Ball Ground, Georgia

The area that encompasses Ball Ground was originally inhabited by both the Cherokee and the Muscogee Creek, until the Battle of Taliwa, which took place in what later became Ball Ground in 1755, between the Cherokee and the Muscogee Creek, ending with a Cherokee victory and forcing the Creek out of the territory.{{Cite web |title=Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee – Historical Events |url=https://georgiatribeofeasterncherokee.org/historical-events |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922221757/https://georgiatribeofeasterncherokee.org/historical-events |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |access-date=September 20, 2022 |website=Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee |language=en-US}}

Following the passing of the Indian Removal Act in 1830, the Cherokee were slowly relocated out of Cherokee County, including the Ball Ground area.{{Cite web |title=Indian removal |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418182301/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html |archive-date=April 18, 2010 |access-date=September 20, 2022 |website=PBS}} The area of Ball Ground and the surrounding Cherokee County was distributed to European-Americans via the 1832 Georgia Land Lotteries, though the lands were not settled by them until the 1835 Treaty of New Echota caused the Cherokee to fully leave North Georgia and relocate west of the Mississippi River as part of the Cherokee removal out of North Georgia.{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=James F. |url=https://archive.org/details/cherokeelandlott00smit/page/n13/mode/2up |title=The Cherokee land lottery, containing a numerical list of the names of the fortunate drawers in said lottery, with an engraved map of each district |date=1838 |publisher=Harper & Brothers |location=New York |page=Forward}}{{Cite book |last=Starr |first=Emmet |url=http://archive.org/details/historyofcheroke00lcstar |title=History of the Cherokee Indians and their legends and folk lore |date=1921 |publisher=The Warden company |location=Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |pages=85–86}}

The name Ball Ground was initially given by settlers to refer to an area of land, not for the town or community.{{Cite web |last=Cherokee County Finance Department |date=2022 |title=Cherokee County, Georgia Fiscal Year 2022 Adopted Budget |url=https://www.cherokeega.com/Finance/_resources/Budget/Cherokee-County-GA-2022-Adopted-Budget.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051755/https://www.cherokeega.com/Finance/_resources/Budget/Cherokee-County-GA-2022-Adopted-Budget.pdf |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |access-date=September 22, 2022 |website=Cherokee County, Georgia Government |page=108}} Native Americans would use the area as a ballground to play a game similar to town ball, and settlers named the town Ball Ground in reference to this.{{Cite news |date=October 9, 1885 |title=Constitutionals |pages=5 |publisher=The Atlanta Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109841300/1885-account-of-origins/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051757/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109841300/1885-account-of-origins/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} Over time details were added to the story of why the town was named Ball Ground. One such story was that the site was so named because it was the location of a 1532 game of ball between Native Americans playing against Hernando de Soto and his men, in a game umpired by the owner of the Fountain of Youth. When a fight broke out during the game, the umpire was killed, taking the secret of the location of the Fountain of Youth with him.{{Cite news |date=July 25, 1891 |title=Humorous account of the origin of the name of Ball Ground |pages=4 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109841463/1891-ball-ground-news-name-origin/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051759/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109841463/1891-ball-ground-news-name-origin/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} Another story attested as "local folklore" by the Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce says that the site is named Ball Ground because of a game of stickball played between the Cherokee and Creek "for the prize of a thousand square miles of land".{{Cite web |title=Communities |url=https://cherokeechamber.com/our-community/life-in-cherokee/communities/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129225951/https://cherokeechamber.com/our-community/life-in-cherokee/communities/ |archive-date=November 29, 2021 |access-date=September 20, 2022 |website=Cherokee Chamber of Commerce}}

After acquisition from the Cherokee in the 1830s, Ball Ground was originally settled as farmland and had few people living in the area. By 1847, the Ball Ground area had a post office, which was one of ten post offices within Cherokee County.{{Cite news |date=September 29, 1847 |title=1847 Ball Ground Post Office |pages=1 |work=The Daily Constitutionalist and Republic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109857635/1847-ball-ground-post-office/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051759/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109857635/1847-ball-ground-post-office/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} In 1882, just before the town was established, Ball Ground had six homes and two country stores.{{Cite book |last=Marlin |first=Lloyd G. |title=The History of Cherokee County |publisher=Walter G. Brown Publishing Co. |year=1932 |location=Atlanta |pages=126–129}}

Meetings were held in 1875 in various areas including Ball Ground to discuss the possibility of a railroad being built through Ball Ground and other nearby areas.{{Cite news |date=October 1, 1875 |title=Meetings in the interest of the Marietta and North Georgia railroad |pages=4 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109923738/1875-railroad/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051758/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109923738/1875-railroad/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} In 1881 work began on a railroad to Ball Ground using chain gangs for labor and grading on the railroad's path was completed in Ball Ground that same year.{{Cite news |date=May 18, 1881 |title=The completion of the Marietta and North Georgia railroad is now beginning to shape itself into facts. |pages=1 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109844357/ball-ground-terminus/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051826/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109844357/ball-ground-terminus/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} The resulting track was part of the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad and was completed in 1882. Upon completion the terminus of the railroad was the newly constructed depot in Ball Ground.{{Cite news |date=August 11, 1882 |title=Georgia Farmers – A Delightful Trip Over the Marietta and North Georgia Road |pages=1 |work=Savannah Morning News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109927001/1882-marietta-and-north-georgia-road/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051800/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109927001/1882-marietta-and-north-georgia-road/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}

A town was built around the Ball Ground depot using surrounding land that was donated by thirteen nearby landowners for the express purpose of establishing a town. The deed of transfer to the railroad company noted that “The consideration moving each of us in the establishing of this town is the enhanced value to our lands within and adjacent to the said town, and the general benefit to the country, by which we shall be benefited.” The donated land was split into 200 lots and sold via an auction held in Ball Ground on April 18, 1883, along with other additional properties including a {{cvt|65|acre|ha sqmi}} farm and a nearby mill.{{Cite news |last=Frierson |first=T.A. |date=April 8, 1883 |title=Ball Ground – 200 fine lots at auction Wednesday, April 18 |pages=5 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109824210/1883-real-estate-ad/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051759/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109824210/1883-real-estate-ad/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} The next year in 1884, the town had approximately 300 residents.{{Cite news |date=October 5, 1884 |title=Ball Ground |pages=2 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2045378/the-state-of-newly-incorporated-ball/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051827/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2045378/the-state-of-newly-incorporated-ball/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}

