Tallapoosa, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tallapoosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30176. The Survey maps it on the Tallapoosa South quadrangle. 3,227 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,138 feet above sea level.

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Tallapoosa within Haralson County

On record in Tallapoosa

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

North Tallapoosa Residential Historic Districtlisted 2003
Tallapoosa Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2016

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Haralson County Bridge, County Road 189, spanning Tallapoosa River, Tallapoosafederal building survey, 9 photographs

Population over time

3 figures

Tallapoosa grew from 2,789 to 3,227 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2000	2,789
2010	3,170	+381 (+14%)
2020	3,227	+57 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1889 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
1897 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Tallapoosa South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1975 USGS Tallapoosa South quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

724 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 724 fires within 5 miles of Tallapoosa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,539 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 431 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Arson/incendiarism	431
Debris and open burning	213
Equipment and vehicle use	25
Recreation and ceremony	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Railroad operations and maintenance	8
Natural	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Smoking	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	9.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-HARALSON-006
7 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	2.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-WALKER-017
7 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020HARALSON008
6 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-HARALSON-005
6 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Haralson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Tallapoosa: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bauxite Mine	Aluminum	Past Producer
Edwards Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer
Hollins (Royal) Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Royal Mine	Gold	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Haralson County

Storms near this place

44 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tallapoosa in 44 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
December 2008	Tornado (EF0)	Tallapoosa	$600,000	A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, GA concluded that a brief EF0 tornado touched down at the Haralson County High School, approximately three miles east-northeast of Tallapoosa. The tornado traveled on the ground between 100 and 150 yards with a maximum path width of 50 yards. The main classroom building suffered the majority of the damage, where a heating and air conditioning unit was blown off the roof and into the adjacent parking lot, causing minor damage to a few cars. A few windows were also broken and an outdoor scoreboard was destroyed. Several small trees on the campus were snapped, including one which fell onto the visitor's bleachers.
April 1998	Tornado (F1)	Tallapoosa	$300,000	Sight survey by a NWS employee confirmed an F0-F1 tornado. One mobile home was destroyed and 36 other homes, 7 businesses and 2 churches were damaged. Several vehicles were damaged and many trees were downed. There were no reported injuries but 3 families had to move into temporary shelters.The damage path began just inside the Georgia border from Alabama and ended just west of Tallapoosa.
April 2013	Hail	Old Tallapoosa	$247,000	The public reported golf ball sized hail on Highway 100 north of Tallapoosa.
March 2008	Hail	Tallapoosa	$172,000	An amateur radio operator reported golf ball-sized hail in the Tallapoosa area.
March 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Old Tallapoosa	$150,000	The Haralson Gateway-Beacon reported that numerous trees and power lines were blown down from Tallapoosa to Bremen. Several buildings in Tallapoosa sustained minor damage. The Tally Mountain Golf Course had between 400-500 trees blown down and a fence and a porch destroyed. In Bremen, several signs were damaged and a business sustained roof damage.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Tallapoosa	$100,000	The Haralson county EMA director and the public reported severe thunderstorm wind damage across Haralson county. There were 7 homes and 2 businesses damaged. Numerous trees were blown down. One tree fell on a house and another on a vehicle. There were 10 roads blocked by fallen trees.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Tallapoosa	$75,000	The Haralson County 911 Center reported that there were many downed trees across the county. In addition, a tree had fallen on a home in Tallapoosa causing damage to the structure and an adjacent vehicle.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Old Tallapoosa	$50,000	The Haralson County 911 Center reported that nine trees were blown down in the Tallapoosa area, including several along Highway 120. Two of the trees fell on houses.