Rockmart
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city in Polk County, Georgia, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States of America
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Polk
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Sherman Ross
- City manager
- Stacey Smith
- City clerk
- Jada Edwards
- Total
- 5.71 sq mi (14.80 km )
- Land
- 5.64 sq mi (14.61 km )
- Water
- 0.073 sq mi (0.19 km )
- Elevation
- 781 ft (238 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 5,012
- Density
- 838.7/sq mi (323.82/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 770 / 678/470/943
- Fips code
- 13-66276
- Gnis feature id
- 0356502
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Encyclopedic overview
Rockmart was named for its economic position as a major quarry and rock market.
Rockmart is a town in Polk County, Georgia, United States. Its population was 4,732 at the 2020 census. It developed as a railroad depot town when the Southern Railway built a station in the area. The community was incorporated in 1872, and was named from abundant deposits of slate in the area. The Rockmart Downtown Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rockmart” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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