MidTown (Columbus, Georgia)

MidTown
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
CountyMuscogee
Population
 (2009)
 • Total22,000[1]
Area code(s)706
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Midtown (not to be mistaken for Midtown, New York) has an area of six square miles in Columbus, Georgia. It possesses residential neighbourhoods, eleven public schools, the Columbus Museum, the Columbus Public Library, the Muscogee County Public Education Center, the Columbus Aquatic Center and the international headquarters for Aflac. The population of Midtown is 22,000 residents living in 8500 households and is 10 kilometres north of Fort Benning on I-185.

Midtown's boundaries are Talbott on and Warm Springs Roads to the north; I-185 to the east; Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to the south; and 10th Avenue to the west. Midtown is centrally located to Columbus' many cycling amenities; Fall Line Trace bike trail parallels Midtown's northern boundary and the 14-mile (23 km) Riverwalk is one mile (1.6 km) away.[2]