Georgia · Census place 1314500

Cedartown, Georgia

Cedartown is a city in Polk County, Georgia with an estimated 10,313 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 97th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,313
#97 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+1.5%
+156 people
Land area
9.1 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,132 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Cedartown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Cedartown population, 2020 to 2024

Cedartown added 156 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +16. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 98th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Cedartown is 63% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,159. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cedartown covers 9.11 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,132 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Cedartown is close to the typical town.

What county Cedartown is in

All of Cedartown's residents live in Polk County, which had 44,610 residents in 2024. Cedartown holds 23.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cedartown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cedartown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30125. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Cedartown is

The Census internal point of Cedartown is at 34.021700, -85.247500. Atlanta, the capital, is 52.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rome, GA (38,747 people), 17.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Fulton, GA, 46.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.021700, -85.247500
DMS
34°01'18.12"N 85°14'51.00"W
UTM
16N 661807.9E 3765946.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
866P2QC3+M2

Daylight in Cedartown

At 34.02° N, Cedartown gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cedartown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Cave Spring, 8.0 miles away, with 1,215 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cedartown, GA?

10,313 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 156 (1.5%) from 10,157 in July 2020.

What county is Cedartown in?

Polk County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Cedartown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30125.

How far is Cedartown from Atlanta?

52.8 miles (84.9 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Cedartown.

What is the nearest larger city to Cedartown?

Rome, GA, with 38,747 residents, 17.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.