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ROOPVILLE Famous Son: John King “J.K.” Roop Every 3rd Saturday of September
Population 226 Legendary Annual Homecoming Festival 4 Built a mill, a blacksmith shop and several stores The Roopville Homecoming Festival is an annual event

The City of Roopville is Carroll County's smallest. Citizens are 4 Served on the Carroll County Board of Education featuring local entertainment, arts and crafts. Attendees
governed by a mayor and five council members. 4 Donated land to expand Roopville take tours of the Roop House and the old Roopville Post

4 Chartered in 1885 HISTORICAL HOT SPOT Office, which houses the Roopville Archive and Museum.
4 Named after John King Roop, son of Martin Roop who was The Roop House is an 1880s “Steamboat Gothic”
head of the town’s first family plantation house and a restored local treasure in the
4 City limits are marked as 500 yards from the Roop House heart of Roopville – literally the town is centered
in any direction. around it. Members of the Roop family continued
4 Peaceful lifestyle to live in the house until the 1990s. The property
4 Beautifully rural landscape embodies Southern charm at its best and is available
4 Crossroads shopping for weddings, gatherings and celebrations.
4 The Roop House is a wonderful location for special events

TEMPLE Janus International will join the group of successful international tracts in the Temple Industrial Park. There has been
Population 4,432 Nation’s First School Bus firms based in Carroll County when their corporate headquarters are domestic and international development interest, and
The City of Temple has a mayor and five council members who completed on the 34 acres the company recently purchased. needed infrastructure expansions are being explored.
set policy for a city administrator and professional staff. The city In partnership with the Development Authority of Carroll County and Annual Anniversary Celebration
provides garbage pickup and street maintenance services and Carroll Tomorrow, the City of Temple is actively promoting several Every September since Temple celebrated its 126th
operates its own water distribution and wastewater collection and year in 2009, citizens gather together, inviting all who
treatment systems. Temple maintains its own police department, care to join in, to pay homage to Temple’s past and
and Carroll County provides the city with fire protection services.
future. Check the City of Temple website calendar for
4 Known as Ringer’s Crossroads until the Georgia Pacific Railroad this year’s dates.
cut through Carroll County
4 Chartered in 1883
4 Named after a Civil War veteran and chief engineer of the railroad,
Major Robert H. Temple Major Temple Garden Club
4 “Carroll County’s Best Kept Secret”
4 Retail district near 1-20 access point HISTORICAL HOT SPOT The City of Temple’s Senior Center is open
4 Active recreation department and refurbished recreation complex The Temple Model School Monday through Friday, with recreational and
4 Affordable living 4 Opened in 1904 social events on Fridays and some Saturdays.
4 Ranked one of Georgia’s 50 safest cities 4 Known statewide and used as template for other agricultural The cost of membership is low, and the center’s
and homemaking programs schedule is packed, including line and square
The thriving Temple Industrial Park is home to Janus International and dancing, Bible study, dances, trips and much more.
Royal Metals, which combined, employ more than 500 people. In late 2019, 4 Nation’s first school bus ran in Temple and was horse drawn.

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