Lovejoy
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city in Clayton County, Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Clayton
- Total
- 2.94 sq mi (7.61 km )
- Land
- 2.91 sq mi (7.54 km )
- Water
- 0.027 sq mi (0.07 km )
- Elevation
- 950 ft (290 m)
- Density
- 3,476.7/sq mi (1,342.38/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 13-47616
- Gnis feature id
- 0317440
- Website
- www .cityoflovejoy .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Lovejoy
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Clayton County
- Population
- 10122
- Area
- 6.782957
- Elevation
- 290
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Households
- 1706
- Dialing code
- 770
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- Commons category
- Lovejoy, Georgia
- postal code
- 30250
- water as percent of area
- 0.9084
- per capita income
- 19605
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Encyclopedic overview
Lovejoy is a city in Clayton County, Georgia, United States. During the American Civil War, it was the site of the Battle of Lovejoy's Station during the Atlanta campaign of 1864. Lovejoy was incorporated as a town on September 16, 1861. As of 2020, its population was 10,122. It has an African American majority.
Lovejoy is proposed by the Georgia Department of Transportation and MARTA to be the endpoint of metro Atlanta's first commuter rail line.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lovejoy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.