Cedartown, Georgia

Cedartown is a city located in Polk County, Georgia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 9,470. The city is the county seat of Polk County{{GR|6}}.

Transportation and economic problems

With the shift away from rural living patterns toward Interstate Highway satellite suburban living patterns, combined with the general U.S. shift away from agricultural and industrial economies, Cedartown is left in an awkward position. The city suffered a major economic blow when the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company closed its Cedartown mill operations. For its employment, Cedartown mainly relies on the prospect of large corporate operation centers like that of Cingular Wireless, small manufacturing operations like that of The HON Company, and the retail operations of Wal-Mart.

Related Topics:
Rural - Interstate Highway - Suburb - Agricultural - Industrial - Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company - Mill - Corporate - Operation center - Cingular Wireless - Manufacturing - The HON Company - Retail - Wal-Mart

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Access to nearby major cities like Atlanta, Georgia, Birmingham, Alabama, and Chattanooga, Tennessee is somewhat difficult due to the distance from interstate highways and the lack of public transportation systems. Passenger rail service to Cedartown was abandoned in the 1970s, leading to the destruction of the historic Cedartown Depot train station. There is no general public bus service. The nearest stop on the Greyhound bus service is Rome, Georgia, 20 miles away to the north. The nearest major airport is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, 70 miles away to the southeast. U.S. 27, once a major thoroughfare, is now much deprecated by I-75, 45 miles away to the northeast. The closest Interstate highway is I-20, 25 miles away to the south.

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Atlanta, Georgia - Birmingham, Alabama - Chattanooga, Tennessee - Public transportation - 1970s - Greyhound - Rome, Georgia - Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport - I-75 - I-20

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Illegal immigration has become a subject of intense public and private debate, as the Mill Village in westernmost Cedartown has become, over the past decade, the hispanic ghetto sector of town. As highly-educated citizens move away, fewer new people move in, and older citizens die, Cedartown will undoubtedly have even more drastic demographic and economic changes reflected in the 2010 census.

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