unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
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Georgia
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, United States.
The 2020 census listed a population of 1,433.
History
"Cataula" is derived from the
Muscogee
The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek or just Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy ( in the Muscogee language; English: ), are a group of related Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands Here they waged war again ...
word ''kitali,'' meaning "withered mulberry;" Cataula is located on Cataula Creek, which flows into nearby Mulberry Creek.
Geography
Cataula is located at 32°45'52.81" North, 84°54'4.68" West (32.640602, -84.9013). It is located along
U.S. Route 27
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, which runs north to south through the city, leading southwest to
Columbus
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and north to
LaGrange
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (born Giuseppe Luigi LagrangiaGeorgia State Route 315 meets U.S. Route 27 in the city limits for a very short concurrency.
Atlanta
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is by road to the northeast. Cataula sits at an elevation of above sea level in the
Piedmont
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region of the state.
Demographics
Cataula was first listed as a
census designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...