Ball Ground was incorporated as a town by town charter on September 27, 1883, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly. The town limits were set as "one half mile in every direction from the present railroad crossing on the Gilmer Ferry road; that it shall be known and distinguished as the town of Ball Ground."{{cite act |type=Act |date=September 27, 1883 |article=401 |article-type=Municipal Corporation |legislature=Georgia General Assembly |title=To Incorporate the Town of Ball Ground, in Cherokee County |page=476–479 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eCBLAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22An+act+to+incorporate+the+town+of+Ball+Ground+in+the+county+of+Cherokee%22&pg=PA476 }} {{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eCBLAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22An+act+to+incorporate+the+town+of+Ball+Ground+in+the+county+of+Cherokee%22&pg=PA476 |title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly |date=1883 |access-date=September 22, 2022 |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051800/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Acts_and_Resolutions_of_the_General_Asse/eCBLAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22An+act+to+incorporate+the+town+of+Ball+Ground+in+the+county+of+Cherokee%22&pg=PA476&printsec=frontcover |url-status=bot: unknown }}

In January 1896 a judge approved the sale of the Marietta and North Georgia railroad to the Atlanta, Knoxville, and Northern railway due to nonpayment of loans by the former railroad. The property to be sold included the depots along the railroad route which included the Ball Ground depot.{{Cite news |date=January 7, 1896 |title=Judge Newman Confirms the Sale of the Marietta and North Georgia Road |pages=9 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109962797/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051800/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109962797/the-atlanta-constitution/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} The plaintiffs in the case were those owed money by the railroad and gave loans that were taken out to charter the railroad,{{Cite news |date=March 1, 1896 |title=May Delay the Bondholders – A New Feature in the M. and N. Ga. Litigation |pages=8 |work=The Morning News (of Savannah, Georgia) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109962245/may-delay-the-bondholders/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051800/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109962245/may-delay-the-bondholders/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} but the scheduled April 1896 sale of the railroad was subsequently delayed through the courts by order of the same judge that initially approved the sale.{{Cite news |date=April 23, 1896 |title=Marietta and North Georgia – The Sale of the Property Ordered Postponed |pages=2 |work=The Morning News (of Savannah, Georgia) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109963241/sale-postponed/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051800/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109963241/sale-postponed/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022}} That same month the Marietta and North Georgia railroad missed their payment deadline and the sale moved forward.{{Cite news |date=April 16, 1896 |title=Marietta and North Georgia |pages=6 |work=The Morning News (of Savannah, Georgia) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109960133/marietta-and-north-georgia-payment/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051800/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109960133/marietta-and-north-georgia-payment/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} On November 1, 1896, the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad was purchased by and turned over to the Atlanta, Knoxville, and Northern railway.{{Cite news |date=November 1, 1896 |title=In New Hands Today – Receivers of the Marietta and North Georgia Turn It Over |pages=22 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109959754/mng-becomes-akn/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051800/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109959754/mng-becomes-akn/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} Atlanta, Knoxville, and Northern was sold to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1902.{{Cite news |date=April 9, 1902 |title=Purchase of Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern by Louisville and Nashville Means Greatly Improved Railway Facilities |pages=7 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109963642/1902-akn-sold-to-ln/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928041631/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109963642/1902-akn-sold-to-ln/ |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}

An amendment to the town's charter was passed in 1903 to change the election times, clarifying the issuance of liquor licenses and set a price for said license at "not less than $500". The amendment also clarified how ad valorem taxes were to be collected.{{cite act |type=Act |date=August 4, 1903 |article=273 |article-type=Municipal Corporations |legislature=Georgia General Assembly |title=Ball Ground, Charter Amended |page=438–440 |url=http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_zlgl_88438600 }} {{Cite web |url=https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlgl_88438600 |title=Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the state of Georgia 1903 [volume 1] - Digital Library of Georgia |access-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051907/https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlgl_88438600 |url-status=bot: unknown }} A further amendment in 1905 changed the 1903 amendment's $500 liquor license fee to $5,000.{{cite act |type=Act |date=August 22, 1905 |article=580 |article-type=Municipal Corporations |legislature=Georgia General Assembly |title=Ball Ground, License to Sell Liquors |page=637 |url=http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_zlgl_92531691 }} {{Cite web |url=https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlgl_92531691 |title=Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the state of Georgia 1905 [volume 1] - Digital Library of Georgia |access-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051909/https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlgl_92531691 |url-status=bot: unknown }} An updated charter passed by an act of the Georgia General Assembly in 1911 greatly expanded the powers of the municipal government, including the ability to pass municipal ordinances, and established a school district within Ball Ground.{{cite act |type=Act |date=August 21, 1911 |article=308 |article-type=Municipal Corporation |legislature=Georgia General Assembly |title=Ball Ground, Town of, New Charter |page=650–699 |url=http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_zlgl_109804493 }} {{Cite web |url=https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlgl_109804493 |title=Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the state of Georgia. 1911 [volume 1] - Digital Library of Georgia |access-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051910/https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlgl_109804493 |url-status=bot: unknown }}

In 1961 a Ball Ground Improvement Association was formed to add improvements to the city including new paint, a city park, and street lights.{{Cite news |date=July 13, 1961 |title=Ball Ground Moves Ahead Adding City Improvements |pages=3 |work=Pickens County Progress |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109973682/1961-improvements/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051908/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109973682/1961-improvements/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}

A television documentary aired in December 1971 on North Georgia's Channel 11 that focused on the city of Ball Ground and described it as a city in decline, and interviewed Ball Grounders about "the slow deterioration of the town."{{Cite news |date=December 4, 1971 |title=What is Happening to Ball Ground? |pages=T-2 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109977744/what-is-happening-to-ball-ground/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051910/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109977744/what-is-happening-to-ball-ground/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} Two weeks after the broadcast of the documentary, the city's merchants announced that they had organized the Ball Ground Merchants Association to promote trade and to function as a Chamber of Commerce for the city.{{Cite news |date=December 16, 1971 |title=Ball Ground merchants have organized a Merchants Association |pages=2 |work=Pickens County Progress |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109978362/ball-ground-merchants-association/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051909/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109978362/ball-ground-merchants-association/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}

The Ball Ground Community Association was formed in early 1972 to promote the town and to organize festivals and cultural events.{{Cite news |date=October 12, 1972 |title=Fall Fling A Success in Ball Ground |pages=1 |work=Pickens County Progress |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109977801/ball-ground-fall-fling/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051909/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109977801/ball-ground-fall-fling/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022}} The first event the association organized was the May 1972 spring festival and parade, which included a delegation from the Cherokee Nation. This marked the first time the Cherokee returned to the area in any official capacity since they were removed from the area during the 1830s.{{Cite news |date=March 16, 1972 |title=Ball Ground Plans Spring Festival |pages=1 |work=Pickens County Progress |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109978010/cherokee-return-to-ball-ground/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051909/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109978010/cherokee-return-to-ball-ground/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} As part of the festival, two Cherokee teams played a game of stickball against one another, and then-Lieutenant Governor Lester Maddox served as the parade's grand marshal.{{Cite news |date=May 13, 1972 |title=Indian Stickball Part of Festival |pages=B-1 |work=The Macon News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109980599/stickball-part-of-festival/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051909/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109980599/stickball-part-of-festival/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} Later that year in November 1972, in part because of the festival and other improvements to the city, Ball Ground won the "1972 Stay & See Georgia" contest, which was a program designed to help highlight and expand tourism within the State of Georgia.{{Cite news |date=November 23, 1972 |title=Ball Ground Wins Stay & See Contest |pages=1 |work=Pickens County Progress |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109978187/ball-ground-wins-stay-see-contest/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051943/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109978187/ball-ground-wins-stay-see-contest/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} The spring festival was held annually until 1989.{{Cite news |date=May 11, 1989 |title=19th Annual Spring Festival |pages=F-10 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109987202/ball-ground-19th-annual-spring-festival/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051943/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109987202/ball-ground-19th-annual-spring-festival/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}

