Dalton

Also known as Dalton, Georgia, Dalton, GA

city in Whitfield County, Georgia, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Georgia
County: Whitfield
Mayor: Annalee Sams
City: 21.16 sq mi (54.80 km )
Land: 21.14 sq mi (54.76 km )
Water: 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km )
Elevation: 761 ft (232 m)
Density: 1,627.9/sq mi (628.52/km )
Urban: 102,599
Metro: 142,227
Time zone: UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
Summer dst: UTC-4 (EDT)
Zip codes: 30719-30722
Area codes: 706/762
Fips code: 13-21380
Hdi 2021: 0.861 – very high
Website: daltonga.gov

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Dalton
Population: 34417
Area: 53.240263
Elevation: 232
Official website: www.cityofdalton-ga.gov
Image: Community-3.jpg
Households: 11777
Dialing code: 706

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Commons category: Dalton, Georgia
postal code: 30722
inception: 1847-00-00
P8168: Nathan Petrelli
water as percent of area: 0.0837
per capita income: 23481

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Dalton is a city and the county seat of Whitfield County, Georgia, United States. It is also the principal city of the Dalton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Murray and Whitfield counties.

As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 34,417 people; the city's metro area was 124,837. Dalton is located just off Interstate 75 in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northwest Georgia and is the second-largest city in northwest Georgia, after Rome.