| Official Name: | Chatsworth, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Murray |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.14 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 5.13 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 4874 |
| Population Density Km2: | 354.02 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 916.85 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 34.7722°N -84.7789°W |
| Elevation M: | 227 |
| Elevation Ft: | 752 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 30705 |
| Area Code: | 706/762 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-15508[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 03274178[4] |
Chatsworth is a city in and the county seat of Murray County, Georgia, United States.[5] It is part of the Dalton, Georgia, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population was 4,874 at the 2020 census,[2] up from 4,299 in 2010. The city is the site of the coldest recorded temperature in Georgia, on January 27, 1940.
According to a popular legend, the town received its name after a road sign with the word "Chatsworth" fell off a passing freight train nearby. Someone put the sign on a post, and the name stuck.[6] [7]
Chatsworth was founded in 1905 as a depot on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. It was incorporated as a town in 1906 and as a city in 1923. In 1915, the seat of Murray County transferred to Chatsworth from Spring Place [8] in northwestern Georgia. It sits at an elevation of on the west side of the valley of Holly Creek, with 2840feet Fort Mountain and 2780feet Cohutta Mountain rising over the valley to the east.
U.S. Routes 76 and 411 pass through the center of town on Third Avenue. US 76 leads west to Dalton and southeast to Ellijay, while US 411 leads south to Fairmount and north to Benton, Tennessee. Georgia State Routes 2 and 52 run together out of Chatsworth to the east, climbing into the Cohutta Mountains and passing through Fort Mountain State Park 7miles east of the city center.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Chatsworth has a total area of, of which 0.01sqmi, or 0.18%, are water.[1] Holly Creek, which runs along the eastern edge of the city, is a south- and west-flowing tributary of the Conasauga River, part of the Oostanaula/Coosa/Alabama River watershed.
| White (non-Hispanic) | 3,382 | 69.39% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 29 | 0.59% | |
| Native American | 6 | 0.12% | |
| Asian | 54 | 1.11% | |
| Other/Mixed | 161 | 3.3% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,242 | 25.48% |
As of the census of 2010, there were 4,299 people, 1,587 households, and 1,071 families residing in the city. The population density was 749.5sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 1,546 housing units at an average density of 328.1sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the city was 99.1% White, 0.5% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 0% from other races, and 0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0% of the population.
The Murray County School District holds preschool to grade twelve, and consists of six elementary schools, two middle schools, two high schools, and once had an academy school which became another high school.[11] The district has 451 full-time teachers and over 7,350 students.[12]
AdventHealth Murray purchased Murray Medical Center on December 15th 2020. Advent Health Murray is the only hospital in the Chatsworth/Murray County area. [13] [14]
Chatsworth is located in central Murray County at 34.7722°N -84.7789°W (34.772336, -84.778977),[8]