In 1997 developers began building new homes and communities within Ball Ground.{{Cite news |last=Brice |first=Leslie Everton |date=October 9, 1997 |title=Cherokee community gains ground |pages=IQ-10 |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110019028/ball-ground-development/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051943/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110019028/ball-ground-development/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} Because of the growth of the city, residents and city officials began discussing the need for an improved sewer system to help modernize the septic systems of older homes and to attract new growth for the city.{{Cite news |last=Bennett |first=D.L. |date=February 19, 1998 |title=Ball Ground considers adding sewage service |pages=IQ-4 |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110019275/ball-ground-considers-sewage-service/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051945/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110019275/ball-ground-considers-sewage-service/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}

In 1998 a plan was put in place to begin work on a $2.8 million sewage system.{{Cite news |last=Bennett |first=D.L. |date=December 24, 1998 |title=Sewage system set for Ball Ground |pages=IQ-4 |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110019406/1998-sewage-plans/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051943/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110019406/1998-sewage-plans/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} The sewage system was completed in Fall 2003 amid ongoing development in and around Ball Ground.{{Cite news |last=Quinn |first=Christopher |date=May 22, 2003 |title='Diamond in rough' Ball Ground on a roll |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110019648/diamond-1/ J1], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110019686/diamond-2/ J6] |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110019648/diamond-1/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051944/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110019648/diamond-1/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |last=Brice |first=Leslie Everton |date=March 13, 2003 |title=Ball Ground boasts of vintage growth |pages=JQ-3 |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110019970/vintage-growth/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051944/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110019970/vintage-growth/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}

Ball Ground is located at the foothills of the North Georgia mountains{{Cite web |date=October 30, 2009 |title=Ball Ground Historic District |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/09001057_text |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928041630/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/09001057_text |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |access-date=September 27, 2022 |website=National Park Service}} in the northeastern portion of Cherokee County.{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cherokee+County,+GA/@34.2431482,-84.5984941,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x88f50ff083db2faf:0x1e94ba1d119f7d06!8m2!3d34.2514526!4d-84.4802606!16zL20vMG5fMHY |title=Cherokee County, Georgia |access-date=September 27, 2022}} The city is {{cvt|4.7|mi|km}} northeast of the city of Canton{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/34.3281582,-84.3959649/GA-5,+Canton,+GA+30114/@34.3046164,-84.4419162,14z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x88f564bb9d4ebd4f:0xa61a6f98dbbbd602!2m2!1d-84.4528483!2d34.2810062!3e0 |title=Ball Ground, Georgia City Limits to Canton, Georgia City Limits |access-date=September 27, 2022}} and {{cvt|0.4|mi|km}} south of Nelson.{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/34.3664606,-84.3739469/219+Marion+Spence+Rd,+Ball+Ground,+GA+30107/@34.3090225,-84.462123,13z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x88f57d94f477427b:0x8720d04a6cac6f62!2m2!1d-84.3775592!2d34.3614477!3e0 |title=Ball Ground, Georgia City Limits to Nelson, Georgia City Limits |access-date=September 27, 2022}} It is the northernmost city in Cherokee County that is fully within the county limits, as the city of Nelson is partially within Pickens County. Ball Ground is {{cvt|37.9|mi|0}} north of Georgia's capital city of Atlanta's northernmost city limits{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/34.3283172,-84.3958619/33.8744156,-84.446839/@34.3276084,-84.3982421,17.36z/am=t/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0 |title=Ball Ground, Georgia City Limits to Atlanta City Limits |access-date=September 27, 2022}} and {{cvt|48.7|mi|0}} from downtown Atlanta.{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/34.3283172,-84.3958619/Atlanta,+Georgia/@34.0386609,-84.7513325,10z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x88f5045d6993098d:0x66fede2f990b630b!2m2!1d-84.3879824!2d33.7489954!3e0 |title=Ball Ground, Georgia City Limits to Downtown Atlanta |access-date=September 27, 2022}}

Ball Ground lies within the Upper Piedmont Physiographic Province in a narrow band of land called the Hightower-Jasper Ridge District, which has a different land structure and lithology than the surrounding areas.{{Cite web |last1=Clark |first1=William Z. Jr. |last2=Zisa |first2=Arnold C. |date=1988 |title=Physiographic Map of Georgia |url=http://epd.georgia.gov/document/publication/sm-4-physiographic-map-georgia-12000000-1988/download |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405154600/https://epd.georgia.gov/document/publication/sm-4-physiographic-map-georgia-12000000-1988/download |archive-date=April 5, 2022 |access-date=September 28, 2022 |website=Georgia Environmental Protection Division |format=PDF}}{{rp|103}} The bedrock underneath the city consists of igneous and metamorphic rocks such as gneiss and schist.{{rp|104}} The land in and around Ball Ground is rich in marble deposits{{Cite book |last=McCallie |first=Samuel Washington |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DdxLAAAAMAAJ&q=Ball%2520Ground |title=A Preliminary Report on the Marbles of Georgia |date=1907 |publisher=Franklin-Turner Company |location=Atlanta |pages=50 |access-date=September 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928041632/https://books.google.com/books?id=DdxLAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&q=Ball%2520Ground&hl=en |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |url-status=live}} as well as talc, pyrite, and gold.{{Cite report |url=https://epd.georgia.gov/document/publication/b-23-preliminary-report-mineral-resources-georgia-1910/download |title=A Preliminary Report on the Mineral Resources of Georgia |last=McCallie |first=S.W. |date=1910 |issue=23 |pages=170, 188 |access-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405135034/https://epd.georgia.gov/document/publication/b-23-preliminary-report-mineral-resources-georgia-1910/download |archive-date=April 5, 2022 |format=PDF |url-status=live}}

