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'''MidTown''' is an area of six square miles<ref name="Buxton Co">Buxton Co. http://www.buxtonco.com</ref> in [[SavanaSavannah, Georgia]]. Within its boundaries are diverse residential neighborhoods and historic districts, eleven public schools, numerous parks and public greenspaces, the Columbus Museum, the Columbus Public Library, the [[Muscogee County School District|Muscogee County Public Education Center]],the Columbus Aquatic Center, commercial office and retail districts, and the international headquarters for [[Aflac]]. MidTown is home to over 22,000 residents living in 8500 households<ref name="Buxton Co" /> and is six miles (10 km) north of [[Fort Benning]] on I-185.
 
MidTown's boundaries are Talbotton and Warm Springs Roads on the north; [[Interstate 185 (Georgia)|I-185]] on the east; Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard on the south; and 10th Avenue on the west. It is a diverse, and increasingly walkable and bicycle friendly part of town. MidTown is centrally located to Columbus' many cycling amenities: the newly opened Fall Line Trace bike trail parallels MidTown's northern boundary and access to the {{convert|14|mi|km|adj=on}} [[Chattahoochee RiverWalk|Riverwalk]] is one mile (1.6 km) away.<ref name="MidTown, Inc.">MidTown, Inc. http://www.midtowncolumbusga.org/</ref>