Radio stations Infrastructure Transportation Highways U.S. Route 27 U.S. Route 411 Georgia State Route 20 Georgia State Route 53 Georgia State Route 100 Georgia State Route 101 Georgia State Route 293 Georgia State Route 140 Pedestrians and cycling Downtown River Trail Heritage Trail System Kingfisher Trail Oostanaula Levee Trail Silver Creek Trail Thornwood Trail Rail transport Until 1970, the Southern Railway operated the Royal Palm for passenger train service through Rome's Southern Railway Depot. Into the early 1960s the Royal Palm and the Ponce de Leon traveled a Cincinnati - Atlanta - Jacksonville route. Healthcare Atrium Health Floyd operates a hospital in Rome. Formerly Floyd health System, it became a part of Atrium Health in 2021. Notable people Adam Anderson (born 2001), former college player Arn Anderson (birth name Martin Lunde) (born 1958), professional wrestler Bill Arp (birth name Charles H. Smith) (1826–1903), Rome mayor and 19th-century writer Jamie Barton (born 1981), opera singer Charlie Culberson (born 1989), Major League Baseball player Ashley Diamond (born 1978), prison and LGBTQ rights activist Kris Durham (born 1988), American football player Charles Fahy (1892–1979), U.S. Solicitor General and Navy Cross Betty Fountain, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Benn Fraker (born 1989), canoeist Mike Glenn (born 1955), NBA Marjorie Taylor Greene (born 1974), far-right politician, businesswoman Ethel Hillyer Harris (1859-1931), author Betty Hester (1923–1998), literary correspondent Ken Irvin (born 1972), professional football player Albert E. Jarrell (born 1901) Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy Randy Johnson (born 1953), football player Chris Jones (born 1989), punter, National Football League, (Dallas Cowboys, 2011–present) Larry Kinnebrew (born 1960), professional football player John H. Lumpkin (1812–1860), co-founder of Rome, Superior Court judge, and member of the U.S. House of Representatives Homer V. M. Miller (1814–1896), U.S. senator, senior Confederate medical officer George Stephen Morrison (1919–2008), admiral; father of singer Jim Morrison Will Muschamp (born 1971), college football coach Willard Nixon (1928–2000), Major League Baseball player Robert Ernest Noble (1870–1956), U.S. Army major general John Pemberton (1831–1888), inventor of Coca-Cola Ralph Presley (1930-2022), aviator and politician Ma Rainey (1886–1939), blues singer Dan Reeves (born 1944), American football player and head coach Major Ridge (c. 1771 – 1839), Cherokee chief and co-signer of the Treaty of New Echota John Ross (1790–1866), principal chief of the United Cherokee Nation Melanie Sumner (born 1963), novelist and writer John H. Towers (1885–1955), U.S. Navy admiral and pioneer Navy aviator Butch Walker (born 1969), rock