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Carrollton is a city in and the county seat of Carrollton County, Georgia. Located about an hour west of Atlanta, the City of Carrollton, GA is a thriving small town with surprisingly big appeal. From a rich and colorful local arts scene to an uncommon variety of outdoor amenities, the city truly offers something for everyone. Add in two colleges bursting with their own activities and classes, a host of locally-owned restaurants and shops, and a calendar full of lively events, and it’s easy to see that the City of Carrollton is Altogether Original. Historically, Carrollton has been a commercial center for several mostly rural counties in both Georgia and Alabama. It is the home of the University of West Georgia and West Georgia Technical College. The city’s current major employers are in construction, utilities, software, and healthcare. Many of the city’s current tenants are national retail chains and restaurants. The city also benefits from being located close to Interstate 20 and the Norfolk Southern Railway, as well as being an hour drive from Atlanta. From the parks linked by the greenbelt to the bright lights, music, food and fun of downtown, there is nowhere like Carrollton. Concerts at the amp, performances and exhibits at the center for the arts and southeastern quilt and textile museum, our historic train depot and a calendar full of exciting events fill our town with music, culture and history. Have a love for the outdoors? Check out our best-in-state disc-golf course, bike the Carrollton greenbelt or zip-line on the world’s longest canopy tour at historic banning mills. With diverse restaurants, live entertainment and local wineries and breweries, there’s always something happening in our town. Carrollton is one of a kind. Carrollton is included in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. Metro Atlanta is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the state of Georgia and the eighth-largest in the United States. Its economic, cultural, and demographic center is Atlanta, and its total population was 6,144,050 in the 2021 estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau. The metro area forms the core of a broader trading area, the Atlanta–Athens-Clarke–Sandy Springs Combined Statistical Area. The Combined Statistical Area spans up to 39 counties in North Georgia, and one county in Alabama, Chambers. The Combined Statistical Area recorded in the 2020 U.S. census a population of 6,930,423. Atlanta is the second-largest metropolitan area in the Census Bureau's Southeast region, behind that of Greater Washington, D.C. It surpassed the Greater Miami area in total population in 2021.