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About Barnesville
City in Georgia, United StatesBarnesville is a city in and the county seat of Lamar County, Georgia, United States, located just outside of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, Barnesville had a population of 6,292. Barnesville is located 37 miles (60 km) northwest of Macon and 60 miles (97 km) south of Atlanta. It was called the "Buggy Capital of the South", as the town produced about 9,000 buggies a year around the turn of the 20th century. Each year in the third week of September the town hosts an annual Buggy Days celebration.
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Housing in Barnesville
The typical Barnesville home is worth about $261,000, up 5% in a year, 21% below the Georgia typical home.
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Safety in Barnesville
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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Barnesville's police department reported none of them, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Schools in Barnesville
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The public schools Barnesville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 68% of Georgia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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