McDonough, Georgia

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McDonough is a city in Henry County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Its population was 29,051 in 2020. The city is the county seat of Henry County.[1] The unincorporated communities of Blacksville, Flippen, Kelleytown, and Ola are located near McDonough, and addresses in those communities have McDonough ZIP codes.

History

The town was named for naval officer Commodore Thomas Macdonough[2] and founded in 1823 around a traditional town square design. The buildings surrounding the square are intact, although there are some vacancies. The county courthouse and historic jail building are on the north side near the Welcome Center in a historically maintained Standard Oil service station, built in 1920. The station also houses the Main Street Program Office.

One block east of the square, the town's original cotton warehouse has been replaced with the Henry County Judicial Center. In the same area the Henry County Courthouse Annex has an original oil on canvas "Cotton Gin" (<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />4+1⁄2 by 11 feet) by artist Jean Charlot. He painted this oil in 1942 for the town post office. His works can be found all over the world in everything from children's books to large murals.

The town was a relay station on the New York City to New Orleans stagecoach line and was connected by other stage lines with Fayetteville and Decatur, and with Macon by way of Jackson.[3]

Geography

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Demographics

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McDonough racial composition as of 2020[18]
Race Num. Perc.
White (non-Hispanic) 4,998 17.2%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 20,092 69.16%
Native American 55 0.19%
Asian 610 2.1%
Pacific Islander 30 0.1%
Other/Mixed 1,306 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino 1,960 6.75%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 29,051 people, 8,543 households, and 5,778 families residing in the city.

Economy

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Goya Foods has its Atlanta offices in an unincorporated area near McDonough.[20][21]

Arts and culture

Several individual buildings and two historic districts in the city are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the downtown McDonough Historic District.[22]

Events

The city hosts a Geranium Festival each springtime on the third Saturday in May, celebrating the locally grown flowers and community.[23] The one-day festival serves as a showcase of local artistry and talent through the open-air craft markets and live musical performances. The festival is sponsored by the McDonough Lions Club, and held on the McDonough Square and surrounding areas.[23]

Sports

The city's semi-professional soccer team Georgia Revolution FC plays in the National Premier Soccer League at the Warhawk Stadium.[24]

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Education

Henry County School District

The Henry County School District holds grades pre-school to grade twelve. The district has twenty eight elementary schools, nine middle schools, and ten high schools.[25] The district has 1,543 full-time teachers and over 40,000 students.[26]

Henry County Public Schools

Elementary schools

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  • Cotton Indian Elementary School
  • Dutchtown Elementary School
  • East Lake Elementary School
  • Flippen Elementary School
  • Hickory Flat Elementary School
  • McDonough Elementary School
  • New Hope Elementary School
  • Oakland Elementary School
  • Ola Elementary School
  • Pleasant Grove Elementary School
  • Rock Spring Elementary School
  • Timber Ridge Elementary School
  • Tussahaw Elementary School
  • Unity Grove Elementary School
  • Walnut Creek Elementary School
  • Wesley Lakes Elementary School

Middle schools

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  • Eagle's Landing Middle School
  • Dutchtown Middle School
  • McDonough Middle School
  • Ola Middle School
  • Woodland Middle School
  • Union Grove Middle School

High schools

Private schools

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Higher education

  • Gordon State College has a satellite center in McDonough.[31]
  • Mercer University opened a campus in McDonough in 2003, and offers teacher education, criminal justice, and general studies.[32]
  • Grace Biblical Seminary opened in 2004, and offers theological and ministries degrees.{18}
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Media

WKKP is the local radio station, broadcasting on 100.9 FM and 1410 AM; it has a classic country format.[33]

The Henry Herald is the local county news print media.[34]

Film

Infrastructure

Transportation

Xpress GA provides local bus service.

McDonough is served by the following highways:

Until the mid-1960s the Southern Railway operated the Cincinnati to Miami Ponce de Leon, which made stops in McDonough.[38]

Notable people

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In popular culture

"The McDonough Road" is mentioned by Rhett Butler in the 1939 film, Gone with the Wind.

References

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  20. ↑ "Contact Us." Goya Foods. Retrieved on March 26, 2016. "Goya Atlanta 4005 Haworth Parkway McDonough, GA 30253"
  21. ↑ Maps of McDonough." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on April 19, 2016.
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  27. ↑ Eagle's Landing Christian Academy, Retrieved June 19, 2010.
  28. ↑ New Creation Center, Retrieved June 19, 2010.
  29. ↑ Creekside Christian Academy, Retrieved August 8, 2010.
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