Gainesville

Also known as Gainesville, Georgia, Gainesville, GA

county seat of Hall County, Georgia, United States

AI overview

Gainesville is the county seat of Hall County, Georgia, which means it serves as the main city where the county's government and courts are located. As the administrative center of the county, it plays an important role in managing local government services for the Hall County region.

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Key facts

Country: United States
State: Georgia
County: Hall
Gainesville: 1818 ; 208 years ago ( 1818 )
Named after: Edmund P. Gaines
Mayor: Zack Thompson
City: 35.37 sq mi (91.61 km )
Land: 33.42 sq mi (86.57 km )
Water: 1.95 sq mi (5.04 km )
Elevation: 1,214 ft (370 m)
Density: 1,265.4/sq mi (488.57/km )
Urban: 164,365 ( US: 219th )
Urban density: 1,102.1/sq mi (425.5/km )
Metro: 203,136 ( US: 217th )
Time zone: UTC-5 ( EST )
Summer dst: UTC-4 ( EDT )
Zip code: 30501, 30503-30504, 30506-30507
Fips code: 13-31908

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Encyclopedic overview

Gainesville is a city in and the county seat of Hall County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 42,296. Because of its large number of poultry processing plants, it has been called the "Poultry Capital of the World." Gainesville is the principal city of the Gainesville, Georgia metropolitan area.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gainesville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.