Griffin
Also known as Griffin, Georgia, Griffin, GA
county seat of Spalding County, Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Spalding
- Established
- 1840 ; 186 years ago ( 1840 )
- Named after
- Col. Lewis Lawrence Griffin
- Town manager
- Jessica O’Connor
- Mayor
- Douglas Hollberg
- Total
- 14.12 sq mi (36.57 km )
- Land
- 13.98 sq mi (36.22 km )
- Water
- 0.14 sq mi (0.35 km )
- Elevation
- 978 ft (298 m)
- Density
- 1,678.8/sq mi (648.18/km )
- Time zone
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Griffin is a city in and the county seat of Spalding County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 23,478.
Griffin was founded in 1840 and named for landowner Col. Lewis Lawrence Griffin.