Helen (Georgia)

White County

13-37788

Helen is a city located on the Chattahoochee River in White County in the north of the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2000 census, the city had 420 inhabitants.

The former logging town that was almost a ghost town, was saved from their own residents by a replica of a Bavarian alpine town made ​​out of it, of course, in the Appalachian Mountains, as a kind of alpine spare. The design was drawn up with the development plan, so that the classic southern German style is nowadays to find all kinds of buildings. Therefore, in Helen tourism is the main source of income of the inhabitants. Most tourists arrive at the weekend from the metropolitan Atlanta area. In late October Helen is full of crowds when the fall reaches its climax. In addition there own Oktoberfest during September, October and November will be held. There are many events and festivals during the year. One is the hot air balloon race that every year on the first weekend takes place in June.

The main road through the town is the Georgia State Route 75 The level of Helen ( HELG1 ) is located on the bridge over the Chattahoochee River in the middle of downtown. A parallel street to the west is marked as Georgia 75 Alt, so that one recognizes it as a ring road around the city. In the autumn, or on other weekends there are often traffic jams. The Unicoi State Park is located just northeast of Helen at the Georgia State Route 352

On 30 August 2005 Helen was partially destroyed when Hurricane Katrina caused a tornado in the area. The moving northward tornado was moving just past the city proper, but destroyed a lodge and a motel.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.5 km ²; of them was the whole earth.

Demography

According to the 2000 census, Helen had 430 inhabitants in 208 households, and 112 families residing in the city. The population density was 79 E / km ². There were 319 housing units at an average density of 58 GR / km ². In the city lived 82.56 % White, 5.12% African American, 0.23 % Native American, 10.93 % Asian, 0.23 % Pacific Islander population from the 0.47 % other "races" and 0.47 %, the "race" descended from two or more. Spaniards and Latinos of any "race" accounted for 3.02% of the population. Of the 208 households out of which 25 % had children under the age of 18 years who lived there, 38 % lived married together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.7 % were non-families. In 42.8 % of all households lived several people and 14.4 % of all households had someone who was 65 years of age or older and lived alone. The average household size was 2.07 and the average family size is 2.83. 20.5 % of the city 's population were under 18, 6.7 % from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 28.8 % between 45 and 64 and 16 % over 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 91 males. For every 100 women who were 18 or older, came to 88 men. The median income for a household in the city was $ 32,917, and the median income for a family was $ 40,781. Males had a median income of $ 39,107, whereas women had an income of $ 23,750. The per capita income for the city was $ 22,281. About 6.7% of families and 8.2% of the population were below the poverty line, of which 8.1% were under 18 years old and 8.8 % above 65 years of age or older.