According to the United States Census Bureau as of 2020, Ball Ground has a total area of {{cvt|6.3|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{cvt|0.04|sqmi|km2}}, or 0.63%, is water.{{Cite web |title=TIGERweb |url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/TIGERweb_apps.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307195229/https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/TIGERweb_apps.html |archive-date=March 7, 2022 |access-date=September 28, 2022 |website=United States Census Bureau |quote=Land Area (Square Meters): 16317684; Water Area (Square Meters): 92250}} The city's elevation averages around {{cvt|1100|ft|m}} above sea level, ranging from just over {{cvt|1000|ft|m}} in the valleys to around {{cvt|1200|ft|m}} on several hilltops within the city.{{Cite web |title=TNM Elevation Map |url=https://apps.nationalmap.gov/elevation/ |access-date=September 30, 2022 |website=United States Geological Survey |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811025520/https://apps.nationalmap.gov/elevation/ |url-status=live }} Unlike most other parts of Cherokee County, Ball Ground is not in a floodplain and has no typically flood prone areas.{{rp|110}} To protect the water and surrounding lands, the city government has ordinances in place for stream buffer protection,{{cite act |type=Code of Ordinances |date=February 6, 2020 |article=107 – Stream Buffer Protection |article-type=Chapter |title=Ball Ground, Georgia - Code of Ordinances |url=https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=SPBLADE_CH107STBUPR }} {{Cite web |url=https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=SPBLADE_CH107STBUPR |title=Municode Library |access-date=September 27, 2022 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928041633/https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=SPBLADE_CH107STBUPR |url-status=bot: unknown }} watershed protection,{{cite act |type=Code of Ordinances |date=February 6, 2020 |article=111 – Watershed Protection |article-type=Chapter |title=Ball Ground, Georgia - Code of Ordinances |url=https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=SPBLADE_CH111WAPR }} {{Cite web |url=https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=SPBLADE_CH111WAPR |title=Municode Library |access-date=September 27, 2022 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928041633/https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=SPBLADE_CH111WAPR |url-status=bot: unknown }} and wetland protection.{{cite act |type=Code of Ordinances |date=February 6, 2020 |article=113 – Wetland Protection |article-type=Chapter |title=Ball Ground, Georgia - Code of Ordinances |url=https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=SPBLADE_CH113WEPR }} {{Cite web |url=https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=SPBLADE_CH113WEPR |title=Municode Library |access-date=September 27, 2022 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928041633/https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=SPBLADE_CH113WEPR |url-status=bot: unknown }}

The climate of Ball Ground, as with most of the southeastern United States, is humid subtropical (Cfa) according to the Köppen classification,{{Cite web |title=Interactive United States Köppen Climate Classification Map |url=https://www.plantmaps.com/koppen-climate-classification-map-united-states.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011214712/https://www.plantmaps.com/koppen-climate-classification-map-united-states.php |archive-date=October 11, 2018 |access-date=July 13, 2022}} with four seasons including hot, humid summers and cool winters. July and August are generally the warmest months of the year with an average high of around {{cvt|85|°F}}. The coldest month is January which has an average high of around {{cvt|48|°F}}.

Ball Ground receives rainfall distributed fairly evenly throughout the year as typical of southeastern U.S. cities, with March on average having the highest average precipitation at {{cvt|5.15|in}}, and May typically being the driest month with {{cvt|3.81|in}}.

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{{US Census population

|1890= 296

|1900= 302

|1910= 443

|1920= 809

|1930= 706

|1940= 711

|1950= 700

|1960= 707

|1970= 617

|1980= 640

|1990= 905

|2000= 730

|2010= 1433

|2020= 2560

| estyear = 2023

| estimate = 3039

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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{Cite web |title=Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717060613/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |archive-date=July 17, 2022 |access-date=June 4, 2015 |publisher=Census.gov}}

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The results of the 2000 United States census showed that Ball Ground had shrunk in population in the previous ten years, going from a population of 905 in 1990 to 730 in 2000.{{Cite news |last=Quinn |first=Christopher |date=April 12, 2001 |title=Battling the numbers game |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110020154/census-1/ J1], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110020215/census-2/ J7] |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110020154/census-1/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051944/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110020154/census-1/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} After the improvements to the sewage infrastructure and the development of homes and businesses in and around Ball Ground in the 2000s, the city began to see large amounts of growth.{{Cite news |last=Pascual |first=Aixa M. |date=August 21, 2006 |title=Atlanta's growth creeps into Ball Ground |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110021026/2006-growth/ A1], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110021061/2006-growth-2/ A4] |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110021026/2006-growth/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051944/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110021026/2006-growth/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} During the 2010 census the population had grown 96.3% to 1,433, and in 2020 had grown an additional 78.6% to 2,560.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,560 people, 838 households, and 626 families residing in the city. The population density was {{cvt|406.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|adj=off}}.{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707031946/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/ |archive-date=July 7, 2020 |access-date=September 28, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}

According to the 2020 American Community Survey, there were 838 households, out of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.1% were married couples living together, 1.2% had a male householder with no spouse present, 7% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 24.7% were non-families. 17.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 22.7% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 32.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $81,900, and the median income for a family was $92,690. Males had a median income of $51,393 versus $40,893 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,147. About 4% of the population was below the poverty line, including 6.2% of those under age 18 and 0.8% of those age 65 or over.

When Ball Ground was first established, a large portion of its economy was based on agriculture and the railroad that passed through town, which brought marble from Tate, Georgia to be processed and finished by marble companies in Ball Ground. In the early 1900s the city built up a ginery, saw mill, and a marble mill to mine the marble that was abundant in the area.{{Cite news |date=February 15, 1901 |title=Ball Ground, Cherokee county is making some progress of late |pages=3 |work=Pickens County Progress |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109956278/1901-ball-ground-new-marble-mill/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923051929/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109956278/1901-ball-ground-new-marble-mill/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=June 8, 1905 |title=Marble works are leased |pages=6 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2062231/marble-works-in-ball-ground-leased/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928041633/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2062231/marble-works-in-ball-ground-leased/ |archive-date=September 28, 2022}} Beginning in 1898 with the opening of the first marble company in the city,{{rp|14}} the marble industry became a large part of early Ball Ground's economy and in the 1920s the city had four independent marble finishing mills.{{rp|6}} The marble industry and other agricultural industrial facilities had largely died down or relocated out of Ball Ground by 1959.{{rp|19}}

Several companies operated plants in Ball Ground before later relocating. The Coca-Cola Company opened a bottling plant in Ball Ground in 1903{{rp|6}} which operated for 30 years, closing in 1933.{{rp|28}} Tyson Foods operated a feed mill in Ball Ground from 1965 to 1998, when it moved to a larger facility in Bartow County.{{Cite news |date=November 3, 1998 |title=Feed mill to move |pages=B6 |work=The Atlanta-Journal Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/403391649/?terms=%22Ball%20Ground%22&match=1 |url-status=live |access-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928041633/https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/403391649/?terms=%22Ball%20Ground%22&match=1 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}

The city has an industrial area called the River Mill Industrial Park, which is a {{cvt|100|acre|ha sqmi}} area with railroad access.{{rp|99}}

