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ROOPVILLE Famous Son: Keith Jackson Come Home to Roopville
Population 264 Legendary Annual Homecoming Festival 4 American sports commentator, journalist, author,
and radio personality The Roopville Homecoming Festival is an annual event
4 Chartered in 1885 4 Best known for his coverage of college football featuring local entertainment, arts and crafts. Attendees
4 Named after John King Roop, son of Martin Roop from 1952 until 2006 take tours of the Roop House and the old Roopville Post
who was head of the town’s first family 4 Was a regular part of ABC's “Wide World of Sports” Office, home to the Roopville Archive and Museum.
4 City limits are marked as 500 yards from
the Roop House in any direction. HISTORICAL HOT SPOT
4 Peaceful lifestyle The Roop House anchors the tiny historic town that extends 500 yards in
4 Beautifully rural landscape every direction from the restored “steamboat gothic” plantation house. Other
4 Crossroads shopping treasures like historic homes, buildings, the post office and churches are still
4 The Roop House is a wonderful
location for special events standing as well. The Historical Society and archives are open during the
Homecoming Festival on the third weekend of September or by appointment.

TEMPLE Carroll Tomorrow, the City of Temple is actively promoting several Celebrating Temple Every Year
Population 4,549 Nation’s First School Bus additional tracts in the Temple Industrial Park to suit domestic Every September, Temple’s citizens and visitors
and international development interest. gather to celebrate the wonderful small town and
The mayor and five council members set policy for Temple’s city
administrator and professional staff who oversee operations that pay homage to Temple’s past and future. Check
include providing trash pickup, street maintenance, and a police the City of Temple website calendar for this year’s
department. Temple also operates its own water distribution and dates. Temple will celebrate the 138th anniversary
wastewater collection and treatment systems. Carroll County of its founding in 2021.
provides the city with fire protection services.

4 Known as Ringer’s Crossroads until the Georgia Pacific Railroad
cut through Carroll County Speaking of Carroll County . . .
4 Chartered in 1883 “I believe the Carroll County community of
4 Named after a chief engineer of the railroad, Robert H. Temple government organizations uniquely
4 “Carroll County’s Best Kept Secret” possesses a spirit of teamwork
4 Retail District near 1-20 access point Temple Pharmacy as we work for our individual
4 Active recreation department and refurbished recreation complex communities and
4 Affordable living HISTORICAL HOT SPOT
4 Ranked one of Georgia’s 50 safest cities Temple is known as the birthplace of the school bus. Students Carroll County overall.”
in the early 20th century were transported to the Temple Model ~ Michael C. Johnson,
The thriving Temple Industrial Park is home to Janus International Mayor, City of Temple
and Royal Metals, which combined, employ more 500 people. School in mule-drawn covered wagons. The school became a
In partnership with the Development Authority of Carroll County and model for its agricultural and homemaking programs.

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