Social Circle, Georgia
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Social Circle is a city in southern Walton County, extending into Newton County, in the U.S. state of Georgia, 45 miles east of Atlanta.
History
It is unclear why the name "Social Circle" was applied to this place.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> According to tradition, Social Circle was named from an incident in which a group of people living in the settlement offered water to a weary traveler, whose response was "This certainly is a social circle".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The city also officially notes that a citizen of another village community which was already known by the name of Social Circle joined the settlement in its early days.<ref name="SocialCircleGA">[1] Template:Dead link</ref>
Social Circle was incorporated as a town in 1869, and as a city in 1904.<ref name="SocialCircleGA" />
Geographical data
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A CSX Transportation line maintenance facility operates in the city's railroad station. The city's railyard contained one of the relatively few remaining concrete coaling towers in the southeastern United States. The coaling tower was removed sometime after June 2022 as it is no longer visible on Google Maps as of February 2023.
Demographics
| Race | Num. | Perc. |
|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 2,986 | 60.03% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 1,635 | 32.87% |
| Native American | 7 | 0.14% |
| Asian | 31 | 0.62% |
| Other/Mixed | 197 | 3.96% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 118 | 2.37% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,974 people, 1,598 households, and 1,301 families residing in the city.
Education
The Social Circle City School District includes all of the city.<ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref><ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref> The district holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of two elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school.<ref>[2]Template:Dead link</ref> The district has 90 full-time teachers and over 1,448 students.<ref>[3] Template:Dead link</ref>
- Social Circle Primary School
- Social Circle Elementary School
- Social Circle Middle School
- Social Circle High School
Transportation
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Notable people
- Kyle Chandler – actor
- Alonzo F. Herndon – Georgia's first African-American millionaire
- Jay C. (Jack) Higginbotham – jazz trombonist
- Eddie Mapp – country blues harmonicist
- Danny McDevitt – former baseball pitcher, retired here
- Emma Sansom - Assisted Nathan Bedford Forrest cross the Black Creek River in Gadsden, Alabama
In popular culture
- A season 5 episode of the Discovery Channel series A Haunting, called The Exorcism of Cindy Sauer, takes place in Social Circle in 2010.
- Paramount+ Movie: Jerry and Marge Go Large was filmed mainly in Social Circle.
References
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