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{{Main|History of Rome, Georgia}}

The Abihka tribe of Creek in the area of Rome later became part of the Upper Creek people (who occupied the Northern Creek territory, called themselves the Muscogee). They merged with other Creek tribes to become the Ulibahali, who later migrated westward into Alabama in the general region of Gadsden.Waselkov, Gregory A., and Marvin T. Smith. "Upper Creek Archaeology", in McEwan, Bonnie G., ed. Indians of the Greater Southeast: Historical Archaeology and Ethnohistory (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2000) p. 244-245Ethridge, Robbie Franklyn, Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World (Chapel Hill, North Carolina: UNC Press) p. 27 By the mid-18th century, the Iroquoian-speaking Cherokee had moved into this area and occupied it. They had moved down from areas of Tennessee, under pressure from settlement by Americans migrating across the Appalachians from eastern territories.

A Cherokee village named Etowah ({{langx|chr|ᎡᏙᏩ|translit=Etowa}}), which means "Head of Coosa",{{cite web |title=Rome |url=http://roadsidegeorgia.com/city/rome.html |website=roadsidegeorgia.com |access-date=26 October 2020 |archive-date=December 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227211727/http://roadsidegeorgia.com/city/rome.html |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web |last1=Britannica |first1=Encyclopedia |title=Rome, Georgia, United States |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Rome-Georgia |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=26 October 2020}} was settled in this area during the late 18th century, in the period of the Cherokee–American wars (1776–94) during and after the American Revolutionary War. Several Cherokee national leaders settled here and developed their own cotton plantations, including chiefs Major Ridge and John Ross. Some of the Cherokee planters and others among the Southeast tribes bought enslaved African Americans to use as laborers on such plantations.{{cite web| url=http://www.romega.us/archives/31/rccmMar3.2008.pdf |title=Rome City Commission Archives |date=March 3, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029230004/http://www.romega.us/archives/31/rccmMar3.2008.pdf |archive-date=October 29, 2008 }}

In the 20th century, Ridge's home here was preserved as Chieftain's House. It has been adapted by the state for use as the Chieftains Museum. It is used to interpret the history of the Cherokee in this area, especially Major Ridge.

In the 18th century, a high demand in Europe for American deerskins had led to a brisk trade between Indian hunters and White traders. A few White traders and some settlers (primarily from the Southern Colonies of Georgia and Carolina) were accepted by the Head of Coosa Cherokee. These were later joined by Christian missionaries, and more settlers. After the American War of Independence, most new settlers came from the area of Georgia east of the Proclamation Line of 1763.

In 1793, in response to a Cherokee raid into Tennessee, John Sevier, the Governor of Tennessee, led a retaliatory raid against the Cherokee in the vicinity of Myrtle Hill, in what was known as the Battle of Hightower.

In 1802, the United States and Georgia executed the Compact of 1802, in which Georgia sold its claimed western lands (a claim dating to its colonial charter) to the United States. In return, the federal government agreed to ignore Cherokee land titles and remove all Cherokee from Georgia. The commitment to evict the Cherokee was not immediately enforced, and Chiefs John Ross and Major Ridge led efforts to stop their removal, including several federal lawsuits.

During the 1813 Creek Civil War, most Cherokee took the side of the Lower Creek Indians, who were more assimilated and willing to deal with European Americans, against the Red Sticks or Upper Creek. As they had lived more isolated from the Whites, they had maintained strong, conservative cultural traditions. Before the Cherokee moved to Head of Coosa, Chief Ridge commanded a company of warriors as a unit of the Tennessee militia, with Chief Ross as adjutant. This Cherokee unit was under the overall command of United States Major Andrew Jackson, and supported the Upper Creek. They were the part of the Creek who had adopted more European-American customs and were more aligned with American settlers. The Creek War played out within the American Revolutionary War of the War of 1812.

In 1829, European Americans discovered gold near Dahlonega, Georgia, starting the first gold rush in the United States. Congressional passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which fulfilled the Compact of 1802, was related to that gold discovery and the desire of Whites to settle the land, as well as President Andrew Jackson's commitment to removal of Native Americans to enable development by the whites.

Even before removal began, in 1831, Georgia's General Assembly passed legislation that claimed all Cherokee land in Northwest Georgia. This entire territory was called Cherokee County; the following year, the Assembly organized the territory as the nine counties that still exist in the 21st century.{{cite web |url= http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/cherokeehistmaps.htm |title=Cherokee County Historical Maps |work=Georgia Info |year=2001| publisher= Digital Library of Georgia |access-date=March 8, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/countyboundaries/cherokeeboundaries2.htm |title=Original Cherokee County Divided |work=Georgia Info |date=May 28, 2001 |publisher=Digital Library of Georgia |access-date=March 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110118041648/http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/countyboundaries/cherokeeboundaries2.htm |archive-date=January 18, 2011 |url-status=dead }}

