Georgia · Census place 1367256

Rossville, Georgia

Rossville is a city in Walker County, Georgia with an estimated 3,942 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 170th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,942
#170 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
-0.8%
-33 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
2,178 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Rossville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Rossville population, 2020 to 2024

Rossville lost 33 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -42.

3,97520204,00520213,96620223,98420233,9422024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,976. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rossville covers 1.81 square miles of land, for 2,178 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Rossville is denser than the typical town.

What county Rossville is in

All of Rossville's residents live in Walker County, which had 69,340 residents in 2024. Rossville holds 5.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rossville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rossville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30741. 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 Rossville is

The Census internal point of Rossville is at 34.975800, -85.289600. Atlanta, the capital, is 99.1 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is East Ridge, TN (21,970 people), 3.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chattanooga, TN, 6.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.975800, -85.289600
DMS
34°58'32.88"N 85°17'22.56"W
UTM
16N 656130.8E 3871695.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
866PXPG6+85

Daylight in Rossville

At 34.98° N, Rossville gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rossville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Fort Oglethorpe, 3.9 miles away, with 10,614 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rossville, GA?

3,942 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 33 (0.8%) from 3,975 in July 2020.

What county is Rossville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Rossville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30741.

How far is Rossville from Atlanta?

99.1 miles (159.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Rossville.

What is the nearest larger city to Rossville?

East Ridge, TN, with 21,970 residents, 3.8 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.