- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Ringgold
- Creator:
- Peters, Andy
- Date of Original:
- 2003-07-17
- Subject:
- Ringgold (Ga.)
Cities and towns--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Catoosa County, 34.90366, -85.13825
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Ringgold, Georgia. The seat of Catoosa County in northwest Georgia, Ringgold is the county's second-largest city, with a population of 2,422 in 2000. (Fort Oglethorpe, seven miles to the west, is the largest). The world's largest concentration of carpet manufacturing companies is located in Dalton and Calhoun to the southeast of Ringgold, and some of these companies' secondary carpet and yarn plants are located there. The biggest, Shaw Industries, owned by Nebraska billionaire investor Warren Buffet, has several facilities in Ringgold. O. Wayne Rollins, cofounder of Rollins, Inc., was born near Ringgold, at Catoosa Springs. A philanthropist, Rollins donated millions of dollars to Emory University in Atlanta and Young Harris College in Towns County.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/ringgold/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Ringgold," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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