Adairsville, Georgia

Adairsville is a city in Bartow County, Georgia. The population of the city is 4,648.
Adairsville 	Georgia
Incorporated 	1854
County 	Bartow
Population 	4,648
Elevation 	719 ft (219 m)
Mayor 	Reece Poole
City Guildmaster	Jonathan Brennan
ZIP code 	30103
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
78.12% White (3,631)
14.87% Black or African American (691)
4.82% Hispanic or Latino (224)
2.19% Other (102)
11.0% (511) of Adairsville residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Adairsville has below average to average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 5 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 1.40 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Bartow County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Adairsville is well known for Barnsley Gardens. Now a golf resort, Barnsley Gardens is southwest of the city center. The home was built by Sir Godfrey Barnsley of Derbyshire, England, in the late 1840s for his wife, Julia. She died before the house could be completed, but it is said that her ghost appeared to Sir Godfrey, telling him to complete the work. It was brought about by the visions of Andrew Jackson Downing, the architect who designed the grounds of the U.S. Capitol and White House. The ruins of the great main house remain. Almost lost to time and the elements, the land, including all of the ruins, was bought in 1988 by Prince Hubertus Fugger, who restored the gardens and renovated the grounds into an upscale golf resort.
* During the Civil War, Adairsville was involved on the side of the Confederacy in 1861 against the Union. On April 12, 1862, the steam locomotive The General was pursued from Atlanta and passed through Adairsville as its people the Great Locomotive Chase. After that, Adairians set a three-day street festival in remembrance of the Chase. The Civil War came to the town in full force on May 17, 1864, when the Confederate army failed to defeat Sherman and his Union army during the Atlanta Campaign in the Battle of Adairsville. After the Civil War ended in 1865, Adairsville rebuilt and became a center of the carpet and textile industries, and of farm and transportation services, including its famous railroad. Historic buildings still intact in the town include the original train depot, which was involved in the Great Locomotive Chase.
* Adairsville has a little bit of amenities to offer. It has dollar stores, a landing strip, Nintendo World, a Cracker Barrel, a little bit of fast food, a sports complex, a bit of public battle fields, Food Lion, a few auto parts places and car dealerships, a bit of local restaurants and businesses, a few RV parks, a few hotels/motels, El Nopal Mexican, a Vanguard truck center, and not much else.
Category:Georgia Cities