4 2 – 1 7 7 7 ), ▁an ▁officer ▁in ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution ary ▁War . ▁ ▁The ▁last ▁h anging ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Georgia ▁was ▁carried ▁out ▁at ▁the ▁Ber rien ▁County ▁J ail ▁in ▁Nash ville . ▁ ▁Geography ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁city ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁of ▁which ▁ ▁is ▁land ▁and ▁, ▁or ▁ 1 . 1 3 %, ▁is ▁water . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 4 , 6 9 7 ▁people , ▁ 1 , 8 6 4 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 1 , 2 1 3 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁city . ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 1 , 0 1 2 . 2 ▁people ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 3 9 0 . 8 / km ²). ▁There ▁were ▁ 2 , 0 9 8 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 4 5 2 . 1 ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 1 7 4 . 6 / km ²). ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁ 7 5 . 9 4 % ▁White , ▁ 2 1 . 5 7 % ▁African ▁American , ▁ 0 . 2 8 % ▁Native ▁American , ▁ 0 . 4 5 % ▁Asian , ▁ 0 . 0 2 % ▁Pacific ▁Island er , ▁ 0 . 9 2 % ▁from ▁other ▁races , ▁and ▁ 0 . 8 3