Chatsworth, Georgia
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|website = {{URL|www.chatsworthga.gov}}
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File:Downtown Chatsworth, Georgia, Sept 2017 2.jpg in Chatsworth]]
Chatsworth is a city in and the county seat of Murray County, Georgia, United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |accessdate=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archivedate=2011-05-31 }} It is part of the Dalton, Georgia, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population was 4,874 at the 2020 census, up from 4,299 in 2010. The city is the site of the coldest recorded temperature in Georgia, {{convert|-17|F}} on January 27, 1940.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}
According to a popular legend, the town received its name after a road sign with the word "Chatsworth" fell off a passing freight train nearby. Someone put the sign on a post, and the name stuck.{{cite web | url=http://murraycounty.georgia.gov/03/home/0%2C2230%2C9011653%2C00.html | title=Murray County Website | accessdate=19 May 2017 | url-status=bot: unknown | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070207073348/http://murraycounty.georgia.gov/03/home/0%2C2230%2C9011653%2C00.html | archivedate=7 February 2007 }}{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=39 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}
History
Chatsworth was founded in 1905 as a depot on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. It was incorporated as a town in 1906 and as a city in 1923. In 1915, the seat of Murray County transferred to Chatsworth from Spring Place {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA223 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | accessdate=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=223| isbn=978-1135948597 }} which was once the county seat.
Geography
Chatsworth is located in central Murray County at {{coord|34|46|20|N|84|46|44|W|type:city}} (34.772336, -84.778977),{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} in northwestern Georgia. It sits at an elevation of {{convert|750|ft}} on the west side of the valley of Holly Creek, with {{convert|2840|ft|adj=on}} Fort Mountain and {{convert|2780|ft|adj=on}} Cohutta Mountain rising over the valley to the east.
U.S. Routes 76 and 411 pass through the center of town on Third Avenue. US 76 leads {{convert|13|mi}} west to Dalton and southeast {{convert|25|mi}} to Ellijay, while US 411 leads south {{convert|24|mi}} to Fairmount and north {{convert|31|mi}} to Benton, Tennessee. Georgia State Routes 2 and 52 run together out of Chatsworth to the east, climbing into the Cohutta Mountains and passing through Fort Mountain State Park {{convert|7|mi|0}} east of the city center.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Chatsworth has a total area of {{convert|5.1|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|0.01|sqmi|2}}, or 0.18%, are water. Holly Creek, which runs along the eastern edge of the city, is a south- and west-flowing tributary of the Conasauga River, part of the Oostanaula/Coosa/Alabama River watershed.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|1910= 314
|1920= 472
|1930= 607
|1940= 1001
|1950= 1214
|1960= 1184
|1970= 2706
|1980= 2493
|1990= 2865
|2000= 3531
|2010= 4299
|2020= 4874
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}
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=2020 census=
| class="wikitable"
|+Chatsworth racial composition{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1315508&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-14|website=data.census.gov}} !Race !Num. !Perc. |
| White (non-Hispanic)
|3,382 |69.39% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
|29 |0.59% |
| Native American
|6 |0.12% |
| Asian
|54 |1.11% |
| Other/Mixed
|161 |3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino
|1,242 |25.48% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,874 people, 1,670 households, and 1,117 families residing in the city.
=2010 census=
As of the census of 2010, there were 4,299 people, 1,587 households, and 1,071 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|749.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,546 housing units at an average density of {{convert|328.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 99.1% White, 0.5% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 0% from other races, and 0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0% of the population.
Education
= Murray County School District =
The Murray County School District holds preschool to grade twelve, and consists of six elementary schools, two middle schools, two high schools, and once had an academy school which became another high school.[http://www.murray.k12.ga.us/?PN=Schools2 Murray County Schools], Retrieved April 09, 2012. The district has 451 full-time teachers and over 7,350 students.[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/MURRAY/MURRAY_COUNTY.html School Stats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405182416/http://www.school-stats.com/GA/MURRAY/MURRAY_COUNTY.html |date=2012-04-05 }}, Retrieved June 24, 2010.
Healthcare
AdventHealth Murray purchased Murray Medical Center on December 15, 2020. Advent Health Murray is the only hospital in the Chatsworth/Murray County area.{{Cite web|url=https://northwestgeorgianews.com/calhoun_times/adventhealth-purcheses-murray-medical-center-now-known-as-adventhealth-murray/article_0ab4a278-3fcc-11eb-8c1b-2f0df2a7aec4.html|title=AdventHealth purchases Murray Medical Center, now known as AdventHealth Murray|date=December 22, 2020|newspaper=Calhoun Times|access-date=May 1, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://dailycitizen.news/news/local_news/adventhealth-murray-excited-about-the-future-of-healthcare-in-the-county/article_82d0e3ef-8409-5a2a-af5f-12c67a6c65da.html|title=AdventHealth Murray 'excited about the future of healthcare in the county|date=April 1, 2021|newspaper=Dalton Daily Citizen|access-date=May 1, 2023}}
Notable people
- C. K. Fauver, former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Louisville Colonels
- Ladd McConkey, wide receiver for the Los Angeles Chargers
- Jody Ridley, NASCAR driver
- James L. Terry, US Army Lieutenant General
- Robert L. Vining Jr., former senior United States district judge
- Charles L. Carnes, former Chief Justice of Fulton County State Court
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|www.chatsworthga.gov}}
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