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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- Basic info ----------------> | |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = [[City]] |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Cavespring.jpg |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = Downtown Cave Spring |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = Floyd_County_Georgia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Cave_Spring_Highlighted.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location in [[Floyd County, Georgia|Floyd County]] and the state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Georgia (U.S. state)|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Floyd County, Georgia|Floyd]] |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_13.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=December 18, 2021}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 9.54 |area_land_km2 = 9.50 |area_water_km2 = 0.04 |area_total_sq_mi = 3.68 |area_land_sq_mi = 3.67 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.02 |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population 200PEOPLE -----------------------> |population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]] |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 1174 |population_density_km2 = 123.61 |population_density_sq_mi = 320.15 |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]] |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |coordinates = {{coord|34|6|32|N|85|20|10|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = 195 |elevation_ft = 640 <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] |postal_code = 30124 |area_code = [[Area codes 6-7 and 762|706/762]] |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 13-14108<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = 0355041<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref> |website = {{URL|www.cityofcavespring.com}} |footnotes = |pop_est_as_of = |pop_est_footnotes = |population_est = }} '''Cave Spring''' is a city near [[Floyd County, Georgia|Floyd County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. It is located {{convert|17|mi}} southwest of [[Rome, Georgia|Rome]], the [[county seat]]. The population of Cave Spring was 1,200 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1314108 |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Cave Spring city, Georgia |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |work=American FactFinder |access-date=April 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213064548/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1314108 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> up from 975 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Rome, Georgia [[Rome, Georgia metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. The town is named for its natural [[Solutional cave|limestone cave]] and mineral spring site which serves as the main source of drinking water for nearby communities. The spring flows from the cave into a rock holding pond in Rolater Park and then into a {{convert|1.5|acre|m2|adj=on}} swimming pool constructed of stones. Spring water is piped to local homes and businesses by the public-utility service of Cave Spring.<ref name="City of Cave Spring">{{cite web |url=https://www.cityofcavespring.com/utilities.asp |title=City of Cave Spring |date=2021 |department=Public Utilities |website=City of Cave Spring |access-date=February 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107024403/https://www.cityofcavespring.com/utilities.asp/20181107024403/http://www.originalurl.com |archive-date=November 7, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Visitors may also bring jugs to fill at the spring and take home for drinking.
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