Cartersville is a town in Bartow County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 19,731. The city is the county seat of Bartow County.

Cartersville was named for Colonel Farish Carter.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 23.5 square miles (60.9 km²), of which, 23.4 square miles (60.6 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) of it (0.51%) is water.

The following communities border the city:

Manufacturing, tourism, and services play a part in the economy of the city.^{[citation needed]}

The city has medical establishments including The Cartersville Medical Center, and The Hope Center.^{[citation needed]}

The Cartersville City School District holds grades pre-school to grade twelve. It consists of two elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school. The district has 226 full-time teachers and over 3,940 students.

As of the census of 2010, there were 19,010 people, 5,870 households, and 4,132 families residing in the city. The population density was 680.7 people per square mile (262.9/km²). There were 6,130 housing units at an average density of 262.0 per square mile (101.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 63.93% White, 29.64% African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.82% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.76% from other races, and 1.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.28% of the population.