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Click here for the 2008 Spalding County CIE
Spalding County has the largest population in the McIntosh Trail Region (62,185 in 2006), thanks in part to the county’s proximity to metropolitan Atlanta; Spalding is just 30 miles south of Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport, and just 15 miles south of the Atlanta Motor Speedway. In recent years, the county has advanced as a business and industrial center, with particularly strong growth in the service and retail industries.
Many home owners have also begun locating here,
searching for urban amenities within a small town atmosphere. Though also the
region’s largest city, the county seat of Griffin has a population estimated at only
23,451 (Census, 2000). However, numerous regional facilities such as Spalding
Regional Hospital and Griffin Tech, serve to draw people and businesses to the
Griffin area. The city is currently engaged in a strong effort to redevelop its
central business district, and is listed as a primary stop along the proposed route for
passenger rail between Atlanta and Macon. The announcement of Griffin’s new
reservoir to supply water for much of the region should continue to attract people to
Spalding and the surrounding communities.
