Georgia · Census place 1339524

Holly Springs, Georgia

Holly Springs is a city in Cherokee County, Georgia with an estimated 20,133 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 56th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
20,133
#56 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+20.6%
+3,441 people
Land area
7.3 sq mi
+ 0.10 sq mi water
Density
2,747 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Holly Springs. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Holly Springs population, 2020 to 2024

Holly Springs added 3,441 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +20.6%. In the latest year it moved by +481. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 15th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Holly Springs is 1.2 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,443. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Holly Springs covers 7.33 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 2,747 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Holly Springs is denser than the typical town.

What county Holly Springs is in

All of Holly Springs's residents live in Cherokee County, which had 293,513 residents in 2024. Holly Springs holds 6.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Holly Springs

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Holly Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30114, 30115. 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 Holly Springs is

The Census internal point of Holly Springs is at 34.167200, -84.484500. Atlanta, the capital, is 29.4 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Woodstock, GA (39,381 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sandy Springs, GA, 17.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.167200, -84.484500
DMS
34°10'1.92"N 84°29'4.20"W
UTM
16N 731872.6E 3783554.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
866Q5G88+V5

Daylight in Holly Springs

At 34.17° N, Holly Springs gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Holly Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Woodstock, 4.7 miles away, with 39,381 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Holly Springs, GA?

20,133 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,441 (20.6%) from 16,692 in July 2020.

What county is Holly Springs in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Holly Springs?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 30114, 30115.

How far is Holly Springs from Atlanta?

29.4 miles (47.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Holly Springs.

What is the nearest larger city to Holly Springs?

Woodstock, GA, with 39,381 residents, 4.7 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.