Rome was founded in 1834 as European Americans increasingly settled in Georgia. Founders were Col. Daniel R. Mitchell, Col. Zacharia Hargrove, Maj. Philip Hemphill, Col. William Smith, and John Lumpkin (nephew of Governor Lumpkin); most were veterans of the War of 1812. They held a drawing at Alhambra to determine the name of the new city, with Col. Mitchell submitting the name of Rome because of the area's hills and rivers.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IP4vAAAAIBAJ&pg=4128%2C469592 | title=Floyd County| work=Calhoun Times | date=September 1, 2004 | access-date=April 24, 2015 | pages=75}} Mitchell's submission was drawn, and the Georgia Legislature chartered Rome as an official city in 1835. The county seat was subsequently moved east from the village of Livingston to Rome.{{cite web |url= http://www.romegeorgia.com/founders_of_rome.html |title=Founders of Rome - Guide to Rome Georgia | RomeGeorgia.com |first= Brett|last=Hart|work=RomeGeorgia.com |date= July 1999 |access-date=March 8, 2011}}

With the entire area still occupied primarily by Cherokee, the city developed to serve the agrarian needs of the new cotton-based economy. Invention of the cotton gin in the late 18th century made processing of short-staple cotton profitable. This was the type of cotton that best thrived in the upland areas, in contrast to that grown on the Sea Islands and in the Low Country.

Much of upland Georgia was developed as what became known as the Black Belt, named for the fertile soil. Planters brought or purchased many enslaved African Americans as workers for the labor-intensive crop. The leading Cherokee participated in the cultivation of cotton as a commodity crop, which soon replaced deerskin trading as a source of wealth in the region. The first steamboat navigated the Coosa River to Rome in 1836, reducing the time-to-market for the cotton trade and speeding travel between Rome and New Orleans on the Gulf Coast, the major port for export of cotton.

By 1838, the Cherokee had run out of legal options in resisting removal. They were the last of the major Southeast tribes to be forcibly moved to the Indian Territory (in modern-day Oklahoma) on the Trail of Tears. After the removal of the Cherokee, their homes and businesses were taken over by Whites, with much of the property distributed through a land lottery.

The Rome economy continued to grow. In 1849, an {{convert|18|mi|adj=on}} rail spur to the Western and Atlantic Railroad in Kingston was completed, significantly improving transportation to the east. This route was later followed in the 20th-century construction of Georgia Highway 293.{{cite web |url=http://roadsidegeorgia.com/city/rome.html |title=Rome, Georgia |first=Bobby |last=McElwee |work=Roadside Georgia |publisher=Golden Ink |access-date=March 8, 2011 |archive-date=December 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227211727/http://roadsidegeorgia.com/city/rome.html |url-status=usurped }} By 1860 the population had reached 4,010 in the city, and 15,195 in the county.

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Rome's iron works were an important manufacturing center during the Civil War, supplying many cannons and other armaments to the Confederate effort. In April 1863, the city was defended by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest against Union Colonel Abel Streight's "lightning mule" raid from the area east of modern-day Cedar Bluff, Alabama.{{cite web |url= http://ngeorgia.com/history/lightningmule.html |title=The Lightning Mule Brigade – Attack on Rome, Georgia |first=Robert L. |last=Willett |work=About North Georgia |year=2011 |publisher= Golden Ink|access-date=March 8, 2011}} General Forrest tricked Colonel Streight into surrendering just a few miles shy of Rome. Realizing their vulnerability, Rome's city council had allocated $3,000 to build three fortifications. Although these became operational by October 1863, efforts to strengthen the forts continued as the war progressed. These forts were named after Romans who had been killed in action: Fort Attaway was on the western bank of the Oostanaula River, Fort Norton was on the eastern bank of the Oostanaula, and Fort Stovall was on the southern bank of the Etowah River. The Confederates later built at least one other fort on the northern side of the Coosa River.[http://www.romegeorgia.com/fortnortonjackson.html RomeGeorgia.com]: Article on the history of Rome's forts. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120123119/http://www.romegeorgia.com/fortnortonjackson.html |date=November 20, 2008 }}{{cite web |url=http://roadsidegeorgia.com/site/ftnorton.html |title=Fort Norton, Rome, Georgia |work=Roadside Georgia |access-date=March 8, 2011 |archive-date=December 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221211158/http://roadsidegeorgia.com/site/ftnorton.html |url-status=usurped }}