In May 2015, Universal Alloy Corporation (UAC) announced it was building a new factory in Ball Ground to supply Boeing with parts for aircraft wing assemblies.{{Cite web |last=Dixon |first=Kristol |date=May 21, 2015 |title=Universal Alloy Corporation Purchases Land For Expansion |url=https://patch.com/georgia/canton-ga/universal-alloy-corporation-purchases-land-expansion |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731093131/https://patch.com/georgia/canton-ga/universal-alloy-corporation-purchases-land-expansion |archive-date=July 31, 2018 |access-date=July 30, 2018 |publisher=Canton Patch}} Universal Alloy (UAC) is one of the largest employers in Cherokee County. UAC completed their {{cvt|110000|sqft|m2|sigfig=2}} Ball Ground facility in 2017.{{Cite web |title=UAC Ball Ground, Georgia |url=https://www.querkraft.at/en/projects/uac-produktionsgebaeude |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928041633/https://www.querkraft.at/en/projects/uac-produktionsgebaeude |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |access-date=September 28, 2022 |website=querkraft}} UAC is one of Cherokee County's largest employers, with over 500 employees.{{Cite web |title=Major Employers |url=https://www.cherokeega.org/careers/major-employers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617112744/https://www.cherokeega.org/careers/major-employers/ |archive-date=June 17, 2022 |access-date=September 28, 2022 |website=Cherokee Office of Economic Development}}

The Sequoyah Regional Library System has a branch in Ball Ground called the Ball Ground Library, a {{cvt|9000|sqft|m2|sigfig=2}} facility with approximately 30,000 books in its collection.{{Cite web |title=Ball Ground Library |url=https://www.sequoyahregionallibrary.org/ball-ground/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815082515/https://www.sequoyahregionallibrary.org/ball-ground/ |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=Sequoyah Regional Library System}}{{rp|149}}

In 1985, the Alfred W. Roberts House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the only house in Cherokee County that has this recognition.{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=2017 Cultivating Cherokee |url=https://cherokeechamber.com/wp-content/uploads/CherokeeChamber_2017_WEB-1.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731093157/https://cherokeechamber.com/wp-content/uploads/CherokeeChamber_2017_WEB-1.pdf |archive-date=July 31, 2018 |access-date=July 30, 2018 |publisher=Cherokee Chamber of Commerce}} In 2009, the Ball Ground Historic District was listed on the NRHP, for its significance to Native American and early national history.{{Cite web |title=Ball Ground Historic |url=http://www.rockbarn.org/national-register-of-historic-places/ball-ground-historic-district/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829072103/http://www.rockbarn.org/national-register-of-historic-places/ball-ground-historic-district/ |archive-date=August 29, 2018 |access-date=August 28, 2018 |website=RockBarn.org}} Many homes still present in Ball Ground were built during the 1880s–1920s and are regarded as historic.{{rp|136–137}} In 2010, following the State of Georgia passing a law allowing for city governments to establish historic commissions to handle historic preservation efforts within their cities,{{Cite web |title=2010 Georgia Code :: TITLE 44 - PROPERTY :: CHAPTER 10 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION :: ARTICLE 2 - ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION :: § 44-10-24 - Historic preservation commission -- Establishment or designation; number, eligibility, and terms of members |url=https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2010/title-44/chapter-10/article-2/44-10-24/ |access-date=September 20, 2022 |website=Justia Law |language=en}} Ball Ground's city government passed an ordinance establishing an historic preservation commission to encourage historic preservation efforts and to help regulate the status, treatment, and repairs of objects and buildings within the city that are designated as historic.{{cite act |type=Code of Ordinances |date=February 6, 2020 |article=101 – General and Administrative Provisions |article-type=Chapter |title=Ball Ground, Georgia - Code of Ordinances |url=https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=SPBLADE_CH101GEADPR }} {{Cite web |url=https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=SPBLADE_CH101GEADPR |title=Municode Library |access-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928041634/https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=SPBLADE_CH101GEADPR |url-status=bot: unknown }}

Since 2014 Ball Ground has held an annual Christmas parade called the March of the Toys Parade, which helps benefit the Toys for Tots program.{{Cite web |title=March of the Toys Parade |url=http://local.aarp.org/event/march-of-the-toys-parade-2022-12-02-ball-ground-ga.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928041636/https://local.aarp.org/event/march-of-the-toys-parade-2022-12-02-ball-ground-ga.html |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |access-date=September 28, 2022 |website=AARP}} It was estimated that approximately 5,000 people attended the event in 2017, where attendees are asked to bring unwrapped presents to donate to Toys for Tots.{{Cite news |last=Ibata |first=David |date=November 27, 2018 |title=Santa, cosplayers in Ball Ground for holiday parade |work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/santa-cosplayers-ball-ground-for-holiday-parade/4kpqaj9XwqydfMaeqF1fHK/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128124421/https://www.ajc.com/news/local/santa-cosplayers-ball-ground-for-holiday-parade/4kpqaj9XwqydfMaeqF1fHK/ |archive-date=November 28, 2018}}

In the summers, Ball Ground's City Park hosts weekly movies and concerts.{{rp|14}} During Independence Day celebrations, the city hosts annual fireworks shows around the areas of City Park and Calvin Farmer Park in downtown Ball Ground.{{Cite news |last=Ibata |first=David |title=Ball Ground sets fireworks show for Saturday night |work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/ball-ground-sets-fireworks-show-for-saturday-night/buPmcuEElUQqNm13DbssML/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217062853/https://www.ajc.com/news/local/ball-ground-sets-fireworks-show-for-saturday-night/buPmcuEElUQqNm13DbssML/ |archive-date=February 17, 2021}}

Ball Ground has several dedicated parks and recreational facilities within the city that are managed by the city's parks and recreation department.{{cite act |type=Code of Ordinances |date=February 6, 2020 |article=20 – Parks and Recreation |article-type=Chapter |title=Ball Ground, Georgia - Code of Ordinances |url=https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH20PARE }} {{Cite web |url=https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH20PARE |title=Municode Library |access-date=September 27, 2022 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928041658/https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH20PARE |url-status=bot: unknown }} These include a {{cvt|15|acre|ha sqmi}} park, baseball fields, tennis courts, basketball courts, ponds, open fields, and wooded areas.{{Cite web |title=Ball Ground |url=https://www.discovergeorgiaoutdoors.com/locate-it/historic-high-country/ball-ground/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928042136/https://www.discovergeorgiaoutdoors.com/locate-it/historic-high-country/ball-ground/ |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |access-date=September 27, 2022 |website=Discover Georgia Outdoors}} Several of the parks also have walking trails and areas for fishing.{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2019 |title=Parks & Recreation |url=https://cityofballground.com/parks-recreation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130081204/https://cityofballground.com/parks-recreation/ |archive-date=November 30, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2022 |website=City of Ball Ground Georgia}}

