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Elberton is a city in and the county seat of Elbert County in northeast Georgia, and it is the county's largest city.

Elberton is known as the 'Granite Capital of the World.'

The settlement was designated the seat of newly formed Elbert County in 1790 and was incorporated as a town in 1803 and as a city in 1896.

Like the county, Elberton is named for Samuel Elbert, a Revolutionary War officer who served as governor of Georgia in the 1780s.

The 2020 census counted 4,640 residents in Elberton; the 2000 census had recorded 1,985 households in the city.

Elberton's granite industry began in 1889, when Nathaniel Long opened the first commercial quarry and manufacturing plant.

The Elberton area is dotted with dozens of granite quarries — as many as 45 — producing the famous blue-gray Elberton granite.

Elberton claims to produce more granite monuments and granite products than any other city in the world.

The Granite Bowl, the local high school football stadium built of granite, seats about 20,000 people — more than four times Elberton's population — and is home to the Elbert County Blue Devils.

The Elberton Granite Museum and Exhibit in the city documents the history of the granite industry.