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Alpharetta is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 34,855.

Selected for its location next to a spring, it began as a campground, and was originally known as New Prospect Camp Ground until late 1858. Officially chartered on December 11 of that year, Alpharetta (Greek for "first town") became the county seat of Milton County until the end of 1931, when Milton was merged with Fulton County to avoid bankruptcy during the Great Depression. [link]

Georgia 400 (U.S. 19) is the freeway connecting suburban Alpharetta with Atlanta to the south. It parallels surface highway S.R. 9, which was originally multiplexed with U.S. 19 and was the only paved road through town prior to the county merger. The town also had no railroad, a rarity for the area. Despite its poor start then, and being one of the furthest-out large suburbs in metro Atlanta, it is now home to numerous mid-rise buildings of 10 or more floors each, which are home to many high-tech companies including Lucent, Nortel, IBM, Sun Microsystems, AT&T, Siemens, Verizon, Alltel, E*Trade, and the headquarters of ChoicePoint.

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Government

Alpharetta is governed by a city council comprised of six members and a mayor. The mayor and council members serve staggered four-year terms.

Mayors:

Geography

Location of Alpharetta, Georgia
Alpharetta is located at [34°4′24″N, 84°16′52″W] (34.073318, -84.281086)[Geographic references#1GR1].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 55.4 km² (21.4 mi²). 55.3 km² (21.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.05% is water.

Demographics

As of the census[Geographic references#2GR2] of 2000, there were 34,854 people, 13,911 households, and 8,916 families residing in the city. The population density was 630.0/km² (1,631.6/mi²). There were 14,670 housing units at an average density of 265.2/km² (686.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 84.9% White, 6.8% African American, 0.5% Native American, 6.2% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 3.1% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.53% of the population.

In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The numbers for race may add to more than the total population and the percentages for race may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.

There were 13,911 households out of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.1% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.0% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 40.5% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 5.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 98.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $71,207, and the median income for a family was $97,718. Males had a median income of $69,275 versus $49,935 for females. The per capita income for the city was $51,432. About 2.9% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.4% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The city is served by Fulton County Schools.

Public elementary schools located in Alpharetta include:

Hembree Springs Elementary School, Mimosa Elementary School, and Sweet Apple Elementary School, all in Roswell, serve portions of Alpharetta.

Public middle schools located in Alpharetta include:

In addition, Crabapple Middle School and Elkins Pointe Middle School, two middle schools in Roswell, serve portions of Alpharetta.

Three public high schools are located in Alpharetta: Alpharetta High School, Chattahoochee High School, and Milton High School.

In addition Centennial High School in Roswell and Northview High School in Duluth serve parts of Alpharetta.

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