There are two botanical gardens in Ball Ground. Ball Ground Botanical Gardens is a free-admission {{cvt|0.75|acre|ha sqmi}} botanical garden that includes a butterfly-shaped walking trail.{{Cite web |last=Ritchie |first=Logan C. |date=July 25, 2022 |title=Grand Gardens: From Atlanta to the North Georgia mountains |url=http://reporternewspapers.net/2022/07/25/grand-gardens-from-atlanta-to-the-north-georgia-mountains/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220917134551/https://reporternewspapers.net/2022/07/25/grand-gardens-from-atlanta-to-the-north-georgia-mountains/ |archive-date=September 17, 2022 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |website=Reporter Newspapers & Atlanta Intown}}{{Cite web |title=Destination Cherokee |url=https://www.exploregeorgia.org/sites/default/files/listing_images/ac6d11ad4f3695465552e5cbb79453ab_2018CherokeeCountyGuideFINALLoRes.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707190710/https://www.exploregeorgia.org/sites/default/files/listing_images/ac6d11ad4f3695465552e5cbb79453ab_2018CherokeeCountyGuideFINALLoRes.pdf |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |website=ExploreGeorgia.org}}{{rp|8}} Gibbs Gardens is a property in Ball Ground that spans over {{cvt|300|acre|ha sqmi}} and includes sixteen individual gardens including several ponds, bridge crossings, and waterfalls.{{Cite web |title=Gibbs Gardens History |url=https://gibbsgardens.com/about/garden-history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420015255/https://www.gibbsgardens.com/about/garden-history/ |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |website=Gibbs Gardens}}{{Cite web |last=Milliken |first=Paul |date=October 27, 2021 |title='Wild' fall colors bloom at Ball Ground's Gibbs Gardens |url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/wild-fall-colors-bloom-at-ball-grounds-gibbs-gardens |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127014719/https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/wild-fall-colors-bloom-at-ball-grounds-gibbs-gardens |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |website=FOX 5 Atlanta}} In 2020 Business Jet Traveler ranked Gibbs Gardens #2 on its list of "13 best U.S. botanical gardens".{{Cite news |last=Goldsmith |first=Margie |date=2020 |title=13 Best U.S. Botanical Gardens |work=Business Jet Traveler |url=https://www.bjtonline.com/business-jet-news/13-best-us-botanical-gardens |url-status=live |access-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325051739/https://www.bjtonline.com/business-jet-news/13-best-us-botanical-gardens |archive-date=March 25, 2022}}{{Cite press release |title=Gibbs Gardens Named to '2020 Best Botanical Gardens in America' List |date=September 22, 2020 |url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/gibbs-gardens-named-to-2020-best-botanical-gardens-in-america-list-868202798.html |access-date=September 25, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016070131/https://www.prweb.com/releases/gibbs_gardens_named_to_2020_best_botanical_gardens_in_america_list/prweb17411907.htm |archive-date=October 16, 2021 |website=Cision}} Gibbs Gardens has over 20 million daffodils that bloom in the spring.{{Cite web |date=November 3, 2015 |title=Fall Foliage at Atlanta's Gibbs Gardens |url=https://sumptuousliving.net/gibbs-gardens/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512085439/https://sumptuousliving.net/gibbs-gardens/ |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |website=Sumptuous Living}}{{Cite web |date=May 1, 2022 |title=Visit Gibbs Gardens for colorful blooms this spring |url=https://www.atlantaonthecheap.com/gibbs-gardens/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307170046/https://www.atlantaonthecheap.com/gibbs-gardens/ |archive-date=March 7, 2022 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |website=Atlanta on the Cheap}}

{{cvt|1.9|mi|km}} outside of Ball Ground's city limits{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Ball+Ground+City+Limits,+410+Gilmer+Ferry+Rd,+Ball+Ground,+GA+30107/McGraw+Ford+WMA,+Ball+Ground+Road,+Ball+Ground,+GA/@34.3298351,-84.3699081,15z/am=t/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x88f57d8917e3621f:0x794bb604b4eb6086!2m2!1d-84.3734089!2d34.3366762!1m5!1m1!1s0x88f57e9b5548fb1d:0x8d8b6c5b373483cf!2m2!1d-84.348877!2d34.3229591 |title=Ball Ground, Georgia City Limits to McGraw Ford Wildlife Management Area |access-date=September 17, 2022}} in unincorporated Ball Ground is the McGraw Ford Wildlife Management Area, a {{cvt|2255|acre|ha sqmi}} wildlife management area along the Etowah River that is managed by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources with various multi-purpose trails along with fishing and hunting areas.{{Cite web |title=McGraw Ford WMA |url=https://georgiawildlife.com/mcgraw-ford-wma |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527184845/https://georgiawildlife.com/mcgraw-ford-wma |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |access-date=September 27, 2022 |website=Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division}}

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Since the incorporation of the town in 1883, the city has been managed by a mayor and city council consisting of five council-members,{{Cite web |title=Government |url=https://cityofballground.com/government/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130052204/https://cityofballground.com/government/ |archive-date=November 30, 2021 |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=City of Ball Ground Georgia}} which meet on the second Thursday of each month.{{cite act |type=Code of Ordinances |date=February 6, 2020 |article=2 – Administration |article-type=Chapter |title=Ball Ground, Georgia - Code of Ordinances |url=https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH2AD }} {{Cite web |url=https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH2AD |title=Municode Library |access-date=September 17, 2022 |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923052006/https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH2AD |url-status=bot: unknown }} The city government also consists of a city clerk, city attorney, and a city manager.{{Cite web |title=Office of the City Manager |url=https://cityofballground.com/city-manager/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130054640/https://cityofballground.com/city-manager/ |archive-date=November 30, 2021 |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=City of Ball Ground Georgia|date=July 10, 2019 }}

The city has a municipal court which is held on the third Friday of each month.{{cite act |type=Code of Ordinances |date=February 6, 2020 |article=14 – Municipal Court |article-type=Chapter |title=Ball Ground, Georgia - Code of Ordinances |url=https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH14MUCO }} {{Cite web |url=https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH14MUCO |title=Municode Library |access-date=September 17, 2022 |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923052012/https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH14MUCO |url-status=bot: unknown }}{{Cite web |title=Municipal Court |url=https://cityofballground.com/municipal-court/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130045635/https://cityofballground.com/municipal-court/ |archive-date=November 30, 2021 |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=City of Ball Ground Georgia|date=July 12, 2019 }} With the exception of a small police department managed by the city,{{Cite web |date=January 2007 |title=Cherokee County Community Assessment Vol. 1: Issues and Opportunities |url=https://dca.ga.gov/sites/default/files/cherokeeco.ballgroundci.waleskaci.woodstockci.community_assessment_plan_2007.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428021853/https://www.dca.ga.gov/sites/default/files/cherokeeco.ballgroundci.waleskaci.woodstockci.community_assessment_plan_2007.pdf |archive-date=April 28, 2022 |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=Georgia Department of Community Affairs}}{{rp|144}} most services are provided by Cherokee County, including animal control, building inspections, planning and zoning, parks and recreation, and jail operations.{{rp|186–187}} Cherokee County Fire Department is responsible for fire protection in Ball Ground, and Cherokee County Fire Station #2 is located in Ball Ground.{{rp|140}}