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In May 1864, Union General Jefferson C. Davis, under the command of Major General William Tecumseh Sherman, attacked and captured Rome when the outflanked Confederate defenders retreated under command of Major General Samuel Gibbs French.Charles A. Dana and J. H. Wilson, The Life of Ulysses S. Grant, Gurdon Bill & Company, 1868, p. 275 Union General William Vandever was stationed in Rome and is shown with his staff in a photograph taken there.Eicher & Eicher, Civil War High Commands, p. 542. Due to Rome's forts and iron works, which included the manufacture of cannons, Rome was a significant target during Sherman's march through Georgia to take and destroy Confederate resources.{{cite web|url=http://www.scvcamp469-nbf.com/noblebrothers.htm|title=Noble Brothers Foundry|work=Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 469|access-date=March 8, 2011|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716022936/http://www.scvcamp469-nbf.com/noblebrothers.htm|archive-date=July 16, 2011}} Davis' forces occupied Rome for several months,{{cite journal|last1=Slay|first1=David|title=Playing a Sinking Piano: The Struggle for Position in Occupied Rome, Georgia|journal=Georgia Historical Quarterly|year=2006|volume=90|issue=4|pages=483–504|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=23695960&site=eds-live&scope=site|access-date=February 15, 2018}} making repairs to use the damaged forts and briefly quartering General Sherman. On November 11, 1864, in accordance with Sherman's Special Field Orders, No. 120, Union forces destroyed Rome's forts, iron works, the rail line to Kingston, and any other materiel that could be useful to the South's war effort as they withdrew from Rome to participate in Sherman's March to the Sea.{{cite web|url= http://www.fortattaway.com/|title= Welcome|work= Fort Attaway Preservation Society|publisher= Fort Attaway Preservation Society, Inc.|year= 2009|access-date= March 8, 2011|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110711020437/http://www.fortattaway.com/|archive-date= July 11, 2011|df= mdy-all}}

File:Rome,Ga.jpg are the historic Floyd County Courthouse and spire (left) and the Clock Tower (right) on Neely Hill]]

In 1871, Rome constructed a water tank on Neely Hill, which overlooks the downtown district. This later was adapted as a clock tower visible from many points in the city. It has served as the town's iconic landmark ever since, and is featured in the city's crest and local business logos. As a result, Neely Hill is also referred to as Tower or Clock Tower Hill.

During Reconstruction, the state legislature authorized public schools in 1868 for the first time, and designated some funding to support them. The city established its first public schools. Schools were racially segregated and tended to have short sessions, because of limited funding. In addition, many families depended on their children to work in agriculture and other basic survival work. Freedmen had been granted the franchise and tended to join the Republican Party of President Abraham Lincoln, who had freed them. The abolition of slavery required new labor arrangements to arrange for paid labor.

Due to its riverside location, Rome has occasionally suffered serious flooding. The flood of 1886 inundated the city to such depth that a steamboat traveled down Broad Street. In 1891, upon recommendation of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Georgia State Legislature amended Rome's charter to create a commission to oversee the construction of river levees to protect the town against future floods.Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia, Volume II. Atlanta, Georgia: Geo. W. Harrison, State Printer (Franklin Publishing House) 1892: Creating Levee Commission for Rome, Etc. No. 625 (pp. 585–590). In the late 1890s, additional flood control measures were instituted, including raising the height of Broad Street by about {{convert|15|ft}}. As a result, the original entrances and ground-level floors of many of Rome's historic buildings became covered over and had to serve as basements.{{cite web |url= http://www.romegeorgia.com/historicdistrict.html |title=Between the Rivers Historic District|work= Guide to Rome Georgia |publisher=RomeGeorgia.com |access-date=March 8, 2011}}

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In the early 20th century, the Georgia Assembly approved a charter for the city to establish a commission-manager form of government, a reform idea to add a management professional to the team.

In 1928, the American Chatillon Company began construction of a rayon plant in Rome; it was a joint business effort with the Italian Chatillon Corporation. Italian premier Benito Mussolini sent a block of marble from the ancient Roman Forum, inscribed "From Old Rome to New Rome", to be used as the cornerstone of the new rayon plant. After the rayon plant was completed in 1929, Mussolini honored the American Rome with a bronze replica of the sculpture of Romulus and Remus nursing from the Capitoline Wolf. The statue was placed in front of City Hall on a base of white marble from Tate, Georgia, with a brass plaque inscribed:

This statue of the Capitoline Wolf, as a forecast of prosperity and glory, has been sent from Ancient Rome to New Rome during the consulship of Benito Mussolini in the year 1929.

In 1940, anti-Italian sentiment due to World War II became so strong that the Rome city commission moved the statue into storage to prevent vandalism. They replaced it with an American flag. In 1952, the city restored the statue to its former location in front of City Hall.{{cite web |url= http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/statues/romulus.htm |title=Romulus and Remus Statue |work=Georgia Info |year=2010|publisher= Digital Library of Georgia |access-date=March 8, 2011}}

In Rome, the effect of the Great Depression was significantly less severe than in other, larger cities across the United States. Since Rome was an agricultural town, food could be grown in surrounding areas. Rome's textile mill continued operating, providing steady jobs for whites as a buffer against the economic hardships of the Great Depression.{{cite encyclopedia |title= Great Depression |date=November 8, 2007 | encyclopedia=New Georgia Encyclopedia |access-date=September 14, 2010 |url= http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3540}}

The Great Depression was preceded by the "Cotton Bust" across the South. This reached Rome in the mid-1920s, and caused many farmers to move away, sell their land, or convert to other agricultural crops, such as corn. Farm workers were displaced, and many African Americans left the area in the Great Migration, seeking work in cities, including those in the North and Midwest. Cotton crops were being destroyed by the boll weevil, a tiny insect that reached Georgia in 1915 (invading from Louisiana).{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2088 |title=Boll Weevil |encyclopedia=The New Georgia Encyclopedia |access-date=October 20, 2010 |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606233827/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2088 |url-status=dead }} The boll weevil destroyed many fields of cotton and suppressed Rome's economy.

