Barnesville
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city in Lamar County, Georgia, USA
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Lamar
- Barnesville
- June 1831
- Incorporated city of barnesville
- February 20, 1854
- Type
- City Council
- City manager
- Timothy Turner
- Total
- 6.12 sq mi (15.86 km )
- Land
- 6.07 sq mi (15.73 km )
- Water
- 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km )
- Elevation
- 850 ft (259 m)
- Density
- 1,035.9/sq mi (399.95/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 13-05344
- Gnis feature id
- 0331094
- Website
- cityofbarnesville.com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Barnesville is a city in and the county seat of Lamar County, Georgia, United States, located just outside of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, Barnesville had a population of 6,292.
Barnesville is located 37 miles (60 km) northwest of Macon and 60 miles (97 km) south of Atlanta. It was called the "Buggy Capital of the South", as the town produced about 9,000 buggies a year around the turn of the 20th century. Each year in the third week of September the town hosts an annual Buggy Days celebration.
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