In the United States House of Representatives, Ball Ground is split between Georgia's 9th congressional district and Georgia's 11th congressional district.{{Cite web |title=My Congressional District |url=https://ziplook.house.gov/htbin/findrep_house?ZIP=30107 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923052011/https://ziplook.house.gov/htbin/findrep_house?ZIP=30107 |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |access-date=September 16, 2022 |website=United States House of Representatives}} For representation in the state government, Ball Ground is part of the Georgia State Senate's 21st district, and the 22nd district for the Georgia House of Representatives.{{Cite web |title=Find Your Legislators |url=https://openstates.org/find_your_legislator/?lat=34.338226&lon=-84.376571&address=30107&state= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923052012/https://openstates.org/find_your_legislator/?lat=34.338226&lon=-84.376571&address=30107&state= |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |access-date=September 16, 2022 |website=openstates.org}}

Public education for students in Ball Ground is administrated by the Cherokee County School District and students within the city attend Ball Ground Elementary School, Creekland Middle School, and Creekview High School.{{Cite web |title=What School District Are You In? District Boundary Map |url=https://www.greatschools.org/school-district-boundaries-map/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710163752/https://www.greatschools.org/school-district-boundaries-map/ |archive-date=July 10, 2022 |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=GreatSchools.org}}{{Cite web |title=2022–23 CCSD School Directory |url=https://www.cherokeek12.net/userfiles/5/my%20files/2022-23%20updates/2022-23%20school%20map%20and%20directory%20final.pdf?id=32556 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923052011/https://www.cherokeek12.net/userfiles/5/my%20files/2022-23%20updates/2022-23%20school%20map%20and%20directory%20final.pdf?id=32556 |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=Cherokee County School District |format=PDF}} High School students in Ball Ground also have the option of attending Mountain Education Charter High School (MECHS), an alternative school program that offers evening classes for obtaining a high school diploma.{{Cite web |title=Schools |url=https://www.cherokeek12.net/Content2/schools |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621013143/https://www.cherokeek12.net/Content2/schools |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=Cherokee County School District}} While MECHS has eighteen campuses throughout the North Georgia area,{{Cite web |title=Campuses |url=https://www.mymec.org/sites |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026191423/https://www.mymec.org/sites |archive-date=October 26, 2021 |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=Mountain Educations Charter High School}} the Cherokee County classes of MECHS are held at the Etowah High School campus in Woodstock, Georgia.

TLE Christian Academy at Gospel Outreach Inc is the only private school in Ball Ground{{Cite web |title=Search K–12 Schools |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/search?state=GA&city-zip=Ball+Ground&school-type=private |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=U.S. News & World Report}} and is a private K-12 school with a 2021 enrollment of 30 students.{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=TLE Christian Academy at Gospel Outreach Inc |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/georgia/tle-christian-academy-at-gospel-outreach-inc-322311 |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=U.S. News & World Report}}

The nearest college or university to Ball Ground is Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia in Cherokee County,{{Cite web |date=2019 |title=Directions |url=https://www.reinhardt.edu/directions/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815034828/https://www.reinhardt.edu/directions/ |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=Reinhardt University}} {{cvt|12.1|mi|km}} from Ball Ground.{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Ball+Ground,+Georgia+30107/7300+Reinhardt+Cir,+Waleska,+GA+30183/@34.3471408,-84.5349937,12z/am=t/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x88f578de3795f643:0x5047af1f854e0aaf!2m2!1d-84.3779515!2d34.3372664!1m5!1m1!1s0x88f561471c2f0dbf:0x83597229574e3bdc!2m2!1d-84.5572292!2d34.3216533!5i1 |title=Ball Ground, Georgia to Reinhardt University |access-date=September 17, 2022}}

{{See also|Media in Atlanta}}

As part of the North Georgia area, Ball Ground's primary network-affiliated television stations are WXIA-TV (NBC), WANF (CBS), WSB-TV (ABC), and WAGA-TV (Fox).{{Cite web |title=Ball Ground TV Stations and Networks List |url=https://www.americantowns.com/ball-ground-ga/tv-stations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923052012/https://www.americantowns.com/ball-ground-ga/tv-stations/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |access-date=September 17, 2022 |publisher=American Towns}} WGTV is the local station of the statewide Georgia Public Television network and is a PBS member station.{{Cite web |date=May 24, 2010 |title=WGTV |url=http://www.gpb.org/television/stations/wgtv |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525170537/http://www.gpb.org/television/stations/wgtv |archive-date=May 25, 2016 |access-date=June 10, 2016 |publisher=Georgia Public Broadcasting}}

The city is served by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution which serves the metro-Atlanta area including all of Cherokee County{{Cite news |title=Cherokee County news |work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/cherokee/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919220946/https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/cherokee/ |archive-date=September 19, 2022}} and by the Cherokee Tribune & Ledger-News,{{Cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Sampson |date=March 12, 2016 |title=Ball Ground is booming |work=Cherokee Tribune & Ledger-News |url=https://www.tribuneledgernews.com/local_news/ball-ground-is-booming/article_b9d5a63c-e87c-11e5-ac00-63d5afaeb740.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923052013/https://www.tribuneledgernews.com/local_news/ball-ground-is-booming/article_b9d5a63c-e87c-11e5-ac00-63d5afaeb740.html |archive-date=September 23, 2022}} which serves as Cherokee County's legal organ.{{Cite web |title=Legal Organ |url=https://www.dca.ga.gov/sites/default/files/newspapers.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708142638/https://www.dca.ga.gov/sites/default/files/newspapers.pdf |archive-date=July 8, 2022 |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=Georgia Department of Community Affairs}}

{{see also|Transportation in Georgia (U.S. state)}}

Interstate 575 passes through Ball Ground in a southwest-to-northeast direction and the interstate's exit 27, which is also within the city limits, exits onto Howell Bridge Road in Ball Ground.{{Cite web |title=Ball Ground Map |url=https://ballground.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0412d3ad7b154508a55dbeeb7bc97150 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923052014/https://ballground.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0412d3ad7b154508a55dbeeb7bc97150 |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |access-date=September 19, 2022 |website=ballground.maps.arcgis.com}} Ball Ground's Exit 27 is the last northbound exit on 575 before the interstate's northern terminus.{{Cite web |title=Interstate Exit Numbers |url=https://www.dot.ga.gov/GDOT/Pages/interstateexitnumbers.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823134733/https://www.dot.ga.gov/GDOT/Pages/interstateexitnumbers.aspx |archive-date=August 23, 2022 |access-date=September 19, 2022 |website=www.dot.ga.gov}} Portions of Howell Bridge Road are also named State Route 5 Business, which runs through the city in a general west-to-east direction, and intersects with Georgia State Route 5 (also called Ball Ground Highway) within the city. State Route 5 runs parallel to Interstate 575 within the city limits in a similar southwest-to-northeast direction. Georgia State Route 372 (which within the city limits is also named Ball Ground Road, Gilmer Ferry Road, and then A W Roberts Drive) runs through Ball Ground from the southeast, through the center of town before merging with State Route 5/Ball Ground Highway to travel north out of the city.