Many families struggled through hard financial times. Jobs were scarce, and prices of food and basic commodities went up. The federal "postal employees took a fifteen per cent cut in pay, and volunteered a further ten per cent reduction in work time to save the jobs of substitute employees who otherwise would have been thrown out of work."Battey, George Magruder, 1887–1965 – A History of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia .. (Volume 1) Page 412 Among fundraising activities for the poor, wealthier residents bought tickets to a show put on by local performers; the fares were paid to grocers, who made boxes of food to sell at a discount price to needy families.Battey, Page 409

In a private "works project" to provide employment to men out of work, S.H. Smith Sr. decided to replace the Armstrong Hotel. After demolishing it, he employed many people to help build the towering Greystone Hotel at the corner of Broad and East Second streets. The Rome News-Tribune reported on November 30, 1933, an increase in local building permits for a total of $95,800; of this amount, $85,000 were invested by S.H. Smith Sr. in the construction of the Greystone Hotel. He added the Greystone Apartments in 1936.Battey, pp. 412 and 415

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Rome is located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.{{cite news |last1=Saslow |first1=Eli |title=The Alienation of Jaime Cachua |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/us/trump-immigrant-deportations-rome-georgia.html |work=The New York Times |date=December 15, 2024}} It is located at the confluence of the Etowah and the Oostanaula rivers, which form the Coosa River. This gave the city access to the waterways, the major transportation routes of the era. Because of this water feature, Rome developed as a regional trade center, based originally on King Cotton. As cotton plantations were developed in the area, Rome was an increasingly important market town, shipping the commodity downriver to other markets.{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2211&hl=y |title=Rome |first= George |last=Pullen |encyclopedia=New Georgia Encyclopedia| date=July 1, 2009| publisher= Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press |access-date=March 8, 2011}} It was designated as the county seat of Floyd County.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|81.9|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|80.1|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|1.9|km2|order=flip}}, or 2.29%, are covered by water.{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1366668| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Rome city, Georgia| work=American FactFinder| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=April 28, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213060813/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1366668| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}

The seven hills that inspired the name of Rome are known as Blossom, Jackson, Lumpkin, Mount Aventine, Myrtle, Old Shorter, and Neely Hills (the latter is also known as Tower or Clock Tower Hill). Some of the hills have been partially graded since Rome was founded.{{cite news |last1=Boyd |first1=Chris |title=The Seven Hills of Rome |url=http://romegeorgia.com/sevenhills.html |access-date=March 19, 2024 |work=RomeGeorgia.com |date=July 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020614033416/http://romegeorgia.com/sevenhills.html |archive-date=June 14, 2002}}Denmon, Shirley. The Enchanted Land Eighth Hill. (2012). pp. 5. {{ISBN|9781452089553}}

The climate in this area is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. According to the Köppen climate classification, Rome has a humid subtropical climate, Cfa on climate maps.{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=52157&cityname=Rome,+Georgia,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Rome, Georgia Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase|access-date=March 30, 2018}}

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{{US Census population

|1860= 4010

|1870= 2748

|1880= 3877

|1890= 6957

|1900= 7291

|1910= 12099

|1920= 13252

|1930= 21843

|1940= 26282

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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}
1850-1870{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|page=}} 1870-1880{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf |accessdate=|page=}}
1890-1910{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|page=}} 1920-1930{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|pages=251–256}}
1940{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=}} 1950{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=}} 1960{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf|accessdate=}}
1970{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf|accessdate=}} 1980{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=}} 1990{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf|accessdate=}}
2000{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=}} 2010 2020

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As of the 2020 United States census, there were 37,713 people, 14,169 households, and 8,870 families residing in the city.

At the 2000 census,{{cite web |title=Georgia - 2000 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-2-12.pdf |access-date=March 19, 2024 |date=April 2003}} 34,980 people, 13,320 households and 8,431 families were residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,190.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The 14,508 housing units averaged 493.7 per square mile (190.7/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the city was 63.12% White, 27.66% African American, 1.42% Asian, 0.39% Native American, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 5.61% from other races, and 1.64% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 10.35% of the population.

Of the 13,320 households, 29.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them, 41.2% were married couples living together, 17.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.7% were not families. About 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47, and the average family size was 3.07.

The age distribution was 24.2% under the age of 18, 12.1% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males.

The median household income was $30,930, and the median family income was $37,775. Males had a median income of $30,179 versus $22,421 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,327. About 15.3% of families and 20.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29.1% of those under the age of 18 and 16.3% of those 65 and older.

Rome has long had the strength of economic diversity, with an economy founded in manufacturing, education, healthcare, technology, tourism, and other industries.[http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2211 "Rome, Georgia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024104527/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2211 |date=October 24, 2007 }}, New Georgia Encyclopedia In 1954, General Electric established a factory to build medium transformers. In the 1960s, Rome contributed to the American effort in the Vietnam War when the Rome Plow Company produced Rome plows, large armored vehicles used by the U.S. military to clear jungles. In the latter part of the 20th century, many carpet mills prospered in the areas surrounding Rome.

