Cataula, Georgia

Cataula is an unincorporated community in Harris County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,934.^[1] It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The town's namesake is thought to originate from a Creek Indian word which means either Big Rock or Dead Mulberry.

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, which runs north to south through the city, leading south 15 mi (24 km) to Columbus and north 28 mi (45 km) to LaGrange. Georgia State Route 315 meets U.S. Route 27 in the city limits for a very short concurrency. Atlanta is 81 mi (130 km) by road to the northeast. Cataula sits at an elevation of 692 feet (221 meters) above sea level. Cataula is north of the fall line of Georgia.

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, Cataula is 85% White, 13% Black or African American, 0.07% Hispanic, 0.003% Asian, and 0.0001% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander.

Education

The community is home to two of the seven schools in the county:

• Mulberry Creek Elementary School
• Creekside Intermediate School (grades 5-6)

References

Municipalities and communities of Harris County, Georgia, United States
County seat: Hamilton
Cities	Hamilton Shiloh West Point‡
Towns	Pine Mountain‡ Waverly Hall
Unincorporated communities	Cataula Ellerslie Hopewell Jones Crossroads Pine Mountain Valley Piney Grove Whitesville
Mountains	Dowdell's Knob
Footnotes	‡ This symbol represents that the indicated city is part of two or more counties.

Greater Columbus, Georgia
Central cities/Largest cities	Columbus Auburn	Location of the Columbus, Georgia-Auburn, Alabama CSA and its counties:   Columbus, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area   Auburn, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area   Tuskegee, Alabama Micropolitan Statistical Area (defunct)
Cities in Georgia	Bibb City Buena Vista Cataula Columbus Cusseta Custer Terrace Fort Benning South Fortson Hamilton Hopewell Juniper Midland Mountain Hill Mulberry Grove Pine Mountain Rehobeth Ridgeway Shiloh Upatoi Waverly Hall West Point Whitesville
Cities in Alabama	Beauregard Bee Hive Beulah Cusseta Fort Mitchell Glenville Gold Hill Holy Trinity Hurtsboro Ladonia LaFayette Lanett Loachapoka Marvyn Notasulga Opelika Phenix City Roxana Salem Seale Smiths Station The Bottle Valley Waverly
Counties in Georgia	Chattahoochee Harris Marion Muscogee
Counties in Alabama	Chambers Lee Russell

External links

• Kingsboro & Cataula historical marker