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Griffin
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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
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 30223-30224
- Fips code
- 13-35324
- Gnis feature id
- 0356111
- Website
- cityofgriffin.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Griffin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Spalding County
- Population
- 23478
- Area
- 36.392749
- Elevation
- 298
- Capital of
- Spalding County
- Official website
- www.cityofgriffin.com
- Image
- Griffin City Hall, City Services Building (2015).JPG
- Households
- 9343
- Dialing code
- 770
Show 10 more facts
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Griffin, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Griffin, Georgia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Griffin, Georgia
- Commons category
- Griffin, Georgia
- postal code
- 30224
- inception
- 1841-00-00
- P8168
- Fukang
- water as percent of area
- 0.9677
- per capita income
- 22848
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Griffin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.