Cartersville Travel Guide

Cartersville is a historical community located 45 miles north of Atlanta on Interstate 75. The population as of 2006 was 22,107, as the population is increasing at 13.6%. As of 2000, the population was dramatically less at 15,925. Historic downtown Cartersville attracts those who are looking for a great historical experience, and attracts toursists from all across the state... The Booth Western Art Museum, The Weinman Mineral Museum, Red Top Mountain State Park, The first Coca-Cola painted wall resides in downtown Cartersville, the 4 way restaraunt, and so much more. Cartersville's convenient location takes place as 411, to Rome and eventually Tennessee, 75 to Chattanooga, and Atlanta, 41 South to Atlanta and North to Calhoun. Cartersville is also located in a very quickly growing county, among the top 15 in the state... Bartow County, with a population quickly approaching 100,000. Bartow County has been in the "atlanta metro" for about 10 years, and since the population has went from 40,000- to nearly 100,000. Cartersville's population of 22,000, only includes the city limits, if you were not including the city limits and just surveying the Cartersville area; the population of Cartersville would shoot up to 60,000. Projections even show that the city of Cartersville within 10 years may reach 50,000, putting in in the top 15 most populous cities in Georgia. Cartersvillehas always been a runner- up to Rome... but within the past few years Rome's population has been very slowly increasing as Cartersville's boomed... Studies show that the city may surpass Rome's population within a span of 3-4 years.