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In 1947, Georgia was a single numbering plan area (NPA) with area code 404. In 1954, 912 was assigned to its southern and central areas. The state operated with two area codes until May 3, 1992, when area code 706 was created for the two separate areas outside of the metro Atlanta area.
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Carrollton is a city in and the county seat of Carroll County, Georgia, United States. [4] It is within western Georgia , about 45 miles (72 km) west of Atlanta near the Alabama state line, and is included in the Atlanta metropolitan area .
Roopville is located in southern Carroll County at (33.456731, -85.131219), [7] along U.S. Route 27, which leads 10 miles (16 km) north to Carrollton, the county seat, and south 6 miles (10 km) to Centralhatchee
Carroll County is a county in the West Central region of the State of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, its population was 119,148. [2] [1] Its county seat is the city of Carrollton. [3] Carroll County is included in the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell metropolitan statistical area and is also adjacent to Alabama on its western border.
Over 18 inches (460 mm) of rain fell in one night causing many roads to be destroyed and many homes a total loss. The county was later declared a disaster area, and the governor of Georgia declared a state of emergency. The floodings worst affected areas were in the areas of Douglasville, Villa Rica, Austell, Lithia Springs, and Chapel Hill.
As of 2021, seven of the state's 159 counties operate under that system. During the 2022 legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly began considering reducing the number of counties in the state. [5] Despite the state increasing in population by over one million according to the 2020 Census, 67 counties lost population, mostly in rural ...
The opening of Georgia State Route 400 also spurred industrial growth in the South West portion of the county along the McFarland Parkway corridor starting in the early 1970s. By 1980, the county population was 27,500, growing to 40,000 in 1987. While some blacks worked in the county in new industries, none lived there.