points of interest[]
The Fayette County Courthouse, built in 1825 four years after the county and town's founding, is the oldest surviving courthouse in Georgia. The courthouse is located in the center of the Fayetteville town square. Since the construction of a new courthouse, the 1825 building has been adapted for use as the local welcome center. It holds offices for Fayetteville Main Street and the Fayette County Development Authority.
The Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House was built in 1855 by John Stiles Holliday, uncle of the western gambler John Henry "Doc" Holliday.
The Margaret Mitchell Library, built in 1948 and named in honor of the author, serves as the headquarters of the Fayette County Historical Society. Among its holdings are Civil War and genealogical records.
Trilith Studios, then Pinewood Atlanta Studios, opened here in 2014; it was owned and operated by British company Pinewood Group until 2020 when they sold their shares to River Rock, LLC.[14] It is the largest film and television production studio in the United States outside the state of California. The studio has produced many large budget films, including those in the Marvel Cinematic Universe such as Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Black Panther.[15]
Town of Trilith In 2016, the Pinewood Forest mixed-use complex was launched. Located across the street from the studio, it features homes along with plans for "a movie theater, restaurants, boutique hotels, retail and office space", built using environmentally friendly building materials. In 2020, when the studio was renamed Trilith Studios, Pinewood Forest was renamed the Town at Trilith. In April 2021, Atlanta magazine ranked the community ninth in their top ten metro Atlanta vibrant city centers list; the community was also the newest featured on the list.
Notable people[]
- Andrew Adams (American football), football player for Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Paris Bennett, American Idol Season 5: fifth place finalist
- Nancy Benoit, professional wrestling manager
- Chris Benoit, professional wrestler
- Big Boi, rapper/actor
- Brandon Boykin, former NFL player for Philadelphia Eagles
- Zac Brown, Grammy Award-winning country music singer
- Millie Bobby Brown, actress, Stranger Things
- Kandi Burruss, former Xscape member
- Tonya Butler, female football player
- Phil Cofer, Basketball player for the Florida State Seminoles
- Matt Daniels, football player for St. Louis Rams
- John Deraney, football player for Detroit Lions
- Creflo Dollar, televangelist
- Hugh M. Dorsey, governor of Georgia
- Kyle Dugger, football player for New England Patriots
- Mike Duke, Former CEO of Walmart
- Niko Goodrum, Major League Baseball player for the Detroit Tigers
- Mike Hilton, NFL defensive back
- Ufomba Kamalu, NFL defensive end for Houston Texans
- Emmanuel Lewis, actor, Webster
- Sam Martin (American football), football player for Denver Broncos
- Christopher Massey, actor, musician, director, film producer
- Kyle Massey, actor, musician, Dancing with the Stars
- Caleb McLaughlin, actor, Stranger Things
- Ann Nesby, Grammy Award-winning singer and actress
- Kelley O'Hara, player for United States women's national soccer team and plays for Utah Royals FC in the National Women's Soccer League. Kelley is also an Olympic and World Cup champion
- Paul Orndorff, professional wrestler
- Tyler Perry, filmmaker, playwright, actor
- Plumb (born Tiffany Arbuckle Lee), songwriter, recording artist, performer and author
- Keshia Knight Pulliam, actress, The Cosby Show, Tyler Perry's House of Payne
- William Regal (born Darren Matthews), English professional wrestler
- Rick Ross, rapper [16]
- Nellie Mae Rowe, American Folk Artist
- Ferrol Sams, author
- Speech, leader of Arrested Development
- Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri ("The Iron Sheik"), Iranian professional wrestler
- Anna Munzenmaier, "The World's Strongest Cheerleader"
- Gary Anthony Williams, actor and star of Special Agent Oso on Disney Channel
References[]
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_13.txt. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov.
- ^ "About Fayette County". Fayette County Administration. https://fayettecountyga.gov/information/about_Fayette.htm.
- ^ "Archived copy". http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/1328968.html.
- ^ "Fayetteville, Georgia (GA 30214, 30215) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders". http://www.city-data.com/city/Fayetteville-Georgia.html.
- ^ a b c Tammy Joyner, "Fayetteville’s first black mayor is ‘bridge builder’", Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 7 November 2015; accessed 13 December 2016
- ^ Timothy Pratt, "New black mayors make a difference, one Georgia town at a time", Al-jazeera (US), 16 February 2016; accessed 12 December 2016
- ^ Hellmann, Paul T. (May 13, 2013). Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. pp. 229. ISBN 978-1135948597. https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA229.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015". https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2015/SUB-EST2015.html.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1328968&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2.
- ^ Bureau, U.S. Census. "U.S. Census website". https://www.census.gov.
- ^ Goldsmith, Jill (October 7, 2020). "Pinewood Atlanta Rebrands As ‘Trilith’, Completes Separation From UK, Expands Studio & Adjacent Planned Community". Deadline Hollywood. https://deadline.com/2020/10/pinewood-atlanta-rebrands-trilith-completes-separation-from-uk-expands-studio-adjacent-planned-community-1234592816/. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
- ^ Hensley, Ellie (October 14, 2016). "Pinewood Atlanta Studios to become largest studio complex in U.S. outside of L.A.". https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2016/10/14/pinewood-atlanta-studios-to-become-largest-studio.html.
- ^ Hofmann, Michelle. "Rapper Rick Ross On Real Estate, Hot Wings And The Benefits Of Mowing Your Lawn" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/sites/michellehofmann/2021/06/14/rapper-rick-ross-on-real-estate-hot-wings-and-the-benefits-of-mowing-your-lawn/.
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