Aragon, Georgia

The City of Aragon
—  City  —
Location in Polk County and the state of Georgia
Coordinates: 34°2′43″N 85°3′27″W
Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	Polk
Established	December 1899
Government
• Type	Mayor-Council
• Mayor	Ken Suffridge
Elevation	741 ft (226 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,249
• Density	944.5/sq mi (371.1/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	30104
Area code(s)	770
FIPS code	13-02592
GNIS feature ID	0354383

Aragon is a city in Polk County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 1,249.

Geography

Aragon is located at 34°2′43″N 85°3′27″W (34.045252, -85.057384).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,039 people, 399 households, and 284 families residing in the city. The population density was 965.1 people per square mile (371.4/km²). There were 424 housing units at an average density of 393.9 per square mile (151.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.21% White, 0.67% African American, 0.87% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.38% from other races, and 0.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.73% of the population.

There were 399 households out of which 35.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 11.0% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,053, and the median income for a family was $39,167. Males had a median income of $28,250 versus $21,406 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,084. About 11.0% of families and 17.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.9% of those under age 18 and 11.1% of those age 65 or over.

Election 2011

In Aragon, a two-way race for mayor was decided in favor of Ken Suffridge. He had 84 votes to 74 ballots cast for incumbent mayor Brenda F. Gazaway.

With only two candidates in the race, Suffridge's 10-vote lead was enough to take the victory.

Awaiting certification are two contested Aragon City Council races.

Aragon, like Cedartown, does not have election wards and its council seats are filled by a plurality of the vote. Four candidates sought two open seats.

Unofficial totals Tuesday night appeared to give victories to Charles H. Spinks, 81 votes (28.72 percent); and Curtis Burrus, 77 votes (27.3 percent).

However, Aragon had two provisional ballots awaiting review by the elections board. John R. Akins ended up with 76 votes (26.95 percent) and election officials said the outcome of the board’s review on Monday could potentially change the decision in this race.

For that to happen, however, both provisional ballots would have to be certified as valid votes, and both would have to go to Akins. Any other outcome for those ballots maintains the win for Burrus. (Spinks has enough votes to retain his win, regardless).

A fourth candidate, Judd Fee, had 46 votes (16.31 percent).