The nearest airport is the Cherokee County Regional Airport, a small public-use airport with a single asphalt runway located in unincorporated Ball Ground {{cvt|5.2|mi|km}} from downtown Ball Ground, roughly halfway between the cities of Ball Ground and Canton.{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Ball+Ground,+Georgia+30107/Cherokee+County+Airport,+1350+Bishop+Rd,+Ball+Ground,+GA+30107/@34.3176491,-84.4211162,14z/am=t/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x88f578de3795f643:0x5047af1f854e0aaf!2m2!1d-84.3779515!2d34.3372664!1m5!1m1!1s0x88f57cbbd67d10e7:0xdd17c2f3efbe5805!2m2!1d-84.4252189!2d34.3093896 |title=Ball Ground, Georgia to Cherokee County Airport |access-date=September 17, 2022}} The closest major airport is Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, which is {{cvt|58.3|mi|km}} from Ball Ground.{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Ball+Ground,+Georgia+30107/Hartsfield-Jackson+Atlanta+International+Airport+(ATL),+North+Terminal+Parkway,+Atlanta,+GA/@33.9786542,-84.7512383,10z/am=t/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x88f578de3795f643:0x5047af1f854e0aaf!2m2!1d-84.3779515!2d34.3372664!1m5!1m1!1s0x88f4fd2fe1035901:0x4117a3ef1892b048!2m2!1d-84.4277001!2d33.6407282!5i1 |title=Ball Ground, Georgia to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport |access-date=September 17, 2022}} Georgia Northeastern Railroad is a freight rail that runs through and has a stop in Ball Ground.{{Cite web |title=Route Map |url=http://www.gnrr.com/route.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031008091746/http://www.gnrr.com/route.htm |archive-date=October 8, 2003 |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=Georgia Northeastern Railroad}}{{rp|182}} The Ball Ground rail stop is a dedicated team track within the city.{{Cite web |title=Short Line Directory - Profile |url=https://www.csx.com/index.cfm/customers/short-line-and-partner-railroads/short-line-map-and-directory/short-line-directory-profile/?i=GNRR |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108094818/https://www.csx.com/index.cfm/customers/short-line-and-partner-railroads/short-line-map-and-directory/short-line-directory-profile/?i=GNRR |archive-date=January 8, 2019 |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=CSX Transportation}}

The city's water department manages the water supply via a pumped well system.{{cite act |type=Code of Ordinances |date=February 6, 2020 |article=28 – Utilities |article-type=Chapter |title=Ball Ground, Georgia - Code of Ordinances |url=https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH28UT }} {{Cite web |url=https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH28UT |title=Municode Library |access-date=September 19, 2022 |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923052013/https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH28UT |url-status=bot: unknown }}{{rp|153–155}} Sewage treatment within the city is also managed by the city government.{{rp|157}} Municipal solid waste is handled by Waste Management, a private company under contract with the city government.{{Cite web |title=Solid Waste Services |url=https://cityofballground.com/solid-waste-services/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130100306/https://cityofballground.com/solid-waste-services/ |archive-date=November 30, 2021 |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=City of Ball Ground Georgia|date=July 12, 2019 }}{{cite act |type=Code of Ordinances |date=February 6, 2020 |article=22 – Solid Waste |article-type=Chapter |title=Ball Ground, Georgia - Code of Ordinances |url=https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH22SOWA }} {{Cite web |url=https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH22SOWA |title=Municode Library |access-date=September 19, 2022 |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923052014/https://library.municode.com/ga/ball_ground/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH22SOWA |url-status=bot: unknown }}{{rp|158}}

There is a Northside Hospital-affiliated specialty care facility in Ball Ground.{{Cite web |title=Ball Ground – Medical Associates of North Georgia |url=https://medassoc.com/locations/ball-ground |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916161444/https://medassoc.com/locations/ball-ground |archive-date=September 16, 2021 |access-date=September 28, 2022 |website=Medical Associates of North Georgia}} Within the city of Ball Ground there is one pharmacy, a drug rehabilitation center, and two veterinarians.{{Cite web |title=Business Directory |url=https://cityofballground.com/business-directory/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130052914/https://cityofballground.com/business-directory/ |archive-date=November 30, 2021 |access-date=September 28, 2022 |website=City of Ball Ground Georgia}} The closest hospital is Northside Hospital Cherokee, {{cvt|9.4|mi|km}} from Ball Ground {{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Northside+Hospital+Cherokee,+450+Northside+Cherokee+Blvd,+Canton,+GA+30115/34.3275568,-84.3931846/@34.277424,-84.4653606,13z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!1m1!1s0x88f565addc4033a7:0x6877533f6e5565f3!2m2!1d-84.4665188!2d34.2292077!1m0!3e0 |title=Ball Ground, Georgia to Northside Hospital Cherokee |access-date=September 28, 2022}}

• Keith R. Blackwell, former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia{{Cite news |last=Rankin |first=Bill |date=July 19, 2012 |title=Blackwell sworn in as Georgia's newest Supreme Court justice |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/blackwell-sworn-georgia-newest-supreme-court-justice/qzzlnPqelkFX2rMBORFahK/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923052016/https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/blackwell-sworn-georgia-newest-supreme-court-justice/qzzlnPqelkFX2rMBORFahK/ |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |quote="Blackwell, who grew up in Ball Ground..."}}
• Russ Lyon, professional baseball player{{Cite news |date=December 27, 1975 |title=Russ Lyon dies at 62 |pages=9 |work=The Greenville News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56677059/russ-lyon-dies-at-62/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924053233/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56677059/russ-lyon-dies-at-62/ |archive-date=September 24, 2022}}
• Garland F. Pinholster, Oglethorpe University coach and Georgia State legislator{{Cite news |last=Price |first=Kelly |date=September 20, 2020 |title=Georgia basketball legend, former state legislator dies at 92 |work=FOX 5 Atlanta |url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia-basketball-legend-former-state-legislator-dies-at-92 |url-status=live |access-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027053244/https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia-basketball-legend-former-state-legislator-dies-at-92 |archive-date=October 27, 2020}}

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