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Old Tallapoosa	$6,000	The Haralson County 911 center reported several trees and power lines blown down along Highway 78 near Tallapoosa.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Old Tallapoosa	$5,000	Multiple trees down around Tallapoosa and Buchanan.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Old Tallapoosa	$5,000	The Haralson County Emergency Manager reported 5 trees blown down along Broad Street in Tallapoosa.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Tallapoosa	$5,000	The Haralson County 911 Center reported that at least a dozen trees were down, especially around Tallapoosa.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Old Tallapoosa	$4,000	The Haralson County 911 center reported numerous trees blown down across the county.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Tallapoosa	$4,000	The Haralson County 911 Center reported that more than four trees and two power lines were down across the far southern part of the county, generally along and south of a line from Tallapoosa to Bremen.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Tallapoosa	$3,000	The Haralson County 911 Center reported that a number of trees were blown down across the county.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Tallapoosa	$3,000	The Tallapoosa Police Department reported that a couple of power lines were down in the city. The Haralson County Sheriff's Department reported that a couple of trees were down as well.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Tallapoosa	$2,000	The Haralson County Emergency Management Director and the county 911 Center reported that three trees were down across the southern part of the county. A couple of phone lines were also down as a result.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Tallapoosa	$2,000	The public reported that several trees were down in the area.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Tallapoosa	$1,500	The public reported that thunderstorm downburst winds blew down up to five trees.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Old Tallapoosa	$1,000	Tree blocking the road near the intersection of berlin and bowdon st.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Tallapoosa	$1,000	The Haralson County Fire Department reported that up to three trees were down across the county.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Tallapoosa	$1,000	The public reported that trees were blown down on Bethany Street.
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Tallapoosa	$1,000	no account filed
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Tallapoosa	$500	The Haralson County 911 center reported that a couple of trees were blown down.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Tallapoosa	$500	Thunderstorm winds knocked down a couple of trees.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Old Tallapoosa	-	Several trees reported down in the city of Tallapoosa.
May 2011	Hail	Tallapoosa	-	The Haralson County Fire Department and the public observed nickel-sized hail in the Tallapoosa area. WSR-88D radar data suggests that similar-size hail likely fell across the county from the west central areas to the northeast near Draketown.
February 2009	Hail	Tallapoosa	-	A Haralson County Sheriff's Deputy observed half-dollar-sized-hail in southern Haralson county.
April 2008	Hail	Tallapoosa	-	The public reported nickel-sized hail along Old Jacksonville Road in western Haralson county near the Alabama state line.
April 2008	Hail	Tallapoosa	-	A storm spotter observed penny-sized hail northwest of Tallapoosa.
July 2007	Hail	Tallapoosa	-	An amateur radio operator relayed a report of penny-sized hail in Tallapoosa and the public observed penny-sized hail in Bremen.
July 2007	Hail	Tallapoosa	-	The public reported penny-sized hail.
June 2006	Lightning	Tallapoosa	-	The Harlason County Sheriff's Department reported that lightning struck a trailer. No damage information was specified.
April 2005	Hail	Tallapoosa	-	The Tallapoosa Police Department observed penny-sized hail.
May 2003	Hail	Tallapoosa	-	An amateur radio operator reported penny-sized hail.
May 2002	Hail	Tallapoosa	-	The public reported golf ball size hail.
May 2002	Hail	Tallapoosa	-	The Haralson county 911 center reported quarter size hail northwest of Tallapoosa near Jacksonville Road.
October 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Tallapoosa	-	The Haralson county 911 center reported that a single tree was blown down.
July 2000	Hail	Tallapoosa	-	The public reported dime size hail.
July 1999	Hail	Tallapoosa	-	The public reported nickel size hail.
June 1999	Hail	Tallapoosa	-	no account filed
June 1999	Hail	Tallapoosa	-	no account filed
January 1997	Hail	Tallapoosa	-	no account filed
July 1995	Hail	Tallapoosa	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Haralson County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Old Tallapoosa	0.8 miles	14
West Crossing	2.5 miles	15
Hooper	2.7 miles	15
Budapest	4.2 miles	15
Poplar Springs	4.7 miles	14
Tabernacle	4.9 miles	16
Steadman	6.1 miles	14
Waco	6.3 miles	15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Tallapoosa	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q279626	The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 323891. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.