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Georgia has 159 Counties
Appling – Atkinson – Bacon – Baker – Baldwin – Banks – Barrow – Bartow – Ben Hill – Berrien – Bibb – Bleckley – Brantley – Brooks – Bryan – Bulloch – Burke – Butts – Calhoun – Camden – Candler – Carroll – Catoosa – Charlton – Chatham – Chattahoochee – Chattooga – Cherokee – Clarke – Clay – Clayton – Clinch – Cobb – Coffee – Colquitt – Columbia – Cook – Coweta – Crawford – Crisp – Dade – Dawson – Decatur – DeKalb – Dodge – Dooly – Dougherty – Douglas – Early – Echols – Effingham – Elbert – Emanuel – Evans – Fannin – Fayette – Floyd – Forsyth – Franklin – Fulton – Gilmer – Glascock – Glynn – Gordon – Grady – Greene – Gwinnett – Habersham – Hall – Hancock – Haralson – Harris – Hart – Heard – Henry – Houston – Irwin – Jackson – Jasper – Jeff Davis – Jefferson – Jenkins – Johnson – Jones – Lamar – Lanier – Laurens – Lee – Liberty – Lincoln – Long – Lowndes – Lumpkin – Macon – Madison – Marion – McDuffie – McIntosh – Meriwether – Miller – Mitchell – Monroe – Montgomery – Morgan – Murray – Muscogee – Newton – Oconee – Oglethorpe – Paulding – Peach – Pickens – Pierce – Pike – Polk – Pulaski – Putnam – Quitman – Rabun – Randolph – Richmond – Rockdale – Schley – Screven – Seminole – Spalding – Stephens – Stewart – Sumter – Talbot – Taliaferro – Tattnall – Taylor – Telfair – Terrel – Thomas – Tift – Toombs – Towns – Treutlen – Troup – Turner – Twiggs – Union – Upson – Walker – Walton – Ware – Warren – Washington – Wayne – Webster – Wheeler – White – Whitfield – Wilcox – Wilkes – Wilkinson – Worth
Counties of Georgia | |
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Location | State of Georgia |
Number | 159 |
Populations | Greatest: 1,065,334 (Fulton) Least: 1,558 (Taliaferro) Average: 67,922 (2021) |
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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Counties listing[edit]
County | FIPS code[11] | County seat[12] | Est.[12] | Origin[13] | Etymology[13] | Density | Population[14] | Area[12] | Map |
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Appling County | 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 | 36.32 | 18,488 | 509 sq mi (1,318 km2) |
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Atkinson County | 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 | 24.83 | 8,391 | 338 sq mi (875 km2) |
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Bacon County | 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 | 38.87 | 11,079 | 285 sq mi (738 km2) |
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Baker County | 007 | Newton | 1825 | Early County | Colonel John Baker (died 1792), a hero of the American Revolutionary War | 8.22 | 2,819 | 343 sq mi (888 km2) |
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Baldwin County | 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 | 169.69 | 43,781 | 258 sq mi (668 km2) |
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Banks County | 011 | Homer | 1859 | Franklin and Habersham Counties | Dr. Richard Banks (1784–1850), local physician noted for treating natives with smallpox | 79.32 | 18,562 | 234 sq mi (606 km2) |
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Barrow County | 013 | Winder | 1914 | Gwinnett, Jackson and Walton counties | “Uncle Dave” David Crenshaw Barrow Jr. (1852–1929), chancellor of the University of Georgia (1906–29) | 534.93 | 86,658 | 162 sq mi (420 km2) |
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Bartow County | 015 | Cartersville | 1832 | Created from a portion of Cherokee County in 1832 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 | 240.96 | 110,843 | 460 sq mi (1,191 km2) |
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Ben Hill County | 017 | Fitzgerald | 1906 | Irwin and Wilcox counties | Benjamin Harvey Hill (1823–82), U.S. Senator (1877–82) | 68.09 | 17,158 | 252 sq mi (653 km2) |
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Berrien County | 019 | Nashville | 1856 | Coffee, Irwin, and Lowndes counties | John Macpherson Berrien (1781–1856), U.S. Senator; U.S. Attorney General | 40.15 | 18,147 | 452 sq mi (1,171 km2) |
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Bibb County | 021 | Macon | 1822 | portions of Houston, Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs counties | Dr. William Wyatt Bibb (1780–1820), first Governor of Alabama; U.S. Senator | 627.05 | 156,762 | 250 sq mi (647 km2) |
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Bleckley County | 023 | Cochran | 1912 | Pulaski County | Logan Edwin Bleckley (1827–1907), Georgia State Supreme Court Chief Justice | 58.10 | 12,607 | 217 sq mi (562 km2) |
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Brantley County | 025 | Nahunta | 1920 | Charlton, Pierce, and Wayne counties | William Gordon Brantley (1860–1934), U.S. Congressman | 40.77 | 18,101 | 444 sq mi (1,150 km2) |
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Brooks County | 027 | Quitman | 1858 | Lowndes and Thomas counties | Captain Preston S. Brooks (1819–57), a hero of the Mexican–American War; Congressman from South Carolina | 32.94 | 16,270 | 494 sq mi (1,279 km2) |
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Bryan County | 029 | Pembroke | 1793 | Chatham County | Jonathan Bryan (1708–88), colonial settler; famous state representative | 106.19 | 46,938 | 442 sq mi (1,145 km2) |
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Bulloch County | 031 | Statesboro | 1796 | Bryan and Screven Counties | Archibald Bulloch (1729–77), Revolutionary War soldier; Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives; acting governor of Georgia (1775–77) and first governor of Georgia | 120.71 | 82,442 | 683 sq mi (1,769 km2) |
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Burke County | 033 | Waynesboro | 1777 | Originally organized as St George Parish | Edmund Burke (1729–97), British-American political philosopher and Member of Parliament (MP) who was sympathetic to the cause of US independence | 29.25 | 24,310 | 831 sq mi (2,152 km2) |
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Butts County | 035 | Jackson | 1825 | Henry and Monroe counties | Captain Samuel Butts (1777–1814), a hero of the Creek War | 137.87 | 25,781 | 187 sq mi (484 km2) |
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Calhoun County | 037 | Morgan | 1854 | Early and Baker counties | John C. Calhoun (1782–1850), U.S. Congressman; U.S. Senator; Vice President of the United States from South Carolina | 19.68 | 5,509 | 280 sq mi (725 km2) |
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Camden County | 039 | Woodbine | 1777 | St Mary and St Thomas Parishes | Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1714–94), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain who was sympathetic to the cause of the Revolution | 88.36 | 55,664 | 630 sq mi (1,632 km2) |
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Candler County | 043 | Metter | 1914 | Bulloch, Emanuel and Tattnall counties | Allen Daniel Candler (1834–1910), state legislator; U.S. Congressman; Governor of Georgia (1898–1902) | 44.68 | 11,037 | 247 sq mi (640 km2) |
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Carroll County | 045 | Carrollton | 1826 | Created by the state legislature from 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 | 244.42 | 121,968 | 499 sq mi (1,292 km2) |
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Catoosa County | 047 | Ringgold | 1853 | Walker and Whitfield counties | Chief Catoosa, a Cherokee chief | 422.20 | 68,397 | 162 sq mi (420 km2) |
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Charlton County | 049 | Folkston | 1854 | Camden County | Robert Milledge Charlton (1807–54), jurist; U.S. Senator (1852–54); mayor of Savannah | 16.35 | 12,766 | 781 sq mi (2,023 km2) |
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Chatham County | 051 | Savannah | 1777 | Christ Church and St Philip Parishes | William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (1708–78), British Prime Minister sympathetic to the Revolutionary cause | 673.48 | 296,329 | 440 sq mi (1,140 km2) |
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Chattahoochee County | 053 | Cusseta | 1854 | Muscogee and Marion counties | Chattahoochee River, which forms the county’s (and the state’s) western border | 36.34 | 9,048 | 249 sq mi (645 km2) |
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Chattooga County | 055 | Summerville | 1838 | Walker and Floyd counties | Chattooga River | 79.40 | 24,932 | 314 sq mi (813 km2) |
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Cherokee County | 057 | Canton | 1831 | Cherokee Cession of 1831 | Cherokee Nation, which controlled this part of the state autonomously until 1831 | 647.68 | 274,615 | 424 sq mi (1,098 km2) |
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Clarke County | 059 | Athens | 1801 | Jackson County | Elijah Clarke (1733–99), a Revolutionary War hero | 1,063.73 | 128,711 | 121 sq mi (313 km2) |
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Clay County | 061 | Fort Gaines | 1854 | Randolph and Early counties | Henry Clay (1777–1852), Secretary of State; Speaker of the House of Representatives; U.S. Senator from Kentucky | 14.78 | 2,882 | 195 sq mi (505 km2) |
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Clayton County | 063 | Jonesboro | 1858 | Fayette and Henry counties | Augustin Smith Clayton (1783–1839), a local jurist and U.S. Congressman | 2,077.62 | 297,100 | 143 sq mi (370 km2) |
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Clinch County | 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 | 8.31 | 6,725 | 809 sq mi (2,095 km2) |
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Cobb County | 067 | Marietta | 1832 | Cherokee County | Colonel Thomas Willis Cobb (1784–1835), a hero of the War of 1812; U.S. Congressman | 2,255.30 | 766,802 | 340 sq mi (881 km2) |
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Coffee County | 069 | Douglas | 1854 | Clinch, Irwin, Telfair and Ware counties | General John E. Coffee (1782–1836), a hero of the War of 1812 | 72.43 | 43,386 | 599 sq mi (1,551 km2) |
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Colquitt County | 071 | Moultrie | 1856 | Thomas and Lowndes counties | Walter Terry Colquitt (1799–1855), Methodist pastor; U.S. Senator | 82.99 | 45,812 | 552 sq mi (1,430 km2) |
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Columbia County | 073 | Appling (de jure) and Evans (de facto) | 1790 | Richmond County | Christopher Columbus (1446–1506), explorer | 550.48 | 159,639 | 290 sq mi (751 km2) |
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Cook County | 075 | Adel | 1918 | Berrien County | General Philip Cook (1817–94), Confederate general; Georgia’s secretary of state | 75.22 | 17,225 | 229 sq mi (593 km2) |
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Coweta County | 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 | 338.50 | 149,956 | 443 sq mi (1,147 km2) |
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Crawford County | 079 | Knoxville | 1822 | Houston County | William Harris Crawford (1772–1834), U.S. Senator; ambassador to France; Secretary of the Treasury | 37.39 | 12,153 | 325 sq mi (842 km2) |
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Crisp County | 081 | Cordele | 1905 | Dooly County | Charles Frederick Crisp (1845–96), Speaker of the House of Representatives | 72.55 | 19,879 | 274 sq mi (710 km2) |
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Dade County | 083 | Trenton | 1837 | Walker County | Major Francis L. Dade (1793–1835), a hero of the Seminole War | 93.83 | 16,326 | 174 sq mi (451 km2) |
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Dawson County | 085 | Dawsonville | 1857 | Gilmer and Lumpkin counties | William Crosby Dawson (1798–1857), U.S. Senator (1849–55); state legislator | 135.06 | 28,497 | 211 sq mi (546 km2) |
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Decatur County | 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 | 48.64 | 29,038 | 597 sq mi (1,546 km2) |
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DeKalb County | 089 | Decatur | 1822 | Henry, Gwinnett, and Fayette counties | “Baron” Johann DeKalb (1721–80) a German who accompanied Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, and was inspector general of the Colonial Army | 2,827.31 | 757,718 | 268 sq mi (694 km2) |
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Dodge County | 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 | 39.44 | 19,759 | 501 sq mi (1,298 km2) |
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Dooly County | 093 | Vienna | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821 | Colonel John Dooly (1740–80), a hero of the American Revolution | 27.70 | 10,885 | 393 sq mi (1,018 km2) |
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Dougherty County | 095 | Albany | 1853 | Baker County | Charles Dougherty (1801–53), judge from Athens, Georgia | 257.10 | 84,844 | 330 sq mi (855 km2) |
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Douglas County | 097 | Douglasville | 1870 | Campbell and Carroll counties | Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813–61), an Illinois Democratic Congressman who ran against Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 United States presidential election and lost | 732.73 | 145,814 | 199 sq mi (515 km2) |
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Early County | 099 | Blakely | 1818 | Creek Cession of 1814 | Peter Early (1773–1817), tenth governor of Georgia | 20.78 | 10,619 | 511 sq mi (1,323 km2) |
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Echols County | 101 | Statenville | 1858 | Clinch and Lowndes Counties | General Robert M. Echols (1798–1847), a state legislator and a hero of the Mexican–American War | 9.16 | 3,699 | 404 sq mi (1,046 km2) |
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Effingham County | 103 | Springfield | 1777 | St Mathew and St Philip Parishes | Thomas Howard, Earl of Effingham (1746–1791), who was sympathetic with the independence movement | 139.04 | 66,741 | 480 sq mi (1,243 km2) |
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Elbert County | 105 | Elberton | 1790 | Wilkes County | Samuel Elbert (1740–88), a general in the Revolutionary War; became the governor of Georgia in 1785 | 53.06 | 19,579 | 369 sq mi (956 km2) |
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Emanuel County | 107 | Swainsboro | 1812 | Bulloch and Montgomery Counties | Colonel David Emanuel (1744–1808), became the governor of Georgia in 1801 | 33.11 | 22,716 | 686 sq mi (1,777 km2) |
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Evans County | 109 | Claxton | 1914 | Bulloch and Tattnall County | General Clement Anselm Evans (1832–1911), a hero of the American Civil War; the commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans | 57.69 | 10,672 | 185 sq mi (479 km2) |
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Fannin County | 111 | Blue Ridge | 1854 | Gilmer and Union Counties | Colonel James Walker Fannin Jr. (1809–36), a hero of the Texas Revolution | 66.88 | 25,817 | 386 sq mi (1,000 km2) |
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Fayette County | 113 | Fayetteville | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821 | Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), a French hero of the Revolutionary War | 612.05 | 120,574 | 197 sq mi (510 km2) |
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Floyd County | 115 | Rome | 1832 | Cherokee County | General John Floyd (1769–1839), soldier, U.S. Congressman | 192.54 | 98,771 | 513 sq mi (1,329 km2) |
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Forsyth County | 117 | Cumming | 1832 | Cherokee County | John Forsyth (1780–1841), Secretary of State under President Martin Van Buren | 1,151.35 | 260,206 | 226 sq mi (585 km2) |
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Franklin County | 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 | 90.44 | 23,785 | 263 sq mi (681 km2) |
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Fulton County | 121 | Atlanta | 1853 | DeKalb County + the former Campbell and Milton Counties and a portion of Cobb County | Hamilton Fulton (1781–1833), a Scottish civil and hydraulic engineer. | 2,013.86 | 1,065,334 | 529 sq mi (1,370 km2) |
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Gilmer County | 123 | Ellijay | 1832 | Cherokee County | George Rockingham Gilmer (1780–1859), 16th governor of Georgia | 75.00 | 32,026 | 427 sq mi (1,106 km2) |
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Glascock County | 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 | 20.27 | 2,919 | 144 sq mi (373 km2) |
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Glynn County | 127 | Brunswick | 1777 | St David and St Patrick Parishes | John Glynn (1722–79), British Member of Parliament and Serjeant-at-law, who was sympathetic with the cause of American independence | 200.80 | 84,739 | 422 sq mi (1,093 km2) |
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Gordon County | 129 | Calhoun | 1850 | Cass (now Bartow) and Floyd Counties | William Washington Gordon (1796–1842), first president of the Central of Georgia Railroad | 164.05 | 58,237 | 355 sq mi (919 km2) |
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Grady County | 131 | Cairo | 1905 | Decatur and Thomas Counties | Henry Woodfin Grady (1850–89), orator; managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution | 56.59 | 25,918 | 458 sq mi (1,186 km2) |
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Greene County | 133 | Greensboro | 1786 | Washington County | General Nathanael Greene (1742–86), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 50.35 | 19,536 | 388 sq mi (1,005 km2) |
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Gwinnett County | 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 | 2,227.59 | 964,546 | 433 sq mi (1,121 km2) |
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Habersham County | 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 | 168.25 | 46,774 | 278 sq mi (720 km2) |
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Hall County | 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 | 526.32 | 207,369 | 394 sq mi (1,020 km2) |
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Hancock County | 141 | Sparta | 1793 | Greene and Washington counties | John Hancock (1737–93), President of the Continental Congress; first signer of the Declaration of Independence | 18.25 | 8,630 | 473 sq mi (1,225 km2) |
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Haralson County | 143 | Buchanan | 1856 | Carroll and Polk Counties | General Hugh Anderson Haralson (1805–54), U.S. Congressman | 108.41 | 30,572 | 282 sq mi (730 km2) |
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Harris County | 145 | Hamilton | 1827 | Muscogee and Troup counties | Charles Harris (1772–1827), prominent attorney from Savannah | 76.78 | 35,626 | 464 sq mi (1,202 km2) |
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Hart County | 147 | Hartwell | 1853 | Elbert and Franklin counties | Nancy Morgan Hart (1735–1830), a heroine of the Revolutionary War | 113.83 | 26,409 | 232 sq mi (601 km2) |
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Heard County | 149 | Franklin | 1830 | Carroll, Coweta and Troup Counties | Stephen Heard (1740–1815), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 39.07 | 11,565 | 296 sq mi (767 km2) |
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Henry County | 151 | McDonough | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821 | Patrick Henry (1736–99), prominent lawyer, orator, and a Founding Father of the United States | 759.24 | 245,235 | 323 sq mi (837 km2) |
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Houston County | 153 | Perry | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821 | John Houstoun (1744–1796), member of the Continental Congress; became governor of Georgia in 1778 | 442.52 | 166,829 | 377 sq mi (976 km2) |
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Irwin County | 155 | Ocilla | 1818 | Creek Cessions of 1814 and 1818 | Jared Irwin (1751–1818), the governor who rescinded the Yazoo Act in 1796 | 26.94 | 9,618 | 357 sq mi (925 km2) |
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Jackson County | 157 | Jefferson | 1796 | Franklin County | General James Jackson (1757–1806), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 234.75 | 80,286 | 342 sq mi (886 km2) |
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Jasper County | 159 | Monticello | 1807 | Baldwin (FKA Randolph County 1807–12) | Sergeant William Jasper (1750–1779), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 41.29 | 15,278 | 370 sq mi (958 km2) |
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Jeff Davis County | 161 | Hazlehurst | 1905 | Appling and Coffee counties | Jefferson Davis (1808–89), the first and only President of the Confederate States of America | 44.66 | 14,872 | 333 sq mi (862 km2) |
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Jefferson County | 163 | Louisville | 1796 | Burke and Warren Counties | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third President of the United States | 29.40 | 15,524 | 528 sq mi (1,368 km2) |
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Jenkins County | 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 | 24.68 | 8,639 | 350 sq mi (906 km2) |
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Johnson County | 167 | Wrightsville | 1858 | Emanuel, Laurens and Washington counties | Herschel Vespasian Johnson (1812–80), U.S. Senator; Governor of Georgia | 30.13 | 9,160 | 304 sq mi (787 km2) |
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Jones County | 169 | Gray | 1807 | Baldwin County | James Jones (1769–1801), U.S. Congressman | 72.08 | 28,400 | 394 sq mi (1,020 km2) |
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Lamar County | 171 | Barnesville | 1920 | Monroe and Pike Counties | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825–93), U.S. Senator; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court | 103.14 | 19,080 | 185 sq mi (479 km2) |
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Lanier County | 173 | Lakeland | 1920 | Berrien, Clinch and Lowndes Countries | Sidney Lanier (1842–1881), attorney, linguist, mathematician,[15] and musician | 52.98 | 9,907 | 187 sq mi (484 km2) |
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Laurens County | 175 | Dublin | 1807 | Wilkinson County | Colonel John Laurens (1754–82), aide to George Washington during the Revolutionary War | 60.94 | 49,547 | 813 sq mi (2,106 km2) |
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Lee County | 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” | 93.85 | 33,411 | 356 sq mi (922 km2) |
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Liberty County | 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 | 126.61 | 65,711 | 519 sq mi (1,344 km2) |
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Lincoln County | 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 | 36.73 | 7,749 | 211 sq mi (546 km2) |
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Long County | 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 | 42.77 | 17,152 | 401 sq mi (1,039 km2) |
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Lowndes County | 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 | 236.66 | 119,276 | 504 sq mi (1,305 km2) |
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Lumpkin County | 187 | Dahlonega | 1832 | Cherokee, Habersham, and Hall Counties | Wilson Lumpkin (1783–1870), Governor of Georgia; U.S. Senator | 120.70 | 34,278 | 284 sq mi (736 km2) |
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Macon County | 193 | Oglethorpe | 1837 | Houston and Marion Counties | General Nathaniel Macon (1758–1837), Speaker of the House of Representatives; U.S. Senator | 29.79 | 12,004 | 403 sq mi (1,044 km2) |
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Madison County | 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 | 108.75 | 30,885 | 284 sq mi (736 km2) |
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Marion County | 197 | Buena Vista | 1827 | Lee and Muscogee Counties | General Francis Marion (1732–95), the “Swamp Fox”; a hero of the Revolutionary War | 20.27 | 7,440 | 367 sq mi (951 km2) |
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McDuffie County | 189 | Thomson | 1870 | Columbia and Warren | George McDuffie (1790–1851), orator and governor of South Carolina | 83.20 | 21,633 | 260 sq mi (673 km2) |
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McIntosh County | 191 | Darien | 1793 | Liberty County | General Lachlan McIntosh (1727–1806), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 25.63 | 11,123 | 434 sq mi (1,124 km2) |
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Meriwether County | 199 | Greenville | 1827 | Formed from Troup County | General David Meriwether (1755–1822), a hero of the Revolutionary War; U.S. Congressman | 41.34 | 20,793 | 503 sq mi (1,303 km2) |
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Miller County | 201 | Colquitt | 1856 | Baker and Early Counties | Andrew Jackson Miller (1806–56), president of the Medical College of Georgia | 20.92 | 5,919 | 283 sq mi (733 km2) |
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Mitchell County | 205 | Camilla | 1857 | Baker County | Gen. Henry Mitchell (1760–1839), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 42.03 | 21,521 | 512 sq mi (1,326 km2) |
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Monroe County | 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 | 72.51 | 28,712 | 396 sq mi (1,026 km2) |
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Montgomery County | 209 | Mount Vernon | 1793 | Washington County | General Richard Montgomery (1738–75), hero of the Revolutionary War | 35.32 | 8,653 | 245 sq mi (635 km2) |
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Morgan County | 211 | Madison | 1807 | Baldwin County | General Daniel Morgan (1736–1802), a hero of the Revolutionary War; U.S. Congressman | 58.96 | 20,635 | 350 sq mi (906 km2) |
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Murray County | 213 | Chatsworth | 1832 | Cherokee County | Thomas W. Murray (1790–1832), famous state legislator | 116.14 | 39,951 | 344 sq mi (891 km2) |
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Muscogee County | 215 | Columbus | 1826 | Creek Cession of 1826 | Muskogee ethnic group, to which the Creek and Seminole Nations belong | 951.93 | 205,617 | 216 sq mi (559 km2) |
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Newton County | 217 | Covington | 1821 | Henry, Jasper, and Walton Counties | Sergeant John Newton (1755–80), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 417.95 | 115,355 | 276 sq mi (715 km2) |
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Oconee County | 219 | Watkinsville | 1875 | Clarke County | Oconee River, which forms its eastern boundary | 231.31 | 43,023 | 186 sq mi (482 km2) |
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Oglethorpe County | 221 | Lexington | 1793 | Wilkes County | General James Edward Oglethorpe (1696–1785), the founder of the Colony of Georgia | 34.33 | 15,140 | 441 sq mi (1,142 km2) |
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Paulding County | 223 | Dallas | 1832 | Cherokee County | John Paulding (1759–1818), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 553.44 | 173,780 | 314 sq mi (813 km2) |
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Peach County | 225 | Fort Valley | 1924 | Houston and Macon Counties | Its location in Central Georgia is one of the richest peach-producing regions in the country. | 188.19 | 28,417 | 151 sq mi (391 km2) |
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Pickens County | 227 | Jasper | 1853 | Cherokee and Gilmer counties | General Andrew Pickens (1739–1817), a hero of the Revolutionary War; U.S. Congressman | 146.66 | 34,024 | 232 sq mi (601 km2) |
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Pierce County | 229 | Blackshear | 1857 | Appling and Ware Counties | Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), fourteenth President of the United States | 58.24 | 19,976 | 343 sq mi (888 km2) |
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Pike County | 231 | Zebulon | 1822 | Monroe County | General Zebulon Pike (1779–1813), explorer and a hero of the War of 1812 | 89.34 | 19,477 | 218 sq mi (565 km2) |
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Polk County | 233 | Cedartown | 1851 | Floyd and Paulding Counties | James Knox Polk (1795–1849), eleventh President of the United States | 139.86 | 43,496 | 311 sq mi (805 km2) |
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Pulaski County | 235 | Hawkinsville | 1808 | Laurens County | Count Kazimierz Pułaski of Poland (1748–79), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 40.15 | 9,917 | 247 sq mi (640 km2) |
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Putnam County | 237 | Eatonton | 1807 | Baldwin County | General Israel Putnam (1718–90), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 65.65 | 22,585 | 344 sq mi (891 km2) |
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Quitman County | 239 | Georgetown | 1858 | Randolph and Stewart counties | General John Anthony Quitman (1799–1858), a hero of the Mexican-American War | 14.76 | 2,243 | 152 sq mi (394 km2) |
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Rabun County | 241 | Clayton | 1819 | Cherokee Cession of 1819 | William Rabun (1771–1819), Governor of Georgia (1817–19) | 46.14 | 17,119 | 371 sq mi (961 km2) |
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Randolph County | 243 | Cuthbert | 1828 | Lee County | John Randolph of Roanoke (1773–1833), U.S. Congressman | 14.66 | 6,287 | 429 sq mi (1,111 km2) |
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Richmond County | 245 | Augusta | 1777 | St Paul Parish | Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond (1735–1806), who was sympathetic to the cause of colonial independence | 634.79 | 205,673 | 324 sq mi (839 km2) |
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Rockdale County | 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 | 718.18 | 94,082 | 131 sq mi (339 km2) |
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Schley County | 249 | Ellaville | 1857 | Marion and Sumter counties | William Schley (1786–1858), governor of Georgia (1835–37) | 26.65 | 4,478 | 168 sq mi (435 km2) |
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Screven County | 251 | Sylvania | 1793 | Burke and Effingham Counties | General James Screven (1744–1778), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 21.77 | 14,105 | 648 sq mi (1,678 km2) |
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Seminole County | 253 | Donalsonville | 1920 | Decatur and Early Counties | Seminole Nation | 38.64 | 9,197 | 238 sq mi (616 km2) |
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Spalding County | 255 | Griffin | 1851 | Fayette, Henry, and Pike County | Thomas Spalding (1774–1851), U.S. Congressman, state legislator, and agriculturalist | 342.97 | 67,909 | 198 sq mi (513 km2) |
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Stephens County | 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 | 150.08 | 26,865 | 179 sq mi (464 km2) |
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Stewart County | 259 | Lumpkin | 1830 | Randolph County | General Daniel Stewart (1759–1829), a hero of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 | 11.64 | 5,341 | 459 sq mi (1,189 km2) |
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Sumter County | 261 | Americus | 1831 | Lee County | General Thomas Sumter (1734–1832), the “Fighting Gamecock,” a hero of the Revolutionary War | 60.38 | 29,283 | 485 sq mi (1,256 km2) |
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Talbot County | 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 | 14.61 | 5,742 | 393 sq mi (1,018 km2) |
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Taliaferro County | 265 | Crawfordville | 1825 | Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren, and Wilkes Counties | Colonel Benjamin Taliaferro (1750–1821), U.S. Congressman; a hero of the Revolutionary War | 7.99 | 1,558 | 195 sq mi (505 km2) |
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Tattnall County | 267 | Reidsville | 1801 | Montgomery County | Josiah Tattnall (1764–1803), U.S. Senator; Governor of Georgia | 47.63 | 23,052 | 484 sq mi (1,254 km2) |
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Taylor County | 269 | Butler | 1852 | Macon, Marion and Talbot Counties | Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), the twelfth President of the United States | 20.63 | 7,799 | 378 sq mi (979 km2) |
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Telfair County | 271 | McRae-Helena | 1807 | Wilkinson County | Edward Telfair (1735–1807), the second Governor of Georgia following the establishment of the United States | 28.15 | 12,414 | 441 sq mi (1,142 km2) |
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Terrell County | 273 | Dawson | 1856 | Lee and Randolph Counties | Dr. William Terrell (1778–1855), U.S. Congressman | 26.68 | 8,964 | 336 sq mi (870 km2) |
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Thomas County | 275 | Thomasville | 1825 | Decatur and Irwin Counties | General Jett Thomas (1776–1817), a hero of the War of 1812 | 83.65 | 45,842 | 548 sq mi (1,419 km2) |
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Tift County | 277 | Tifton | 1905 | Berrien, Irwin and Worth Counties | Colonel Nelson Tift (1810–91), a captain in the Confederate States Navy; U.S. Congressman | 155.52 | 41,212 | 265 sq mi (686 km2) |
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Toombs County | 279 | Lyons | 1905 | Emanuel, Tattnall, and Montgomery Counties | General Robert Toombs (1810–85), U.S. Senator; Confederate States Secretary of State | 73.33 | 26,911 | 367 sq mi (951 km2) |
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Towns County | 281 | Hiawassee | 1856 | Rabun and Union Counties | George Washington Towns (1801–54), governor of Georgia during the antebellum period | 77.56 | 12,875 | 166 sq mi (430 km2) |
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Treutlen County | 283 | Soperton | 1918 | Emanuel and Montgomery Counties | John A. Treutlen (1726–82), the first elected Governor of Georgia (1777–78) | 31.37 | 6,306 | 201 sq mi (521 km2) |
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Troup County | 285 | LaGrange | 1826 | Creek Cession of 1826 | George M. Troup (1780–1856), Governor of Georgia (1823–27); U.S. Senator | 168.41 | 69,720 | 414 sq mi (1,072 km2) |
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Turner County | 287 | Ashburn | 1905 | Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox and Worth Counties | Captain Henry Gray Turner (1839–1904), U.S. Congressman; a hero of the American Civil War | 31.35 | 8,966 | 286 sq mi (741 km2) |
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Twiggs County | 289 | Jeffersonville | 1809 | Wilkinson County | General John Twiggs (1750–1816), a hero of the Revolutionary War; Governor of Georgia | 21.82 | 7,856 | 360 sq mi (932 km2) |
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Union County | 291 | Blairsville | 1832 | Cherokee County | Federal union of the states | 79.01 | 25,521 | 323 sq mi (837 km2) |
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Upson County | 293 | Thomaston | 1824 | Crawford and Pike Counties | Stephen Upson (1786–1824), state legislator | 85.03 | 27,720 | 326 sq mi (844 km2) |
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Walker County | 295 | LaFayette | 1833 | Murray County | Major Freeman Walker (1780–1827), U.S. Senator (1819–1821) | 153.61 | 68,510 | 446 sq mi (1,155 km2) |
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Walton County | 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 | 303.50 | 99,853 | 329 sq mi (852 km2) |
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Ware County | 299 | Waycross | 1824 | Appling County | Nicholas Ware (1769–1824), U.S. Senator (1821–24) | 39.90 | 36,033 | 903 sq mi (2,339 km2) |
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Warren County | 301 | Warrenton | 1793 | Columbia, Hancock, Richmond, and Wilkes Counties | General Joseph Warren (1741–75), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 18.32 | 5,240 | 286 sq mi (741 km2) |
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Washington County | 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 | 29.10 | 19,785 | 680 sq mi (1,761 km2) |
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Wayne County | 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 | 47.10 | 30,380 | 645 sq mi (1,671 km2) |
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Webster County | 307 | Preston | 1853 | Stewart County (Formally Kinchafoonee) | Daniel Webster (1782–1852), U.S. Secretary of State; supported Henry Clay‘s Compromise of 1850 | 11.27 | 2,367 | 210 sq mi (544 km2) |
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Wheeler County | 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 | 25.07 | 7,471 | 298 sq mi (772 km2) |
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White County | 311 | Cleveland | 1857 | Habersham County | Colonel John White, a hero of the Revolutionary War | 117.53 | 28,442 | 242 sq mi (627 km2) |
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Whitfield County | 313 | Dalton | 1851 | Murray County | George Whitefield (1714–70), pastor; established the Bethesda Orphanage near Savannah | 354.65 | 102,848 | 290 sq mi (751 km2) |
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Wilcox County | 315 | Abbeville | 1857 | Dooly, Irwin, and Pulaski counties | General Mark Wilcox (1800–50), a noted soldier and state legislator | 23.00 | 8,739 | 380 sq mi (984 km2) |
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Wilkes County | 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 | 20.20 | 9,513 | 471 sq mi (1,220 km2) |
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Wilkinson County | 319 | Irwinton | 1803 | Creek Cessions of 1802 and 1805 | General James Wilkinson (1757–1825), veteran of the Revolutionary War and of the War of 1812; Senior Officer of the U.S. Army; turned out to be an agent of the Spanish government | 19.76 | 8,831 | 447 sq mi (1,158 km2) |
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Worth County | 321 | Sylvester | 1853 | Dooly and Irwin Counties | General William J. Worth (1794–1849), a hero of the Mexican–American War | 36.06 | 20,554 | 570 sq mi (1,476 km2) |