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Winder is located in central Barrow County at (33.996495, -83.720873 It is 20 miles (32 km) west of Athens and 50 miles (80 km) northeast of downtown Atlanta.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.9 square miles (33.5 km 2), of which 12.4 square miles (32.2 km 2) is land and 0.50 square miles (1.3 km 2), or 3.97%, is water.
Barrow County is considered a part of the Atlanta, GA combined statistical area despite its comparatively small population. In 2010, the racial and ethnic makeup of the county was 78.8% White, 11.4% Black or African American, 3.4% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 3.7% from other races, and 2.3% from two or more races.
On September 6, Winder, Georgia hosted a memorial for the victims of the shooting with multiple politicians and about 1,000 people in attendance. [41] A memorial was created outside the school with students, their parents and members of the community leaving items such as flowers, balloons and notes. The school's high school football team was ...
Two students and two teachers were killed in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday morning, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Richard Aspinwall, 39 ...
The crowd prays together during a vigil for the lives lost in the tragic shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.
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Apalachee High School is a public high school located near Winder, Georgia, United States. [6] The school mascot is a wildcat. [7] Apalachee is a part of Barrow County Schools, a Title I district. Feeder schools include Haymon-Morris Middle School and Westside Middle School. The school is Barrow County's second high school and opened in 2000. [8]
The number of childfree women is at a record high: 48 percent of women between the ages of 18 and 44 don’t have kids, according to 2014 Census numbers. The Huffington Post and YouGov asked 124 women why they choose to be childfree.