Grantville is located along the southern border of Coweta County.[5]U.S. Route 29 runs through the city, passing south of the center, while Interstate 85 passes through the eastern part of the city, crossing US 29 at Exit 35. I-85 leads northeast 46 miles (74km) to Atlanta and southwest 114 miles (183km) to Montgomery, Alabama, while US 29, a more local road, leads north 12 miles (19km) to Newnan, the Coweta County seat, and southwest 20 miles (32km) to LaGrange.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Grantville has a total area of 5.6 square miles (14.5km2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.05km2), or 0.31%, is water.[6]
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,103 people, 1,046 households, and 841 families residing in the city.
In film and television
A number of episodes of the AMC series The Walking Dead were shot in the town. Since the shooting of the series tourism to the town has increased greatly, making it an important industry to the town. Grantville was chosen as a location in The Walking Dead because of the number of faded and dilapidated buildings that give parts of the town a "post-apocalyptic" feeling, a result of the decline in the cotton industry in the area.[9]
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