Carroll County is located 45 miles west of Atlanta and 90 miles east of Birmingham. Carroll is the heart of West Georgia and forms the western boundary of metropolitan Atlanta. It is easily accessed by Interstate 20, US Highways 27, 78 and eight state highways. The county offers visitors and residents 495 square miles of beauty, recreation and history.
Carroll County's population of 92,000 lives, works and plays in seven picturesque towns, ranging from the smallest, Roopville with 248 residents, to Carrollton with a population of more than 20,000. Downtown Carrollton is the place to dine and shop with brick sidewalks, ornamental street lighting and sidewalk cafes, and is the center point of historical homes and businesses that make Carroll County the beauty that it is.
Carroll County is home to 5 high schools, 5 middle schools and 11 elementary schools. Carroll County also offers a technical ed. center, alternative school & night high school. Roopville Elem. School has been a winner of the academic achievement award two years in a row. Four other elementary schools have also been named Title 1 Distinguished Schools. The City of Carrollton School System includes an elementary, middle, junior high and high school. Our great town is also home to West Central Technical College and The State University of West Georgia.
Carroll County offers great employment opportunities from old, family-owned businesses to national industries such as Sony, Southwire, and Walmart.Com. We are also neighbored by three of the fastest growing Georgia counties; Douglas, Paulding and Coweta and I-20 provides a straight shot to Atlanta.
Recreation is in abundance too. You can laze the day away at our local beach, John Tanner State Park. For a little more adventure you can ride horses, camp or hike next to the Chattahoochee River in McIntosh Reserve. Take a hometown, weekend get-a-way in Historic Banning Mills resort and spa. The entire family can play hard at either the City or the County’s many recreation departments.
From luxury townhomes and historic lofts and homes, lake front property to farmland, Carroll County, Georgia offers a wide variety of property and makes a great place to call home.
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