Rome is also well known in the region for its medical facilities, particularly Floyd Medical Center, Redmond Regional Medical Center, and Harbin Clinic. Partnering with these facilities for physician development and medical education is the Northwest Georgia Clinical Campus of the Medical College of Georgia, which is part of Georgia Health Sciences University.

National companies that are part of Rome's technology industry include Brugg Cable and Telecom,{{cite web|url=http://www.bruggcables.com/index/index.cfm?sprache=en|title=Brugg Cable & Telecom|website=bruggcables.com|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219035429/http://www.bruggcables.com/index/index.cfm?sprache=en|archive-date=December 19, 2016|url-status=dead}} Suzuki Manufacturing of America,{{cite web|url=http://www.suzuki.com|title=Suzuki Motor of America, Inc.|website=Suzuki Motor of America, Inc.|access-date=March 30, 2018}} automobile parts makers Neaton Rome{{Cite web|url=http://www.neaton.com/|title=Home – Neaton Auto Products Manufacturing, Inc.|website=neaton.com|access-date=September 1, 2019}} and F&P Georgia, Peach State Labs,{{cite web|url=http://www.peachstatelabs.com/about.html|title=Peach State Labs, LLC|website=peachstatelabs.com|access-date=March 30, 2018}} and the North American headquarters of Pirelli Tire.{{Cite web |url=http://www.us.pirelli.com/web/technology/plants/Rome.page |title=Pirelli Tire Manufacturing |access-date=May 12, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517093450/http://www.us.pirelli.com/web/technology/plants/Rome.page |archive-date=May 17, 2007 |url-status=dead }} Other major companies in Rome include State Mutual Insurance Company.

In March 2020, Kerry Group announced plans to build a food-manufacturing facility in Rome at a cost of $125 million, the company's largest ever capital investment.{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/agribusiness-and-food/kerry-group-to-build-125m-facility-in-us-as-fdi-from-ireland-jumps-1.4199697|title=Kerry Group to build $125m facility in US as FDI from Ireland jumps|last=Taylor|first=Charlie|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=March 11, 2020}}

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Sites include:

• Martha Berry Museum, a museum honoring Martha Berry, the founder of Berry College
• Rome Area History Museum
• Chieftains Museum (Major Ridge Home), a museum of Cherokee history, honoring chief Major Ridge and other leaders
• Clock Tower, a clock tower museum
• Rome Symphony Orchestra, oldest symphony orchestra in the Southern United States{{cite web |url= https://romesymphony.org/about/history/ |title=History RSO|work= History |publisher=romesymphony.org |access-date=February 19, 2018}}

Sites on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Floyd County, Georgia:

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• Dr. Robert Battey House
• Berry Schools
• Between the Rivers Historic District
• Chieftains
• Double-Cola Bottling Company
• East Rome Historic District
• Etowah Indian Mounds
• Floyd County Courthouse
• Jackson Hill Historic District
• Joseph Ford House
• Lower Avenue A Historic District
• Main High School
• Mayo's Bar Lock and Dam
• On the Coosa River, 8 miles SW of Rome
• Mt. Aventine Historic District
• Myrtle Hill Cemetery
• Oakdene Place
• Rome Clock Tower
• South Broad Street Historic District
• Sullivan—Hillyer House
• Thankful Baptist Church
• U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
• Upper Avenue A Historic District

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Since 2003, Rome has been the home of the Rome Emperors, the High-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. The Rome Emperors compete in the South Atlantic League. According to numbers released in 2010, sports tourism is a major industry in Rome and Floyd County.[http://www.romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/11136180/article-Rome-tourism-officials-say-visitors-brought--9-million-to-area-in-2010? "Rome tourism officials say visitors brought $9 million to area in 2010"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715201232/http://www.romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/11136180/article-Rome-tourism-officials-say-visitors-brought--9-million-to-area-in-2010 |date=July 15, 2011 }}, Rome News-Tribune In 2010, sport events netted over $10 million to the local economy, as reported by the Greater Rome Convention and Visitors Bureau.{{Cite web|url=https://romegeorgia.org/|title=Georgia's Rome – Office of Tourism|website=Georgia's Rome Office of Tourism|access-date=September 1, 2019}} Of these, tennis tournaments accounted for over $6 million to the Rome economy in 2010.

Rome hosted the NAIA Football National Championship from 2008 until 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=205337130|title=Visitor Info: Football National Championship|website=naia.org|access-date=March 30, 2018}}

Rome has hosted stages of the Tour de Georgia in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.

The Georgia Fire was an indoor football team that played in Rome as a member of the Professional Indoor Football League.[http://www.proifl.com/news/633-pifl-welcomes-georgia-fire.html PIFL welcomes Georgia Fire] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227044148/http://www.proifl.com/news/633-pifl-welcomes-georgia-fire.html |date=February 27, 2014}}

In June 2021, Rome hosted the youth USATF outdoor track and field championships, which were held at Barron Stadium.{{Cite web |title=USA Track & Field {{!}} 2021 USATF National Youth Outdoor Championships |url=https://www.usatf.org/events/2021/2021-usatf-national-youth-outdoor-championships#:~:text=In%20an%20effort%20to%20address,June%2023-26,%202021. |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=usatf.org}}

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The city of Rome commission-manager form of government was adopted in 1918. The city's charter as approved by the legislature authorized a nine-member City Commission and a five-member Board of Education, to be elected concurrently, on an at-large basis by a plurality of the vote. The city was divided into nine wards, with one city commissioner from each ward to be chosen in the citywide election. There was no residency requirement for Board of Education candidates.

