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| named_for = [[Samuel Ringgold (United States Army officer)|Samuel Ringgold]]
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| leader_name = [[Nick Millwood]]
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The [[Battle of Ringgold Gap]] took place on November 27, 1863. Confederate Major General [[Patrick Cleburne]] with 4,100 men used the mountain pass known as the Ringgold Gap to stall the advance of Union Major General [[Joseph Hooker]] and his troops. Hooker's troops were over 12,000 strong. It was a [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] victory because it allowed Confederate artillery and wagon trains to move safely through the Ringgold Gap unharmed while inflicting high [[Union Army|Union]] casualties.
 
The Whitman-Anderson House is located in Ringgold and is listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP). From their house, the Whitman family watched the Battle of Ringgold Gap, during which William Whitman's [[general store]] was destroyed. After the Confederates evacuated Ringgold, General Grant requisitioned the Whitman's house as his headquarters. After General Grant moved on, General Sherman ordered the burning of the town of Ringgold, but spared the Whitman house, which remained in the Whitman family until 1902.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forgottengeorgia2.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-whitman-anderson-house-in-ringgold.html |author=Sarge, Andy |title=Forgotten Georgia: The Whitman-Anderson House in Ringgold |date=14 February 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Whitman-Anderson House, Ringgold, Georgia|website=rs.locationshub.com|url=https://rs.locationshub.com/Home/LocationDetail?rsLocationId=042-10001788}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=9061 | title=The Whitman House Historical Marker, Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia|postscript=; erected 1955 by Georgia Histocial Commission (Marker Number 023-10)}}</ref>
 
On March 14, 2002, a sudden heavy fog played havoc with morning traffic and contributed to one of the worst traffic pileups in history; 125 vehicles crashed on [[Interstate 75]] North and four people died.<ref>[http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/03/14/highway.wreck/index.html March 14, 2002 pileup on I-75]</ref>
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[[File:Ringgold Exit.jpg|thumb|Ringgold, Georgia Exit]]
 
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|12.3|km2|disporder=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.01|km2|disporder=flip|3}}, or 0.11%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>
 
===Topography===
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===2000 census===
At the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2" /> there were 2,422 people, 1,033 households and 644 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|617.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,116 housing units at an average density of {{convert|284.3|/sqmimi2|/km2|spdisp=uspreunit|units&nbsp;|units|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 91.33% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.32% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.25% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.50% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.58% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.03% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.82% of the population.
 
There were 1,033 households, of which 30.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 17.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.6% were non-families. 32.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.85.
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==Notable people==
* [[Logan Baldwin]], professional baseball player
*[[Edgar William Brown|Edgar William Brown, Sr.]] (1859–1917) physician turned successful businessman in Texas lumber and oil industry, born in Ringgold
* [[Austin Davis (American football)|Austin Davis]], professional football player, coach, born in Ringgold
* [[David Dreyer]], American politician
* [[Stacey Evans]], American politician
* [[Randall Franks]] American film and TV actor, entertainer, author<ref>{{Cite web|title=Local entertainer reunites with “In"In the Heat of the Night”Night" cast for homecoming|url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/catwalkchatt/lifestyles/local_a_e/local-entertainer-reunites-with-in-the-heat-of-the-night-cast-for-homecoming/article_484c128a-79a0-11e5-8203-bff1bd764e07.html|access-date=2021-09-23|website=Northwest Georgia News|date=25 October 2015 |language=en}}</ref> <ref> {{Cite web|title=Ringgold’sRinggold's Randall Franks inducted into America’sAmerica's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame|url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/catoosa_walker_news/lifestyles/local_a_e/ringgold-s-randall-franks-inducted-into-america-s-old-time-country-music-hall-of-fame/article_f907c074-ee95-11e9-9090-0f93b23fff32.html|access-date=2021-09-23|website=Northwest Georgia News|date=14 October 2019 |language=en}} </ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=American Actor/Entertainer Randall Franks enjoys keeping cameras rolling in his home state|date=18 December 2019 |url=https://georgiaentertainmentnews.com/2019/12/american-actor-entertainer-randall-franks-enjoys-keeping-cameras-rolling-in-his-home-state/|access-date=2021-09-23|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Roy Hawes]] (1926-20171926–2017), professional baseball player, died in Ringgold
* [[Dewayne Hill]], American politician
* [[Hugh Hill (baseball)|Hugh Hill]], (1879–1958), professional baseball blayerplayer, born in Ringgold
* [[Barbara Leigh]] (born 1946), actress, born in Ringgold
* [[McCracken Poston]], attorney, author, politician
* [[O. Wayne Rollins]] (1912-19911912–1991), co-founder of [[Rollins, Inc.]]<ref name="Pifer2001">{{cite book|author=Drury L. Pifer|title=Hanging the Moon: The Rollins Rise to Riches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TqG8sh3yNiIC&pg=PA64|access-date=27 August 2015|year=2001|publisher=University of Delaware Press|isbn=978-0-87413-744-6|page=65}}</ref>
* [[Cole Wilcox]], professional baseball player, [[Heritage High School (Ringgold, Georgia)|Heritage High School]] alumnus
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