Dalton
Whitfield County, GA
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (population) and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (median age, income, households, homeownership).
The Carpet Capital of the World
Dalton began as a settlement called Cross Plains and was renamed in 1847, the same year the Western and Atlantic Railroad reached town; Whitfield County was created in 1851 with Dalton as its seat. The city sits in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and is the second-largest city in northwest Georgia.
Dalton is known worldwide as the 'Carpet Capital of the World' — a title tracing to Catherine Evans Whitener's revival of hand-tufted chenille bedspreads starting in 1895, which grew by the 1950s into a machine-tufted carpet industry. More than 80% of America's tufted carpet is still manufactured within 100 miles of Dalton, and Shaw Industries, a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, is headquartered here.
Why Buyers Choose Dalton
A Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary and major carpet/flooring manufacturer, headquartered in Dalton.
Traces to Catherine Evans Whitener's revival of hand-tufted chenille bedspreads starting in 1895; more than 80% of America's tufted carpet is still manufactured within 100 miles of Dalton.
Photo: Thomson200, CC0A public four-year college founded in 1963 as Dalton Junior College.
Photo: Wgcoburn, CC BY-SA 4.0Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, about 20 acres and 85 contributing buildings including the 1852 Western & Atlantic Depot.
Photo: Moonpyegirl, CC BY-SA 3.0An 1855 gristmill complex near Dalton, on the National Register, hosting a well-known biannual arts and crafts festival.
A Civil War site with intact Confederate stone breastworks from 1864 engagements during Sherman's Atlanta Campaign.
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Dalton Parks
- Civil War site with intact Confederate stone breastworks
Photo: Moonpyegirl, CC BY-SA 3.0- 1855 gristmill complex
- Hosts a biannual arts & crafts festival
Dalton Schools
- Blue Ridge Elementary School
- Brookwood Elementary School
- City Park Elementary School
- Park Creek Elementary School
- Roan Elementary School
- Westwood Elementary School
- Hammond Creek Middle School
- Dalton Jr. High School
- Dalton High School
- Christian Heritage School
Dalton Public Schools is an independent city school district with a boundary matching Dalton's city limits, separate from Whitfield County Schools, which serves surrounding communities like Tunnel Hill, Varnell, and Cohutta. School assignments are based on home address and can change — contact the appropriate district directly to confirm which schools serve a specific property.
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The tufted carpet industry traces to Catherine Evans Whitener's 1895 revival of hand-tufted chenille bedspreads, which grew into a machine-tufted carpet industry; more than 80% of America's tufted carpet is still manufactured within 100 miles of Dalton.
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