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2 days ago · Welcome to the Rockdale County, Georgia official website. Discover information about our county, services, and resources available to our community. Explore our departments, news and events, and learn about opportunities for involvement.
Rockdale County is a county located in the North Central portion in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 93,570 up from 85,215 in 2010. [1] [2] The county seat is Conyers. [3] Rockdale County is included in Metro Atlanta.
1 day ago · Rockdale County has issued a nightly shelter-in-place order due to potential hazardous exposure to smoke and chemicals from a weekend BioLab facility fire.
3 days ago · Officials in Fulton County, to the west of Rockdale County, were investigating reports of a haze and a strong chemical smell believed to be related to the plume from the plant, Atlanta-Fulton...
4 days ago · Orders to evacuate and shelter-in-place were lifted in Rockdale County, Ga. on Monday night after authorities deemed the environment safe after a chemical plant fire broke out Sunday morning.
Conyers is the county seat of Rockdale County, in Georgia, United States. [4] The city is 24 miles (38.6 km) east of downtown Atlanta and is a part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of 2020, its population was 17,305. The formerly separate town of Milstead is now part of Conyers.
In 2022, Rockdale County, GA had a population of 93.6k people with a median age of 39 and a median household income of $68,999. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Rockdale County, GA grew from 92,983 to 93,641, a 0.708% increase and its median household income grew from $64,230 to $68,999, a 7.42% increase.
Rockdale became Georgia’s 133 rd county and is the second smallest in size of Georgia’s 159 counties. Covering 128 square miles, Rockdale borders Gwinnett and Walton Counties on the north, Newton on the south, and Henry and DeKalb Counties on the west.
Jan 20, 2006 · Conyers, located twenty miles east of Atlanta on Interstate 20, is the seat of Rockdale County and part of the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area. The known history of Conyers and Rockdale County dates back more than 10,000 years, when Native Americans, referred to as the “Mound Builders,” made the area their home.
Apr 13, 2006 · Rockdale County in north central Georgia was created from parts of Henry and Newton counties in 1870. Its name was inspired by the granite strata underlying the surface soil in the area, which was originally inhabited by mound dwellers, and then by Creek and Cherokee Indians .
