| Official Name: | Locust Grove, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Henry |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 30.51 |
| Area Land Km2: | 30.02 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.49 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 11.78 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 11.59 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.19 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 8947 |
| Population Density Km2: | 298.04 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 771.89 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 33.3456°N -84.105°W |
| Elevation M: | 255 |
| Elevation Ft: | 837 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 30248 |
| Area Code: | 770/678/470 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-47140[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0332253[3] |
Locust Grove is a city in Henry County, Georgia, United States. The population was 8,947 in 2020.[4] Some unincorporated communities such as Luella and many rural areas surround Locust Grove, and those communities have Locust Grove postal addresses.
Locust Grove has experienced a growth in population and in businesses coming into the area. In 1900 the population of the city was 254 and is now over 5,000.
The community was named for a grove of locust trees near the original town site.[5] Georgia General Assembly incorporated Locust Grove in 1893.[6]
Locust Grove is located in southern Henry County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 28.1sqkm, of which 27.6sqkm are land and 0.5sqkm, or 1.67%, are water.[7]
| White (non-Hispanic) | 3,125 | 34.93% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 4,627 | 51.72% | |
| Native American | 10 | 0.11% | |
| Asian | 140 | 1.56% | |
| Pacific Islander | 4 | 0.04% | |
| Other/Mixed | 431 | 4.82% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 610 | 6.82% |
Tanger Outlet Center opened for business in the fall of 1994. Since that time many new businesses have made Locust Grove their home.
Locust Grove is also home to Noah's Ark, a non-profit preserve and rehabilitation facility home to more than 1,000 animals. A group home sharing the site was previously licensed by the state of Georgia to provide residential care for up to 24 children but has since closed.
Locust Grove has a platform for watching the Norfolk Southern line that runs parallel to State Route 42/US Highway 23. It is equipped with a scanner radio that allows visitors to the platform to listen in to the local railroad frequency, which broadcasts out of the defect detector in nearby Jenkinsburg.