Title: Fayetteville, Georgia - Wikipedia
Headings: Fayetteville, Georgia
Fayetteville, Georgia
Contents
History
Government
Demographics
Education
Fayette County School District
Points of interest
Notable people
References
Further reading
External links

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Country
United States
State
Georgia
County
Fayette
Established
March 28, 1822
Incorporated (town)
1823
Incorporated (city)
1888
Government
• Type
Council/Manager
• Mayor
Ed Johnson
• City Manager
Ray Gibson
Area
• Total
13.10 sq mi (33.93 km 2)
• Land
12.88 sq mi (33.37 km 2)
• Water
0.22 sq mi (0.56 km 2)
Elevation
1,030 ft (313.9 m)
Population
( 2010)
• Total
15,945
• Estimate
(2019)
17,991
• Density
1,396.49/sq mi (539.21/km 2)
Time zone
UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST))
• Summer ( DST)
UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
30214-30215
Area code (s)
770 404, 678
FIPS code
13-28968
GNIS feature ID
0314089
Website
www .fayetteville-ga .gov
Fayetteville is a city and the county seat of Fayette County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 15,945, up from 11,148 at the 2000 census. Fayetteville is located 22 miles (35 km) south of downtown Atlanta. In 2015 the small majority-white city elected its first African-American mayor, Edward Johnson, a retired US navy commander and pastor. In 2011 he was elected as the first black city council member. He was a three-term president of the NAACP. Contents
1 History
2 Government
3 Demographics
4 Education
4.1 Fayette County School District
5 Points of interest
6 Notable people
7 References
8 Further reading
9 External links
History
Fayetteville was founded in 1822 as the seat of the newly formed Fayette County, organized by European Americans from territory ceded by force the Creek people under a treaty with the United States during the early period of Indian removal from the Southeast. Both city and county were named in honor of the Revolutionary War hero the French Marquis de Lafayette. Fayetteville was incorporated as a town in 1823 and as a city in 1909. The area was developed for cotton plantations, with labor provided by enslaved African Americans, who for more than a century comprised the majority of the county's population.