In 1966, after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) was passed, the city amended its charter with approval by the state legislature, reducing the number of wards from nine to three, with commission members to be elected by at-large voting to numbered positions, three for each ward, with three wards in total. Candidates were required to win by majority vote, with run-off elections between the top two candidates for each seat if no majority emerged after the first round of voting.

From 1964 to 1975, the legislature approved the city's 60 acts for annexations, which appropriated mostly areas with white-majority populations.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}{{clarify|reason=I would presume that white majority areas produce a higher real estate tax than black majority areas. Also, the area usually needs to request or agree to annexation which presumes an interest in paying higher taxes incumbent on city dwellers. The way this is worded implies racial prejudice|date=March 2015}}

At the same time, the board of education was increased to six members elected from three wards, with two numbered positions to be elected at-large from the city for each ward, A majority vote was required to win, with runoff procedures to apply to the top two candidates if no majority was achieved. A residency requirement was added for the board members.

This entire proposal was subject to review under the VRA. The city challenged the attorney general's authority to reject the annexation and electoral systems for each, as plaintiffs believed the reduction in seats and requirement for majority ranking to win would dilute the voting power of the African-American minority. In 1970, the city had a population of 30,759, with an ethnic composition of 76.6% White and 23.4% Black. Under the state constitution and previous practices making voter registration difficult, African Americans had been essentially disenfranchised since the turn of the 20th century.

In City of Rome v. United States, 446 U.S. 156 (1980), the US Supreme Court ruled on the city's argument that the attorney general had acted incorrectly in failing to approve the city's changes to its election system and its annexations. (The city did not seek pre-clearance of its charter changes to its election system in 1966, nor did it get approval of its 60 annexations from November 1, 1964, to February 10, 1975, which were both required under the law.)

The court upheld the constitutionality of the act, including the prohibition of unintentional discrimination to mitigate the potential that a jurisdiction may engage in intentional discrimination. Because of these findings, the court affirmed the lower court ruling.

In the 2000 census, White Americans made up 63.12% of the population, African Americans made up 27.66% of the city's population, and other minorities comprised the remainder. A total of 10.36% of residents identified as Hispanics of any race. The nine-member commission elects a mayor and vice mayor from among its members for specific terms. In addition, the commission hires a city manager for daily operations.

Commission members are elected at-large from three wards of the city; each ward has three seats on the commission. All voters vote for candidates for each position; and candidates may be elected by plurality voting. Members are elected for four-year staggered terms, with commissioners from wards 1 and 3 elected at the same time, and commissioners from ward 2 two years later.[http://www.romefloyd.com/Administration/CommissionsandBoards/RomeCity/tabid/334/Default.aspx "City of Rome Organization"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401113351/http://www.romefloyd.com/Administration/CommissionsandBoards/RomeCity/tabid/334/Default.aspx |date=April 1, 2015 }}, Rome/Floyd County website

The Rome City School District, which serves the whole city limits,{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st13_ga/schooldistrict_maps/c13115_floyd/DC20SD_C13115.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Floyd County, GA|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2022-07-16}} holds grades preschool to grade 12, operating seven elementary schools, North Heights having shut down in 2019/2020.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} It has two secondary schools, Rome Middle School, and Rome High School.{{cite web|url=http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=785&T=0&FY=2009|title=Schools in Rome city|work=Georgia Department of Education|access-date=March 8, 2011}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The district has 323 full-time teachers and more than 5,395 students.{{cite web |url= http://www.school-stats.com/GA/FLOYD/ROME_CITY.html |title=Free District Report for Rome City |work=School-Stats.com |year=2005 |access-date=March 8, 2011}}

The Floyd County School District is for families outside the city limits. Two of its high schools are not in the city limits but have Rome postal addresses: Armuchee High School and Coosa High School.

Rome has several private schools:

• Darlington School is a coeducational, college-preparatory day and boarding school established in 1905. It offers classes ranging from Pre-K to grade 12, divided into lower, middle, and upper schools.
• Unity Christian School is a private, Christian school established in 1998. It offers classes ranging from Pre-K to grade 12 with two classes per grade level.
• Berry College Elementary and Middle School offers the resources and expertise of a liberal-arts college faculty.{{cite news |last1=Freygan |first1=Andrea |title=Berry Elementary to celebrate 30 year {{!}} Local New |url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/berry-elementary-to-celebrate-30-year-local-new/article_f7c8e3c8-760d-569f-bc82-c59bc22a7465.html |access-date=October 24, 2022 |work=Rome-News Tribune |date=June 18, 2007 |language=en}}
• Montessori School of Rome is a coeducational school that follows the Montessori curriculum for all grades. It opened in 1980. It offers classes for Pre-K to 12th.
• Providence Preparatory Academy offers kindergarten through the grade 11, as of 2015, and plans to complete adding grades to the 12th year.
• St. Mary's Catholic School, established in 1945, offers Pre-K through eighth grade, with two classes per grade level.

