. ▁ ▁Geography ▁Pow der ▁Spr ings ▁is ▁located ▁in ▁south western ▁C obb ▁County ▁at ▁ ▁( 3 3 . 8 6 5 9 3 3 , ▁- 8 4 . 6 8 0 3 4 9 ). ▁U . S . ▁Route ▁ 2 7 8 ▁( C . ▁H . ▁James ▁Park way ) ▁passes ▁through ▁the ▁city ▁west ▁of ▁its ▁center , ▁leading ▁ ▁sout heast ▁to ▁Aust ell ▁and ▁ ▁north west ▁to ▁Dallas . ▁Dow nt own ▁Atlanta ▁is ▁ ▁to ▁the ▁east ▁via ▁US ▁ 2 7 8 ▁and ▁Inter state ▁ 2 0 . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁Pow der ▁Spr ings ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁of ▁which ▁, ▁or ▁ 0 . 1 7 %, ▁is ▁water . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 1 2 , 4 8 1 ▁people , ▁ 4 , 0 0 4 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 3 , 2 6 7 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁city . ▁ ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 1 , 9 6 9 . 2 ▁people ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 7 6 0 . 1 / km ²). ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 4 , 1 0 1 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 6 4 7 . 0 ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 2 4 9 . 7 / km ² ) ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁was