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Location | State of Georgia |
Number | 159 |
Populations | Greatest: 1,079,105 (Fulton) Least: 1,609 (Taliaferro) Average: 69,366 (2023) |
Areas | Largest: 908 square miles (2,350 km2) (Ware) Smallest: 121 square miles (310 km2) (Clarke) Average: 373.7 square miles (968 km2) |
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The U.S. state of Georgia is divided into 159 counties, the second-highest number after Texas, which has 254 counties. Under the Georgia State Constitution, all of its counties are granted home rule to deal with problems that are purely local in nature. Also, eight consolidated city-counties have been established in Georgia: Athens–Clarke County, Augusta–Richmond County, Columbus–Muscogee County, Georgetown–Quitman County, Statenville–Echols County, Macon–Bibb County, Cusseta–Chattahoochee County, and Preston-Webster County.
From 1732 until 1758, the minor civil divisions in Georgia were districts and towns. In 1758, the Province of Georgia was divided into eight parishes, and another four parishes were created in 1765. On February 5, 1777, the original eight counties of the state were created: Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Richmond, and Wilkes.
Georgia has the second-largest number of counties of any state in the United States, only behind Texas, which has 254 counties. [1] One traditional reasoning for the creation and location of so many counties in Georgia was that a country farmer, rancher, or lumberman should be able to travel to the legal county seat town or city, and then back home, in one day on horseback or via wagon. About 25 counties in Georgia were created in the first quarter of the 20th century, after the use of the railroad, automobile, truck, and bus had become possible. Because of the County Unit System, later declared unconstitutional, new counties, no matter the population, had at least one representative in the state house, keeping political power in rural areas. [2] [3] The last new county to be established in Georgia was Peach County, founded in 1924.
The proliferation of counties in Georgia led to multiple state constitutional amendments attempting to limit the number of counties. The most recent such amendment, ratified in 1945, limited the number to 159 counties, although there had been 161 counties from 1924 to 1931. In a rare consolidation of counties, both Campbell County and Milton County were annexed into Fulton County in 1932 as a financial move during the Great Depression, since those two county governments were nearly bankrupt. Fulton County contains Atlanta, and it was thought that tax revenues from Atlanta and its suburbs would help to support the rural areas of the discarded counties, which had very little tax income of their own—mostly from property taxes on farms and forests, which did not amount to much.
Due to Georgia's high number of unpopulated counties, Georgia judges are able to get around a state constitutional provision prohibiting banishment "beyond the limits of this state" by banishing criminals from all but one county of the state, usually Echols County. Because the one county where the banished criminal is technically allowed to live is so unpopulated, the banished criminals will leave the state of Georgia rather than move to that county. [4]
Georgia is the only state that still allows sole commissioner county government. As of 2021, seven of the state's 159 counties operate under that system.
During the 2022 legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly began considering reducing the number of counties in the state. [5] Despite the state increasing in population by over one million according to the 2020 Census, 67 counties lost population, mostly in rural areas. The rationale for consolidating counties is to reduce costs for county services such as school systems, law enforcement and elections. [5] [6]
A few counties in Georgia have changed their names. Jasper County was originally named "Randolph County". Later, the present-day Randolph County was founded. Webster County was once named "Kinchafoonee County", and Bartow County was originally named "Cass County".
Per the 2020 Census, 36 of Georgia's 159 counties are majority-minority. Eighteen have African-American majorities and 18 are majority-minority with no dominant group. An influx of immigrants to the Atlanta metropolitan area and Latino workers to the Black Belt has helped to fuel the shift.
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County | FIPS code [12] | County seat [13] | Est. [13] | Origin [14] | Etymology [14] | Density | Population [15] | Area [13] | Map |
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ApplingCounty | 001 | Baxley | 1818 | Land ceded by the Creek Indians in the Treaty of Fort Jackson in 1814 and the Treaty of the Creek Agency in 1818 | Colonel Daniel Appling (1787–1818), a hero of the War of 1812 | 36.26/sq mi (14.00/km2) | 18,457 | 509 sq mi (1,318 km2) | |
AtkinsonCounty | 003 | Pearson | 1917 | Clinch and Coffee counties | William Yates Atkinson (1854–99), governor of Georgia (1894–98) and speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives | 24.54/sq mi (9.47/km2) | 8,293 | 338 sq mi (875 km2) | |
BaconCounty | 005 | Alma | 1914 | Appling, Pierce and Ware counties | Augustus Octavius Bacon (1839–1914), U.S. Senator (1895–1914); President pro tempore of the United States Senate | 39.03/sq mi (15.07/km2) | 11,124 | 285 sq mi (738 km2) | |
BakerCounty | 007 | Newton | 1825 | Early County | Colonel John Baker (died 1792), a hero of the American Revolutionary War | 8.00/sq mi (3.09/km2) | 2,743 | 343 sq mi (888 km2) | |
BaldwinCounty | 009 | Milledgeville | 1803 | Creek cessions of 1802 and 1805 | Abraham Baldwin (1754–1807), a Founding Father; U.S. Senator (1799–1807); one of the Georgia delegates who signed the U.S. Constitution | 168.20/sq mi (64.94/km2) | 43,396 | 258 sq mi (668 km2) | |
BanksCounty | 011 | Homer | 1859 | Franklin and Habersham counties | Dr. Richard Banks (1784–1850), local physician noted for treating natives with smallpox | 84.57/sq mi (32.65/km2) | 19,789 | 234 sq mi (606 km2) | |
BarrowCounty | 013 | Winder | 1914 | Gwinnett, Jackson and Walton counties | "Uncle Dave" David Crenshaw Barrow Jr. (1852–1929), chancellor of the University of Georgia (1906–29) | 572.79/sq mi (221.16/km2) | 92,792 | 162 sq mi (420 km2) | |
BartowCounty | 015 | Cartersville | 1832 | Created from a portion of Cherokee County and originally called Cass County after General Lewis Cass | General Francis S. Bartow (1816–61), Confederate political leader; first Confederate general killed in the American Civil War | 250.09/sq mi (96.56/km2) | 115,041 | 460 sq mi (1,191 km2) | |
Ben HillCounty | 017 | Fitzgerald | 1906 | Irwin and Wilcox counties | Benjamin Harvey Hill (1823–82), U.S. Senator (1877–82) | 67.97/sq mi (26.24/km2) | 17,128 | 252 sq mi (653 km2) | |
BerrienCounty | 019 | Nashville | 1856 | Coffee, Irwin, and Lowndes counties | John Macpherson Berrien (1781–1856), U.S. Senator; U.S. Attorney General | 41.08/sq mi (15.86/km2) | 18,570 | 452 sq mi (1,171 km2) | |
BibbCounty | 021 | Macon | 1822 | Houston, Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs counties | Dr. William Wyatt Bibb (1780–1820), first Governor of Alabama; U.S. Senator | 626.05/sq mi (241.72/km2) | 156,512 | 250 sq mi (647 km2) | |
BleckleyCounty | 023 | Cochran | 1912 | Pulaski County | Logan Edwin Bleckley (1827–1907), Georgia State Supreme Court Chief Justice | 57.44/sq mi (22.18/km2) | 12,465 | 217 sq mi (562 km2) | |
BrantleyCounty | 025 | Nahunta | 1920 | Charlton, Pierce, and Wayne counties | Benjamin Daniel Brantley (1832-91), a state legislator, local merchant and confederate soldier or William Gordon Brantley (1860–1934), U.S. Congressman | 41.44/sq mi (16.00/km2) | 18,401 | 444 sq mi (1,150 km2) | |
BrooksCounty | 027 | Quitman | 1858 | Lowndes and Thomas counties | Captain Preston S. Brooks (1819–57), a hero of the Mexican–American War; Congressman from South Carolina | 32.88/sq mi (12.70/km2) | 16,245 | 494 sq mi (1,279 km2) | |
BryanCounty | 029 | Pembroke | 1793 | Chatham County | Jonathan Bryan (1708–88), colonial settler; famous state representative | 112.53/sq mi (43.45/km2) | 49,739 | 442 sq mi (1,145 km2) | |
BullochCounty | 031 | Statesboro | 1796 | Bryan and Screven counties | Archibald Bulloch (1729–77), a hero of the Revolutionary War; Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives; acting governor of Georgia (1775–77) and first governor of Georgia | 123.47/sq mi (47.67/km2) | 84,327 | 683 sq mi (1,769 km2) | |
BurkeCounty | 033 | Waynesboro | 1777 | Originally organized as St. George Parish | Edmund Burke (1729–97), British-American political philosopher and Member of Parliament (MP) who sympathized with the cause of American independence | 29.41/sq mi (11.36/km2) | 24,438 | 831 sq mi (2,152 km2) | |
ButtsCounty | 035 | Jackson | 1825 | Henry and Monroe counties | Captain Samuel Butts (1777–1814), a hero of the Creek War | 143.78/sq mi (55.51/km2) | 26,887 | 187 sq mi (484 km2) | |
CalhounCounty | 037 | Morgan | 1854 | Baker and Early counties | John C. Calhoun (1782–1850), U.S. Congressman; U.S. Senator; Vice President of the United States from South Carolina | 19.49/sq mi (7.53/km2) | 5,457 | 280 sq mi (725 km2) | |
CamdenCounty | 039 | Woodbine | 1777 | St. Mary and St. Thomas parishes | Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1714–94), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain who sympathized with the cause of American independence | 92.25/sq mi (35.62/km2) | 58,118 | 630 sq mi (1,632 km2) | |
CandlerCounty | 043 | Metter | 1914 | Bulloch, Emanuel and Tattnall counties | Allen Daniel Candler (1834–1910), state legislator; U.S. Congressman; Governor of Georgia (1898–1902) | 44.77/sq mi (17.29/km2) | 11,059 | 247 sq mi (640 km2) | |
CarrollCounty | 045 | Carrollton | 1826 | Lands ceded by the Creek Indians in 1825 in the Treaty of Indian Springs | Charles Carroll (1737–1832), the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence | 254.71/sq mi (98.34/km2) | 127,098 | 499 sq mi (1,292 km2) | |
CatoosaCounty | 047 | Ringgold | 1853 | Walker and Whitfield counties | Chief Catoosa, a Cherokee chief | 425.37/sq mi (164.24/km2) | 68,910 | 162 sq mi (420 km2) | |
CharltonCounty | 049 | Folkston | 1854 | Camden County | Robert Milledge Charlton (1807–54), jurist; U.S. Senator (1852–54); mayor of Savannah | 16.56/sq mi (6.39/km2) | 12,934 | 781 sq mi (2,023 km2) | |
ChathamCounty | 051 | Savannah | 1777 | Christ Church and St. Philip parishes | William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (1708–78), British Prime Minister who sympathized with the cause of American independence | 690.13/sq mi (266.46/km2) | 303,655 | 440 sq mi (1,140 km2) | |
ChattahoocheeCounty | 053 | Cusseta | 1854 | Marion and Muscogee counties | Chattahoochee River, which forms the county's (and the state's) western border | 34.78/sq mi (13.43/km2) | 8,661 | 249 sq mi (645 km2) | |
ChattoogaCounty | 055 | Summerville | 1838 | Floyd and Walker counties | Chattooga River | 80.32/sq mi (31.01/km2) | 25,222 | 314 sq mi (813 km2) | |
CherokeeCounty | 057 | Canton | 1831 | Cherokee Cession of 1831 | Cherokee Nation, which controlled this part of the state autonomously until 1831 | 675.95/sq mi (260.99/km2) | 286,602 | 424 sq mi (1,098 km2) | |
ClarkeCounty | 059 | Athens | 1801 | Jackson County | Elijah Clarke (1733–99), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 1,073.83/sq mi (414.61/km2) | 129,933 | 121 sq mi (313 km2) | |
ClayCounty | 061 | Fort Gaines | 1854 | Early and Randolph counties | Henry Clay (1777–1852), Secretary of State; Speaker of the House of Representatives; U.S. Senator from Kentucky | 14.63/sq mi (5.65/km2) | 2,853 | 195 sq mi (505 km2) | |
ClaytonCounty | 063 | Jonesboro | 1858 | Fayette and Henry counties | Augustin Smith Clayton (1783–1839), a local jurist and U.S. Congressman | 2,086.01/sq mi (805.41/km2) | 298,300 | 143 sq mi (370 km2) | |
ClinchCounty | 065 | Homerville | 1850 | Lowndes and Ware counties | General Duncan Lamont Clinch (1784–1849), a hero of the War of 1812 and the Seminole War; U.S. Congressman | 8.34/sq mi (3.22/km2) | 6,746 | 809 sq mi (2,095 km2) | |
CobbCounty | 067 | Marietta | 1832 | Cherokee County | Colonel Thomas Willis Cobb (1784–1835), a hero of the War of 1812; U.S. Congressman | 2,284.54/sq mi (882.07/km2) | 776,743 | 340 sq mi (881 km2) | |
CoffeeCounty | 069 | Douglas | 1854 | Clinch, Irwin, Telfair and Ware counties | General John E. Coffee (1782–1836), a hero of the War of 1812 | 72.32/sq mi (27.92/km2) | 43,317 | 599 sq mi (1,551 km2) | |
ColquittCounty | 071 | Moultrie | 1856 | Lowndes and Thomas counties | Walter Terry Colquitt (1799–1855), Methodist pastor; U.S. Senator | 83.64/sq mi (32.29/km2) | 46,167 | 552 sq mi (1,430 km2) | |
ColumbiaCounty | 073 | Appling (de jure) and Evans (de facto) | 1790 | Richmond County | Christopher Columbus (1446–1506), explorer | 569.52/sq mi (219.89/km2) | 165,162 | 290 sq mi (751 km2) | |
CookCounty | 075 | Adel | 1918 | Berrien County | General Philip Cook (1817–94), Confederate general; Georgia's Georgia Secretary of State | 77.35/sq mi (29.87/km2) | 17,714 | 229 sq mi (593 km2) | |
CowetaCounty | 077 | Newnan | 1826 | Created on Creek lands ceded in 1825 in the treaty of Indian Springs and Creek Cessions of 1826 | Coweta tribe of the Creek Nation and their village near Columbus | 351.90/sq mi (135.87/km2) | 155,892 | 443 sq mi (1,147 km2) | |
CrawfordCounty | 079 | Knoxville | 1822 | Houston County | William Harris Crawford (1772–1834), U.S. Senator; ambassador to France; Secretary of the Treasury | 37.78/sq mi (14.59/km2) | 12,277 | 325 sq mi (842 km2) | |
CrispCounty | 081 | Cordele | 1905 | Dooly County | Charles Frederick Crisp (1845–96), Speaker of the House of Representatives | 71.65/sq mi (27.66/km2) | 19,631 | 274 sq mi (710 km2) | |
DadeCounty | 083 | Trenton | 1837 | Walker County | Major Francis L. Dade (1793–1835), a hero of the Seminole War | 92.90/sq mi (35.87/km2) | 16,165 | 174 sq mi (451 km2) | |
DawsonCounty | 085 | Dawsonville | 1857 | Gilmer and Lumpkin counties | William Crosby Dawson (1798–1857), U.S. Senator (1849–55); state legislator | 150.39/sq mi (58.07/km2) | 31,732 | 211 sq mi (546 km2) | |
DecaturCounty | 087 | Bainbridge | 1823 | Early County | Commodore Stephen Decatur (1779–1820), a naval hero of the actions against the Barbary Pirates in the early 19th century | 48.72/sq mi (18.81/km2) | 29,087 | 597 sq mi (1,546 km2) | |
DeKalbCounty | 089 | Decatur | 1822 | Henry, Fayette, and Gwinnett counties | "Baron" Johann DeKalb (1721–80) a German who accompanied Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, and was inspector general of the Colonial Army | 2,846.99/sq mi (1,099.23/km2) | 762,992 | 268 sq mi (694 km2) | |
DodgeCounty | 091 | Eastman | 1870 | Montgomery, Pulaski and Telfair counties | William Earle Dodge (1805–1883), temperance leader; businessman from New York; a co-founder of Phelps, Dodge, and Company, a mining and metals company | 39.47/sq mi (15.24/km2) | 19,776 | 501 sq mi (1,298 km2) | |
DoolyCounty | 093 | Vienna | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821 | Colonel John Dooly (1740–80), a hero of the American Revolution | 27.94/sq mi (10.79/km2) | 10,981 | 393 sq mi (1,018 km2) | |
DoughertyCounty | 095 | Albany | 1853 | Baker County | Charles Dougherty (1801–53), judge from Athens, Georgia | 250.44/sq mi (96.70/km2) | 82,645 | 330 sq mi (855 km2) | |
DouglasCounty | 097 | Douglasville | 1870 | The former Campbell County and Carroll County | Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813–61), an Illinois Democratic Congressman who ran against Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 United States presidential election and lost | 749.55/sq mi (289.40/km2) | 149,160 | 199 sq mi (515 km2) | |
EarlyCounty | 099 | Blakely | 1818 | Creek Cession of 1814 | Peter Early (1773–1817), tenth governor of Georgia | 20.67/sq mi (7.98/km2) | 10,563 | 511 sq mi (1,323 km2) | |
EcholsCounty | 101 | Statenville | 1858 | Clinch and Lowndes counties | General Robert M. Echols (1798–1847), a state legislator and a hero of the Mexican–American War | 9.18/sq mi (3.54/km2) | 3,709 | 404 sq mi (1,046 km2) | |
EffinghamCounty | 103 | Springfield | 1777 | St. Matthew and St. Philip parishes | Thomas Howard, Earl of Effingham (1746–1791), who sympathized with the cause of American independence | 149.04/sq mi (57.54/km2) | 71,541 | 480 sq mi (1,243 km2) | |
ElbertCounty | 105 | Elberton | 1790 | Wilkes County | Samuel Elbert (1740–88), a general in the Revolutionary War; became Governor of Georgia in 1785 | 54.24/sq mi (20.94/km2) | 20,013 | 369 sq mi (956 km2) | |
EmanuelCounty | 107 | Swainsboro | 1812 | Bulloch and Montgomery counties | Colonel David Emanuel (1744–1808), became the governor of Georgia in 1801 | 33.70/sq mi (13.01/km2) | 23,119 | 686 sq mi (1,777 km2) | |
EvansCounty | 109 | Claxton | 1914 | Bulloch and Tattnall counties | General Clement Anselm Evans (1832–1911), a hero of the American Civil War; the commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans | 58.13/sq mi (22.44/km2) | 10,754 | 185 sq mi (479 km2) | |
FanninCounty | 111 | Blue Ridge | 1854 | Gilmer and Union counties | Colonel James Walker Fannin Jr. (1809–36), a hero of the Texas Revolution | 67.24/sq mi (25.96/km2) | 25,955 | 386 sq mi (1,000 km2) | |
FayetteCounty | 113 | Fayetteville | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821 | Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), a French hero of the Revolutionary War | 626.15/sq mi (241.76/km2) | 123,351 | 197 sq mi (510 km2) | |
FloydCounty | 115 | Rome | 1832 | Cherokee County | General John Floyd (1769–1839), soldier, U.S. Congressman | 195.15/sq mi (75.35/km2) | 100,113 | 513 sq mi (1,329 km2) | |
ForsythCounty | 117 | Cumming | 1832 | Cherokee County | John Forsyth (1780–1841), Secretary of State under President Martin Van Buren | 1,207.46/sq mi (466.20/km2) | 272,887 | 226 sq mi (585 km2) | |
FranklinCounty | 119 | Carnesville | 1784 | Cherokee and Creek Cessions of 1783 | Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), writer, inventor, philosopher, publisher, and a Founding Father of the United States | 94.23/sq mi (36.38/km2) | 24,782 | 263 sq mi (681 km2) | |
FultonCounty | 121 | Atlanta | 1853 | DeKalb County + the former Campbell and Milton counties and a portion of Cobb County | Robert Fulton (1765–1815), the inventor who built the Clermont, the first commercially successful steamboat. | 2,039.90/sq mi (787.61/km2) | 1,079,105 | 529 sq mi (1,370 km2) | |
GilmerCounty | 123 | Ellijay | 1832 | Cherokee County | George Rockingham Gilmer (1780–1859), 16th governor of Georgia | 76.96/sq mi (29.71/km2) | 32,860 | 427 sq mi (1,106 km2) | |
GlascockCounty | 125 | Gibson | 1857 | Warren County | General Thomas Glascock (1780–1841), a hero of the War of 1812 and the Seminole War of 1817; U.S. Congressman | 20.51/sq mi (7.92/km2) | 2,954 | 144 sq mi (373 km2) | |
GlynnCounty | 127 | Brunswick | 1777 | St. David and St. Patrick parishes | John Glynn (1722–79), British Member of Parliament and Serjeant-at-law, who sympathized with the cause of American independence | 204.20/sq mi (78.84/km2) | 86,172 | 422 sq mi (1,093 km2) | |
GordonCounty | 129 | Calhoun | 1850 | Cass (now Bartow) and Floyd counties | William Washington Gordon (1796–1842), first president of the Central of Georgia Railroad | 168.33/sq mi (64.99/km2) | 59,757 | 355 sq mi (919 km2) | |
GradyCounty | 131 | Cairo | 1905 | Decatur and Thomas counties | Henry Woodfin Grady (1850–89), orator; managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution | 56.91/sq mi (21.97/km2) | 26,066 | 458 sq mi (1,186 km2) | |
GreeneCounty | 133 | Greensboro | 1786 | Washington County | General Nathanael Greene (1742–86), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 53.41/sq mi (20.62/km2) | 20,722 | 388 sq mi (1,005 km2) | |
GwinnettCounty | 135 | Lawrenceville | 1818 | Cherokee Cession of 1817 and Creek Cession of 1818 | Button Gwinnett (1735–1777), one of Georgia's delegates to the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence | 2,271.42/sq mi (877.00/km2) | 983,526 | 433 sq mi (1,121 km2) | |
HabershamCounty | 137 | Clarkesville | 1818 | Cherokee Cessions of 1817 and 1819 | Colonel Joseph Habersham (1751–1815), a hero of the Revolutionary War; U.S. Postmaster General in the Cabinet of George Washington | 175.38/sq mi (67.71/km2) | 48,757 | 278 sq mi (720 km2) | |
HallCounty | 139 | Gainesville | 1818 | Cherokee Cessions of 1817 and 1819 | Dr. Lyman Hall (1724–90), one of Georgia's delegates to the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence; became the governor of Georgia in 1783 | 551.44/sq mi (212.91/km2) | 217,267 | 394 sq mi (1,020 km2) | |
HancockCounty | 141 | Sparta | 1793 | Greene and Washington counties | John Hancock (1737–93), President of the Continental Congress; first signer of the Declaration of Independence | 18.34/sq mi (7.08/km2) | 8,676 | 473 sq mi (1,225 km2) | |
HaralsonCounty | 143 | Buchanan | 1856 | Carroll and Polk counties | General Hugh Anderson Haralson (1805–54), U.S. Congressman | 113.61/sq mi (43.87/km2) | 32,038 | 282 sq mi (730 km2) | |
HarrisCounty | 145 | Hamilton | 1827 | Muscogee and Troup counties | Charles Harris (1772–1827), prominent attorney from Savannah | 79.00/sq mi (30.50/km2) | 36,654 | 464 sq mi (1,202 km2) | |
HartCounty | 147 | Hartwell | 1853 | Elbert and Franklin counties | Nancy Morgan Hart (1735–1830), a heroine of the Revolutionary War | 118.78/sq mi (45.86/km2) | 27,556 | 232 sq mi (601 km2) | |
HeardCounty | 149 | Franklin | 1830 | Carroll, Coweta and Troup counties | Stephen Heard (1740–1815), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 40.66/sq mi (15.70/km2) | 12,034 | 296 sq mi (767 km2) | |
HenryCounty | 151 | McDonough | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821 | Patrick Henry (1736–99), prominent lawyer, orator, and a Founding Father of the United States | 788.28/sq mi (304.36/km2) | 254,613 | 323 sq mi (837 km2) | |
HoustonCounty | 153 | Perry | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821 | John Houstoun (1744–1796), member of the Continental Congress; became governor of Georgia in 1778 | 456.16/sq mi (176.12/km2) | 171,974 | 377 sq mi (976 km2) | |
IrwinCounty | 155 | Ocilla | 1818 | Creek Cessions of 1814 and 1818 | Jared Irwin (1751–1818), the governor who rescinded the Yazoo Act in 1796 | 25.55/sq mi (9.86/km2) | 9,120 | 357 sq mi (925 km2) | |
JacksonCounty | 157 | Jefferson | 1796 | Franklin County | General James Jackson (1757–1806), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 259.11/sq mi (100.04/km2) | 88,615 | 342 sq mi (886 km2) | |
JasperCounty | 159 | Monticello | 1807 | Baldwin (FKA Randolph County 1807–12) | Sergeant William Jasper (1750–1779), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 44.47/sq mi (17.17/km2) | 16,455 | 370 sq mi (958 km2) | |
Jeff DavisCounty | 161 | Hazlehurst | 1905 | Appling and Coffee counties | Jefferson Davis (1808–89), the first and only President of the Confederate States of America | 44.76/sq mi (17.28/km2) | 14,906 | 333 sq mi (862 km2) | |
JeffersonCounty | 163 | Louisville | 1796 | Burke and Warren counties | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third President of the United States | 28.76/sq mi (11.10/km2) | 15,183 | 528 sq mi (1,368 km2) | |
JenkinsCounty | 165 | Millen | 1905 | Bulloch, Burke, Emanuel, and Screven counties | Charles Jones Jenkins (1805–83), governor of Georgia, who was the author of the famous Georgia Platform of 1850 | 24.65/sq mi (9.52/km2) | 8,627 | 350 sq mi (906 km2) | |
JohnsonCounty | 167 | Wrightsville | 1858 | Emanuel, Laurens and Washington counties | Herschel Vespasian Johnson (1812–80), U.S. Senator; Governor of Georgia | 30.53/sq mi (11.79/km2) | 9,282 | 304 sq mi (787 km2) | |
JonesCounty | 169 | Gray | 1807 | Baldwin County | James Jones (1769–1801), U.S. Congressman | 73.53/sq mi (28.39/km2) | 28,969 | 394 sq mi (1,020 km2) | |
LamarCounty | 171 | Barnesville | 1920 | Monroe and Pike counties | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825–93), U.S. Senator; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court | 110.28/sq mi (42.58/km2) | 20,401 | 185 sq mi (479 km2) | |
LanierCounty | 173 | Lakeland | 1920 | Berrien, Clinch and Lowndes counties | Sidney Lanier (1842–1881), attorney, linguist, mathematician, [16] and musician | 55.89/sq mi (21.58/km2) | 10,452 | 187 sq mi (484 km2) | |
LaurensCounty | 175 | Dublin | 1807 | Wilkinson County | Colonel John Laurens (1754–82), aide to George Washington during the Revolutionary War | 61.43/sq mi (23.72/km2) | 49,941 | 813 sq mi (2,106 km2) | |
LeeCounty | 177 | Leesburg | 1826 | Creek Cessions of 1826 | Lieutenant Colonel Henry Lee III (1732–1794), a hero of the Revolutionary War, who attained the nickname "Light-Horse Harry" | 95.15/sq mi (36.74/km2) | 33,872 | 356 sq mi (922 km2) | |
LibertyCounty | 179 | Hinesville | 1777 | St Andrew, St James, and St John Parishes | Named in honor of the noted patriotism of the citizens of Midway in their support of the cause of colonial independence | 133.35/sq mi (51.49/km2) | 69,210 | 519 sq mi (1,344 km2) | |
LincolnCounty | 181 | Lincolnton | 1796 | Wilkes County | General Benjamin Lincoln (1733–1810), a hero of the Revolutionary War; was later assigned to the suppression of Shays' Rebellion | 37.34/sq mi (14.42/km2) | 7,879 | 211 sq mi (546 km2) | |
LongCounty | 183 | Ludowici | 1920 | Liberty County | Dr. Crawford Williamson Long (1815–78), in 1842 the first man to use diethyl ether as an anesthetic for dental surgery | 48.86/sq mi (18.86/km2) | 19,594 | 401 sq mi (1,039 km2) | |
LowndesCounty | 185 | Valdosta | 1825 | Irwin County | William Jones Lowndes (1782–1822), prominent figure in the affairs of South Carolina throughout the formative years of the United States | 239.51/sq mi (92.48/km2) | 120,712 | 504 sq mi (1,305 km2) | |
LumpkinCounty | 187 | Dahlonega | 1832 | Cherokee, Habersham, and Hall counties | Wilson Lumpkin (1783–1870), Governor of Georgia; U.S. Senator | 124.15/sq mi (47.93/km2) | 35,258 | 284 sq mi (736 km2) | |
MaconCounty | 193 | Oglethorpe | 1837 | Houston and Marion counties | General Nathaniel Macon (1758–1837), Speaker of the House of Representatives; U.S. Senator | 29.32/sq mi (11.32/km2) | 11,817 | 403 sq mi (1,044 km2) | |
MadisonCounty | 195 | Danielsville | 1811 | Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Jackson and Oglethorpe counties | James Madison (1751–1836), fourth President of the United States; chief writer of the U.S. Constitution | 113.35/sq mi (43.76/km2) | 32,191 | 284 sq mi (736 km2) | |
MarionCounty | 197 | Buena Vista | 1827 | Lee and Muscogee counties | General Francis Marion (1732–95), the "Swamp Fox"; a hero of the Revolutionary War | 20.27/sq mi (7.83/km2) | 7,440 | 367 sq mi (951 km2) | |
McDuffieCounty | 189 | Thomson | 1870 | Columbia and Warren counties | George McDuffie (1790–1851), orator and governor of South Carolina | 83.84/sq mi (32.37/km2) | 21,799 | 260 sq mi (673 km2) | |
McIntoshCounty | 191 | Darien | 1793 | Liberty County | General Lachlan McIntosh (1727–1806), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 26.50/sq mi (10.23/km2) | 11,501 | 434 sq mi (1,124 km2) | |
MeriwetherCounty | 199 | Greenville | 1827 | Formed from Troup County | General David Meriwether (1755–1822), a hero of the Revolutionary War; U.S. Congressman | 41.61/sq mi (16.07/km2) | 20,931 | 503 sq mi (1,303 km2) | |
MillerCounty | 201 | Colquitt | 1856 | Baker and Early counties | Andrew Jackson Miller (1806–56), president of the Medical College of Georgia | 20.31/sq mi (7.84/km2) | 5,747 | 283 sq mi (733 km2) | |
MitchellCounty | 205 | Camilla | 1857 | Baker County | Gen. Henry Mitchell (1760–1839), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 41.24/sq mi (15.92/km2) | 21,114 | 512 sq mi (1,326 km2) | |
MonroeCounty | 207 | Forsyth | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821 | James Monroe (1758–1831), the fifth President of the United States and the creator of the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 | 77.34/sq mi (29.86/km2) | 30,625 | 396 sq mi (1,026 km2) | |
MontgomeryCounty | 209 | Mount Vernon | 1793 | Washington County | General Richard Montgomery (1738–75), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 35.76/sq mi (13.81/km2) | 8,761 | 245 sq mi (635 km2) | |
MorganCounty | 211 | Madison | 1807 | Baldwin County | General Daniel Morgan (1736–1802), a hero of the Revolutionary War; U.S. Congressman | 61.31/sq mi (23.67/km2) | 21,460 | 350 sq mi (906 km2) | |
MurrayCounty | 213 | Chatsworth | 1832 | Cherokee County | Thomas W. Murray (1790–1832), famous state legislator | 119.29/sq mi (46.06/km2) | 41,035 | 344 sq mi (891 km2) | |
MuscogeeCounty | 215 | Columbus | 1826 | Creek Cession of 1826 | Muskogee ethnic group, to which the Creek and Seminole Nations belong | 934.62/sq mi (360.86/km2) | 201,877 | 216 sq mi (559 km2) | |
NewtonCounty | 217 | Covington | 1821 | Henry, Jasper, and Walton counties | Sergeant John Newton (1755–80), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 435.27/sq mi (168.06/km2) | 120,135 | 276 sq mi (715 km2) | |
OconeeCounty | 219 | Watkinsville | 1875 | Clarke County | Oconee River, which forms its eastern boundary | 237.54/sq mi (91.71/km2) | 44,182 | 186 sq mi (482 km2) | |
OglethorpeCounty | 221 | Lexington | 1793 | Wilkes County | General James Edward Oglethorpe (1696–1785), the founder of the Colony of Georgia | 35.72/sq mi (13.79/km2) | 15,754 | 441 sq mi (1,142 km2) | |
PauldingCounty | 223 | Dallas | 1832 | Cherokee County | John Paulding (1759–1818), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 583.32/sq mi (225.22/km2) | 183,164 | 314 sq mi (813 km2) | |
PeachCounty | 225 | Fort Valley | 1924 | Houston and Macon counties | Its location in Central Georgia is one of the richest peach-producing regions in the country. | 190.76/sq mi (73.65/km2) | 28,805 | 151 sq mi (391 km2) | |
PickensCounty | 227 | Jasper | 1853 | Cherokee and Gilmer counties | General Andrew Pickens (1739–1817), a hero of the Revolutionary War; U.S. Congressman | 155.04/sq mi (59.86/km2) | 35,969 | 232 sq mi (601 km2) | |
PierceCounty | 229 | Blackshear | 1857 | Appling and Ware counties | Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), fourteenth President of the United States | 59.55/sq mi (22.99/km2) | 20,425 | 343 sq mi (888 km2) | |
PikeCounty | 231 | Zebulon | 1822 | Monroe County | General Zebulon Pike (1779–1813), explorer and a hero of the War of 1812 | 93.86/sq mi (36.24/km2) | 20,461 | 218 sq mi (565 km2) | |
PolkCounty | 233 | Cedartown | 1851 | Floyd and Paulding counties | James Knox Polk (1795–1849), eleventh President of the United States | 142.20/sq mi (54.90/km2) | 44,223 | 311 sq mi (805 km2) | |
PulaskiCounty | 235 | Hawkinsville | 1808 | Laurens County | Count Kazimierz Pułaski of Poland (1748–79), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 40.87/sq mi (15.78/km2) | 10,095 | 247 sq mi (640 km2) | |
PutnamCounty | 237 | Eatonton | 1807 | Baldwin County | General Israel Putnam (1718–90), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 67.24/sq mi (25.96/km2) | 23,129 | 344 sq mi (891 km2) | |
QuitmanCounty | 239 | Georgetown | 1858 | Randolph and Stewart counties | General John Anthony Quitman (1799–1858), a hero of the Mexican-American War | 15.00/sq mi (5.79/km2) | 2,280 | 152 sq mi (394 km2) | |
RabunCounty | 241 | Clayton | 1819 | Cherokee Cession of 1819 | William Rabun (1771–1819), Governor of Georgia (1817–19) | 47.01/sq mi (18.15/km2) | 17,442 | 371 sq mi (961 km2) | |
RandolphCounty | 243 | Cuthbert | 1828 | Lee County | John Randolph of Roanoke (1773–1833), U.S. Congressman | 14.17/sq mi (5.47/km2) | 6,078 | 429 sq mi (1,111 km2) | |
RichmondCounty | 245 | Augusta | 1777 | St Paul Parish | Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond (1735–1806), who sympathized with the cause of American independence | 633.99/sq mi (244.78/km2) | 205,414 | 324 sq mi (839 km2) | |
RockdaleCounty | 247 | Conyers | 1870 | Henry and Newton counties | Rockdale Church, which was so named for the subterranean bed of granite that underlies this region of the state | 732.73/sq mi (282.91/km2) | 95,987 | 131 sq mi (339 km2) | |
SchleyCounty | 249 | Ellaville | 1857 | Marion and Sumter counties | William Schley (1786–1858), governor of Georgia (1835–37) | 26.94/sq mi (10.40/km2) | 4,526 | 168 sq mi (435 km2) | |
ScrevenCounty | 251 | Sylvania | 1793 | Burke and Effingham counties | General James Screven (1744–1778), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 21.87/sq mi (8.44/km2) | 14,174 | 648 sq mi (1,678 km2) | |
SeminoleCounty | 253 | Donalsonville | 1920 | Decatur and Early counties | Seminole Nation | 38.20/sq mi (14.75/km2) | 9,092 | 238 sq mi (616 km2) | |
SpaldingCounty | 255 | Griffin | 1851 | Fayette, Henry, and Pike counties | Thomas Spalding (1774–1851), U.S. Congressman, state legislator, and agriculturalist | 353.26/sq mi (136.39/km2) | 69,946 | 198 sq mi (513 km2) | |
StephensCounty | 257 | Toccoa | 1905 | Franklin and Habersham counties | Alexander Stephens (1812–83), U.S. Congressman; Governor of Georgia; first and only Vice President of the Confederate States of America | 152.11/sq mi (58.73/km2) | 27,228 | 179 sq mi (464 km2) | |
StewartCounty | 259 | Lumpkin | 1830 | Randolph County | General Daniel Stewart (1759–1829), a hero of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 | 10.18/sq mi (3.93/km2) | 4,674 | 459 sq mi (1,189 km2) | |
SumterCounty | 261 | Americus | 1831 | Lee County | General Thomas Sumter (1734–1832), the "Fighting Gamecock," a hero of the Revolutionary War | 59.57/sq mi (23.00/km2) | 28,890 | 485 sq mi (1,256 km2) | |
TalbotCounty | 263 | Talbotton | 1827 | Muscogee County | Matthew Talbot (1762–1827), served in the Georgia State Senate for 15 years, including two years as the President of the Senate, and Governor of Georgia for two weeks in 1819 | 14.55/sq mi (5.62/km2) | 5,718 | 393 sq mi (1,018 km2) | |
TaliaferroCounty | 265 | Crawfordville | 1825 | Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren, and Wilkes counties | Colonel Benjamin Taliaferro (1750–1821), U.S. Congressman; a hero of the Revolutionary War | 8.25/sq mi (3.19/km2) | 1,609 | 195 sq mi (505 km2) | |
TattnallCounty | 267 | Reidsville | 1801 | Montgomery County | Josiah Tattnall (1764–1803), U.S. Senator; Governor of Georgia | 50.20/sq mi (19.38/km2) | 24,296 | 484 sq mi (1,254 km2) | |
TaylorCounty | 269 | Butler | 1852 | Macon, Marion and Talbot counties | Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), the twelfth President of the United States | 20.52/sq mi (7.92/km2) | 7,758 | 378 sq mi (979 km2) | |
TelfairCounty | 271 | McRae-Helena | 1807 | Wilkinson County | Edward Telfair (1735–1807), the second Governor of Georgia following the establishment of the United States | 24.76/sq mi (9.56/km2) | 10,920 | 441 sq mi (1,142 km2) | |
TerrellCounty | 273 | Dawson | 1856 | Lee and Randolph counties | Dr. William Terrell (1778–1855), U.S. Congressman | 25.95/sq mi (10.02/km2) | 8,718 | 336 sq mi (870 km2) | |
ThomasCounty | 275 | Thomasville | 1825 | Decatur and Irwin counties | General Jett Thomas (1776–1817), a hero of the War of 1812 | 83.30/sq mi (32.16/km2) | 45,649 | 548 sq mi (1,419 km2) | |
TiftCounty | 277 | Tifton | 1905 | Berrien, Irwin and Worth counties | Colonel Nelson Tift (1810–91), a captain in the Confederate States Navy; U.S. Congressman | 156.81/sq mi (60.54/km2) | 41,554 | 265 sq mi (686 km2) | |
ToombsCounty | 279 | Lyons | 1905 | Emanuel, Montgomery, and Tattnall counties | General Robert Toombs (1810–85), U.S. Senator; Confederate States Secretary of State | 73.68/sq mi (28.45/km2) | 27,040 | 367 sq mi (951 km2) | |
TownsCounty | 281 | Hiawassee | 1856 | Rabun and Union counties | George Washington Towns (1801–54), governor of Georgia during the antebellum period | 78.52/sq mi (30.32/km2) | 13,035 | 166 sq mi (430 km2) | |
TreutlenCounty | 283 | Soperton | 1918 | Emanuel and Montgomery counties | John A. Treutlen (1726–82), the first elected Governor of Georgia (1777–78) | 31.55/sq mi (12.18/km2) | 6,341 | 201 sq mi (521 km2) | |
TroupCounty | 285 | LaGrange | 1826 | Creek Cession of 1826 | George M. Troup (1780–1856), Governor of Georgia (1823–27); U.S. Senator | 170.87/sq mi (65.97/km2) | 70,742 | 414 sq mi (1,072 km2) | |
TurnerCounty | 287 | Ashburn | 1905 | Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox and Worth counties | Captain Henry G. Turner (1839–1904), U.S. Congressman; a hero of the American Civil War | 31.15/sq mi (12.03/km2) | 8,909 | 286 sq mi (741 km2) | |
TwiggsCounty | 289 | Jeffersonville | 1809 | Wilkinson County | General John Twiggs (1750–1816), a hero of the Revolutionary War; Governor of Georgia | 21.36/sq mi (8.25/km2) | 7,691 | 360 sq mi (932 km2) | |
UnionCounty | 291 | Blairsville | 1832 | Cherokee County | Federal union of the states | 83.98/sq mi (32.42/km2) | 27,124 | 323 sq mi (837 km2) | |
UpsonCounty | 293 | Thomaston | 1824 | Crawford and Pike counties | Stephen Upson (1786–1824), state legislator | 86.70/sq mi (33.48/km2) | 28,263 | 326 sq mi (844 km2) | |
WalkerCounty | 295 | LaFayette | 1833 | Murray County | Major Freeman Walker (1780–1827), U.S. Senator (1819–1821) | 155.80/sq mi (60.15/km2) | 69,489 | 446 sq mi (1,155 km2) | |
WaltonCounty | 297 | Monroe | 1818 | Creek Cession of 1818 | George Walton (1749–1804), one of Georgia's delegates to the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence | 324.32/sq mi (125.22/km2) | 106,702 | 329 sq mi (852 km2) | |
WareCounty | 299 | Waycross | 1824 | Appling County | Nicholas Ware (1769–1824), U.S. Senator (1821–24) | 40.14/sq mi (15.50/km2) | 36,243 | 903 sq mi (2,339 km2) | |
WarrenCounty | 301 | Warrenton | 1793 | Columbia, Hancock, Richmond, and Wilkes counties | General Joseph Warren (1741–75), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 17.85/sq mi (6.89/km2) | 5,106 | 286 sq mi (741 km2) | |
WashingtonCounty | 303 | Sandersville | 1784 | Creek Cession of 1783 | George Washington (1732–99), the first President of the United States, although named after him as a general | 29.15/sq mi (11.25/km2) | 19,820 | 680 sq mi (1,761 km2) | |
WayneCounty | 305 | Jesup | 1803 | Creek Cession of 1802 | General Anthony Wayne (1745–96), known as "Mad Anthony Wayne"; U.S. Congressman; a hero of the Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War | 48.64/sq mi (18.78/km2) | 31,373 | 645 sq mi (1,671 km2) | |
WebsterCounty | 307 | Preston | 1853 | Stewart County (Formally Kinchafoonee) | Daniel Webster (1782–1852), U.S. Secretary of State; supported Henry Clay's Compromise of 1850 | 11.13/sq mi (4.30/km2) | 2,337 | 210 sq mi (544 km2) | |
WheelerCounty | 309 | Alamo | 1912 | Montgomery County | General Joseph Wheeler (1836–1906), U.S. Congressman; a hero of the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War | 23.76/sq mi (9.17/km2) | 7,081 | 298 sq mi (772 km2) | |
WhiteCounty | 311 | Cleveland | 1857 | Habersham County | Colonel John White, a hero of the Revolutionary War | 119.94/sq mi (46.31/km2) | 29,026 | 242 sq mi (627 km2) | |
WhitfieldCounty | 313 | Dalton | 1851 | Murray County | George Whitefield (1714–70), pastor; established the Bethesda Orphanage near Savannah | 357.54/sq mi (138.05/km2) | 103,687 | 290 sq mi (751 km2) | |
WilcoxCounty | 315 | Abbeville | 1857 | Dooly, Irwin, and Pulaski counties | General Mark Wilcox (1800–50), a noted soldier and state legislator | 23.10/sq mi (8.92/km2) | 8,779 | 380 sq mi (984 km2) | |
WilkesCounty | 317 | Washington | 1777 | Cherokee and Creek Cessions of 1773 | John Wilkes (1727–97), a British Member of Parliament who sympathized with the cause of American independence | 20.21/sq mi (7.80/km2) | 9,518 | 471 sq mi (1,220 km2) | |
WilkinsonCounty | 319 | Irwinton | 1803 | Creek Cessions of 1802 and 1805 | General James Wilkinson (1757–1825), a hero of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812; Senior Officer of the U.S. Army; turned out to be an agent of the Spanish government | 19.52/sq mi (7.54/km2) | 8,725 | 447 sq mi (1,158 km2) | |
WorthCounty | 321 | Sylvester | 1853 | Dooly and Irwin counties | General William J. Worth (1794–1849), a hero of the Mexican–American War | 35.57/sq mi (13.73/km2) | 20,273 | 570 sq mi (1,476 km2) |
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Echols County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,697. The county seat is Statenville. Since 2008, Statenville is a disincorporated municipality. Echols and Webster counties are the only two counties in Georgia to currently have no incorporated municipalities. The county was established in 1858 and named in honor of Robert Milner Echols (1798–1847).
Douglas County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 144,237, having more than doubled since 1990. The county seat is Douglasville. The city of Villa Rica, and a small portion of Austell are both also located in Douglas County. Douglas County is included in Metro Atlanta. It has attracted new residents as jobs have increased in the Atlanta area.
DeKalb County is located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 764,382, making it Georgia's fourth-most populous county. Its county seat is Decatur.
Carroll County is a county in the West Central region of the State of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, its population was 119,148. Its county seat is the city of Carrollton. Carroll County is included in the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell metropolitan statistical area and is also adjacent to Alabama on its western border.
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Roswell is a city in northern Fulton County, Georgia, United States. At the official 2020 census, the city had a population of 92,883, making Roswell the state's ninth largest city. A suburb of Atlanta, Roswell has an affluent historic district.
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Cannabis in Georgia is illegal for recreational use, but decriminalized in the cities of Atlanta, Savannah, Macon, Athens, and others. Limited medical use is allowed in the form of cannabis oil containing less than 5% THC.
The 1972 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.