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RINGGOLD project on Depot Street, has brought new Catoosa County
Ringgold, the county seat, is a Georgia Main businesses – a butcher shop and deli, wine
Street city with a population of fewer than and bookstore, and a gift shop – to PEOPLE
4,000 people. Over the past five years, the downtown Ringgold.
city has secured funding to implement a
revitalization plan guided by the University Hometown dining and shopping along Catoosa Cost of Living Index: ..................87.6%
of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute. Paved Nashville Street attract many to the historic 7.3% lower cost-of-living than the Georgia average, 12.4% lower
walking trails now connect the shopping area. Gifts, boutiques, cafes, a winery, than the U.S. average, and 20% lower than Atlanta.
district to the recreation area, enhancing and fine dining make Ringgold a seat Population - Catoosa County .......................69,579
downtown and Depot Square with added of Southern hospitality and a favorite • City of Ringgold .........................................................3,559
greenspace and overall beautification. antiquing destination. A locally owned gym • City of Fort Oglethorpe .......................................... 10,658
is downtown as well. Median Age ............................................................41.6
Being in Ringgold means seeing how Median Home Value................................... $258,433
Downtown Ringgold historic preservation blends with modern FORT OGLETHORPE Median Household Income ..........................$70,859
development, preserving the character of Fort Oglethorpe is where history and Sources: Esri-GA Power; Georgia Dept. of Labor 2025; bestplaces.net Median Gross Rent ..............................................$953
a place with thoughtful enhancements. A community come together. Home to the Unemployment Rate ...........................................3.5%
recent initiative, the Benton Coal Building Chickamauga and Chattanooga National High School Graduate & Some College ..........89.8%
Bachelor’s Degree or Higher ...........................24.5%

DID YOU KNOW

Most of Ringgold’s downtown
buildings were burned in
the Civil War, but the
depot, four stores,
the Whitman house,
Jones house, and Evans
house survived. Ringgold
is where The General
locomotive, stolen by Union
soldiers, was recaptured by
Confederates during the Great
Locomotive Chase of 1862.

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