| Official Name: | Hartwell, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hart |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 13.08 |
| Area Land Km2: | 13.05 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.05 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 5.04 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 4470 |
| Population Density Km2: | 342.56 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 887.26 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 34.3528°N -82.9311°W |
| Elevation M: | 244 |
| Elevation Ft: | 801 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 30643 |
| Area Code: | 706 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-37144[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0331924[3] |
| Named For: | Nancy Morgan Hart |
Hartwell is a city in Hart County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,469 at the 2010 census.[4] The city is the county seat of Hart County.[5]
Hartwell was founded in 1854 as seat of the newly formed Hart County. It was incorporated as a town in 1856 and as a city in 1904.[6] The town was named for Revolutionary War figure Nancy Morgan Hart.[7]
Hartwell is located in central Hart County at 34.3528°N -82.9311°W (34.352738, -82.931161).[8] It sits 4miles southwest of Lake Hartwell, which acquired its name from the city. Hartwell is in the Piedmont region of Georgia, or the Upland South, and lies southeast of the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains at Toccoa.
U.S. Route 29 passes through the center of Hartwell, leading east 7miles to the South Carolina border at Hartwell Dam on the Savannah River, and southwest to Royston. Anderson, South Carolina, is to the northeast via US 29, and Athens, Georgia, is to the southwest. Georgia State Route 51 also passes through Hartwell, leading north 7miles to Reed Creek and west 9miles to Bowersville.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Hartwell has a total area of 13.2km2, of which 0.04sqkm, or 0.32%, are water.[4]
| White | 2,568 | 57.45% | |
| Black or African American | 1,526 | 34.14% | |
| Native American | 5 | 0.11% | |
| Asian | 68 | 1.52% | |
| Other/Mixed | 177 | 3.96% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 126 | 2.82% |
As of the census of 2010, there were 4,469 people. There were 2,266 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 61.33% White, 34.53% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.62% Asian, 0% Pacific Islander, 0.33% from other races, and 1.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.07% of the population.
The median income for a household in the city was $29,128 and the median income for a family was $45,909. The per capita income for the city was $18,937. About 15.4% of families and 23.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.5% of those under age 18 and 20.6% of those age 65 or over.
The Hart County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of three elementary schools, a middle school, a high school, and an academy school.[10] The district has 230 full-time teachers and over 3,564 students.[11]
The Hart County Public Library was begun in 1938 with rooms over Homer Herndon's drug store, then moved to the County Courthouse in 1941 until 1968 when the courthouse burned down. It was then located in the County School Board building until funds were raised for a permanent building in 1975.[12]