Rome is home to four colleges:

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• Rome News-Tribune

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• Downtown River Trail
• Heritage Trail System
• Kingfisher Trail
• Oostanaula Levee Trail
• Silver Creek Trail
• Thornwood Trail

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Until 1970, the Southern Railway operated the Royal Palm for passenger train service through Rome's Southern Railway Depot. Into the early 1960s the Royal Palm and the Ponce de Leon traveled a Cincinnati - Atlanta - Jacksonville route.Southern Railway, June 1952, Tables 4 and 10 http://streamlinermemories.info/South/SOU52TT.pdf{{cite journal |title=Southern Railway, Table 5 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=96 |issue=1 |date=June 1963}}

Hospitals in Rome include Atrium Health Floyd, and AdventHealth Redmond.{{cite web|last1=Walker|first1=Doug|last2=Bailey|first2=John|url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/merger-between-floyd-health-system-and-north-carolina-based-atrium-healthcare-finalized/article_ca3d05a0-e4cb-11eb-ab38-7fa20ec6e1bb.html|title=Merger between Floyd Health System and North Carolina-based Atrium Healthcare finalize|newspaper=Rome News-Tribune|date=July 14, 2021|access-date=November 19, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/bigstory/adventhealth-signs-635-million-to-buy-redmond-regional-medical-center/article_aac7e640-b3f2-11eb-a23f-270bfaf00f3b.html|title=AdventHealth signs $635 million agreement to buy Redmond Regional Medical Center|last=Bailey|first=John|date=May 13, 2021|newspaper=Rome News-Tribune|access-date=April 25, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/remond-sale-to-adventhealth-finalized/article_0d30277a-22ac-11ec-a974-6b04ab06008f.html|title=Redmond sale to AdventHealth finalized|last=Bailey|first=John|date=October 1, 2021|newspaper=Rome News-Tribune|access-date=April 25, 2023}}

