Spalding County, Georgia

Spalding County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,306. The county seat is Griffin. The county was created December 20, 1851, and named for former United States representative and senator Thomas Spalding.

Spalding County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 200 sqmi, of which 196 sqmi is land and 3.1 sqmi (1.6%) is water. The county is located in the Piedmont region of the state.

The western portion of Spalding County, west of a line from Sunny Side through Griffin to Orchard Hill, is located in the Upper Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The eastern part of the county is located in the Upper Ocmulgee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River basin.

Major highways
U.S. Route 19 Business U.S. Route 41 Business
 * I-75.svg Interstate 75
 * US 19.svg U.S. Route 19
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 * US 41.svg U.S. Route 41
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 * Georgia 3.svg State Route 3
 * Georgia 7.svg State Route 7
 * Georgia 16.svg State Route 16
 * Georgia 92.svg State Route 92
 * Georgia 155.svg State Route 155
 * Georgia 362.svg State Route 362
 * Georgia 401.svg State Route 401 (unsigned designation for I-75)

Adjacent counties

 * Henry County (northeast)
 * Butts County (east)
 * Lamar County (southeast)
 * Pike County (southwest)
 * Meriwether County (west)
 * Coweta County (west)
 * Fayette County (northwest)
 * Clayton County (northwest)

Cities

 * Griffin (county seat)
 * Sunny Side

Town

 * Orchard Hill

Census-designated places

 * East Griffin
 * Experiment

Demographics
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 67,306 people, 25,339 households, and 16,563 families residing in the county.

Education
The Griffin-Spalding County School District has 11 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 2 high schools, and 4 complementary programs.

Politics
Spalding County is solidly Republican at the Presidential level having last voted for a Democrat in 1980 when it voted for Jimmy Carter. Since then the closest a Democrat has been to winning Spalding County was in 1992 when Bill Clinton lost to George H. W. Bush by 5.6 percent.