Gainesville, Georgia
Gainesville, Georgia | |
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Downtown Gainesville | |
| Nicknames: "Queen City of the Mountains", "Poultry Capital of the World" | |
Location in Hall County and the state of Georgia | |
| Coordinates: 34°17′25″N 83°49′46″W / 34.29028°N 83.82944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Hall |
| Gainesville | 1818 |
| Named after | Edmund P. Gaines |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sam Couvillon |
| Area | |
| 35.37 sq mi (91.61 km2) | |
| • Land | 33.42 sq mi (86.57 km2) |
| • Water | 1.95 sq mi (5.04 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,214 ft (370 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 42,296 | |
| • Density | 1,265.4/sq mi (488.57/km2) |
| • Urban | 164,365 (US: 219th) |
| • Urban density | 1,102.1/sq mi (425.5/km2) |
| • Metro | 203,136 (US: 217th) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 30501, 30503-30504, 30506-30507 |
| Area code | 770 |
| FIPS code | 13-31908 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2403675 |
| Website | gainesville.org |
Gainesville is a city and the county seat of Hall County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 42,296. Because of its large number of poultry processing plants, it has been called the "Poultry Capital of the World." Gainesville is the principal city of the Gainesville, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Gainesville, Georgia Combined Statistical Area.