• Adam Anderson (born 2001), former college football player
• Arn Anderson (birth name Martin Lunde) (born 1958), professional wrestler
• Bill Arp (birth name Charles H. Smith) (1826–1903), Rome mayor and 19th-century writer{{cite book|last1=Arp|first1=Bill|title=Bill Arp's Scrap Book: Humor and Philosophy|year=1884|publisher=J.P. Harrison & Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0b1UAAAAYAAJ&q=Bill+Arp|language=en}}
• Jamie Barton (born 1981), opera singer
• Charlie Culberson (born 1989), Major League Baseball player
• Ashley Diamond (born 1978), prison and LGBTQ rights activist
• Kris Durham (born 1988), American football player{{cite web|title=Kris Durham|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/krisdurham/2499248/profile|publisher=National Football League}}
• Charles Fahy (1892–1979), U.S. Solicitor General and Navy Cross{{cite book|last1=Fahy|first1=Charles|title=Goal of National Labor Relations Act|year=1937|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MD2enQAACAAJ&q=Charles+Fahy|language=en}}
• Betty Fountain, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player[http://www.aagpbl.org/index.cfm/profiles/fountain-betty/386 Betty Fountain Profile]. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Official Website.
• Benn Fraker (born 1989), canoeist{{cite web|title=Benn FRAKER – Olympic Canoe Slalom {{!}} United States of America|url=https://www.olympic.org/benn-fraker|publisher=International Olympic Committee|date=June 21, 2016}}{{cite web|title=Racing to a Different Drummer |work=Canoe & Kayak Magazine|url=http://www.canoekayak.com/from-the-mag/racing-to-a-different-drummer/#lLs0XvJl5DoEXOoQ.97|date=May 7, 2013}}
• Mike Glenn (born 1955), NBA{{cite web|title=Mike Glenn Stats {{!}} Basketball-Reference.com|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/glennmi01.html|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}
• Henley Gray (born 1933), racing driver
• Steve Gray (born 1956), racing driver
• Marjorie Taylor Greene (born 1974), conservative politician, businesswoman
• Ethel Hillyer Harris (1859–1931), author
• Betty Hester (1923–1998), literary correspondent{{Cite web|url=https://findingaids.library.emory.edu/documents/oconnor-hester1064/printable/|title=O'CONNOR, FLANNERY. Letters to Betty Hester,1955–1964|website=Emory University Library}}
• Bernard Holsey (born 1973), professional football player{{cite web|title=Bernard Holsey Stats {{!}} Pro-Football-Reference.com|url=htm|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}
• Ken Irvin (born 1972), professional football player{{cite web|title=Ken Irvin Stats {{!}} Pro-Football-Reference.com|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/I/IrviKe20.htm|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}
• Albert E. Jarrell (born 1901), vice admiral, U.S. Navy
• Randy Johnson (born 1953), football player
• Chris Jones (born 1989), punter, National Football League, (Dallas Cowboys, 2011–present)
• Larry Kinnebrew (born 1960), professional football player{{cite web|title=Larry Kinnebrew Stats {{!}} Pro-Football-Reference.com|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KinnLa00.htm|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}
• John H. Lumpkin (1812–1860), co-founder of Rome, Superior Court judge, and member of the U.S. House of Representatives{{cite book|last1=Hicks|first1=Paul DeForest|title=Joseph Henry Lumpkin: Georgia's First Chief Justice|date=February 2012|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=9780820340999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnoHh1j_3csC&pg=PA180|language=en}}
• Homer V. M. Miller (1814–1896), U.S. senator, senior Confederate medical officer{{Cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m000728|title=MILLER, Homer Virgil Milton – Biographical Information|website=bioguide.congress.gov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990901144922/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000728|archive-date=September 1, 1999|url-status=dead|access-date=January 30, 2018}}
• George Stephen Morrison (1919–2008), admiral; father of singer Jim Morrison{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/us/09morrison.html|title=George S. Morrison, 89; Navy Commander and Father of Rock Singer|last=Grimes|first=William|date=December 8, 2008|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 30, 2018|issn=0362-4331}}
• Will Muschamp (born 1971), college football coach
• Willard Nixon (1928–2000), Major League Baseball player
• Robert Ernest Noble (1870–1956), U.S. Army major general{{cite magazine |editor-last=Hobson |editor-first=Sarah |date=December 1918 |title=Biographical Summary, Robert E. Noble |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UlA2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA591 |magazine=Journal of the American Institute of Homœopathy |location=Chicago, IL |publisher=American Institute of Homeopathy |page=591 |via=Google Books |ref={{sfnRef|Hobson}}}}
• John Pemberton (1831–1888), inventor of Coca-Cola
• Ralph Presley (1930–2022), aviator and politician
• Ma Rainey (1886–1939), blues singer{{Cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ma-Rainey|title=Ma Rainey {{!}} American singer|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=January 30, 2018}}
• Tate Ratledge (c. 2004), American football player
• Dan Reeves (1944–2022), American football player and head coach
• Major Ridge (c. 1771 – 1839), Cherokee chief and co-signer of the Treaty of New Echota
• John Ross (1790–1866), principal chief of the United Cherokee Nation
• Victaria Saxton (born 1999), WNBA
• Melanie Sumner (born 1963), novelist and writer
• John H. Towers (1885–1955), U.S. Navy admiral and pioneer Navy aviator
• Butch Walker (born 1969), rock and roll musician
• Nina B. Ward (1885–1944), artist who helped found the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
• Stand Watie (1806–1871), Cherokee leader and Confederate general
• Ernest West (1867–1914), Georgia Tech's first football coach
• Calder Willingham (1922–1995), screenwriter and novelist
• Ellen L. A. Wilson (1860–1914), First Lady of the United States (1913–14) and first wife of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson{{Cite web|url=http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=28|title=Ellen Wilson Biography :: National First Ladies' Library|website=firstladies.org|access-date=May 25, 2016|archive-date=October 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009085710/http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=28|url-status=dead}}

• Chiaha Harvest Fair
• Noble Brothers Foundry
• Open Door Children's Home
• Saint Mary's Catholic Church (Rome, Georgia)

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• Roger Aycock, All Roads to Rome, Georgia: W. H. Wolfe Associates, 1981. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006E51R2 Amazon.com]
• George Magruder Battey Jr., A History of Rome and Floyd County, Georgia 1540–1922, Georgia: Cherokee Publishing Company, 2000. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0877970033 Amazon.com]
• Morrell Johnson Darko, The Rivers Meet: A History of African-Americans in Rome, Georgia, Darko, 2003. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0974388807 Amazon.com]
• Jerry R. Desmond, Georgia's Rome: A Brief History, Charleston: The History Press, 2008. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/1596293098 Amazon.com]
• Sesquicentennial Committee of the City of Rome, Rome and Floyd County: An Illustrated History, The Delmar Co 1986.[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HWTSOK Amazon.com]
• {{cite book |last=Strong |first=Robert Hale |editor-last=Halsey |editor-first=Ashley |title=A Yankee Private's Civil War |location=Chicago |publisher=Henry Regnery Company |date=1961 |pages=45–46 |lccn=61-10744 |oclc=1058411}}
• Orlena M. Warner, When in Rome ... , Georgia: Steven Warner, 1972. A collection of poems. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000W94Y38 Amazon.com]

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• {{Official website|http://www.romefloyd.com/}}
• [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/floyd/federal-occupation-of-rome Federal Occupation of Rome] at Digital Library of Georgia
• [http://romegeorgia.org/ Greater Rome Convention & Visitors Bureau]
• [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/rome Rome, Georgia] at New Georgia Encyclopedia
• [http://www.romega.com Rome – Floyd Chamber of Commerce]

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Category:1834 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)

Category:Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)

Category:Cities in Floyd County, Georgia

Category:County seats in Georgia (U.S. state)

Category:Planned communities in the United States

Category:Populated places established in 1834