Notes on Georgia (U.S. state) Counties

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County County Seat 2000 County Population County Square Miles County Founded
Appling County Baxley 17,419 509 1818
Athens-Clarke County Athens 101,489 121 1801
Atkinson County Pearson 7,609 338 1919
Augusta-Richmond County Augusta 199,775 324 1777
Bacon County Alma 10,103 285 1914
Baker County Newton 4,074 343 1825
Baldwin County Milledgeville 44,700 258 1803
Banks County Homer 14,422 234 1858
Barrow County Winder 46,144 162 1914
Bartow County Cartersville 76,019 460 1832
Ben Hill County Fitzgerald 17,484 252 1906
Berrien County Nashville 16,235 452 1856
Bibb County Macon 153,887 250 1822
Bleckley County Cochran 11,666 217 1912
Brantley County Nahunta 14,629 444 1920
Brooks County Quitman 16,450 494 1858
Bryan County Pembroke 23,417 442 1793
Bulloch County Statesboro 55,983 683 1796
Burke County Waynesboro 22,243 831 1777
Butts County Jackson 19,522 187 1825
Calhoun County Morgan 6,320 280 1854
Camden County Woodbine 43,664 630 1777
Candler County Metter 9,577 247 1914
Carroll County Carrollton 87,268 499 1826
Catoosa County Ringgold 53,282 162 1853
Charlton County Folkston 10,282 781 1854
Chatham County Savannah 232,048 440 1777
Chattooga County Summerville 25,470 314 1838
Cherokee County Canton 14,1903 424 1832
Clay County Fort Gaines 3,357 195 1854
Clayton County Jonesboro 236,517 143 1858
Clinch County Homerville 6,878 809 1850
Cobb County Marietta 607,751 340 1832
Coffee County Douglas 37,413 599 1854
Colquitt County Moultrie 42,053 552 1856
Columbia County Appling 89,288 290 1790
Columbus-Muscogee County Columbus 186,291 216 1826
Cook County Adel 15,771 229 1918
Coweta County Newnan 89,215 443 1826
Crawford County Knoxville 12,495 325 1822
Crisp County Cordele 21,996 274 1905
Chattahoochee County Cusseta 14,882 249 1854
Dade County Trenton 15,154 174 1837
Dawson County Dawsonville 15,999 211 1857
Decatur County Bainbridge 28,240 597 1823
DeKalb County Decatur 665,865 268 1822
Dodge County Eastman 19,171 501 1870
Dooly County Vienna 11,525 393 1821
Dougherty County Albany 96,065 330 1853
Douglas County Douglasville 92,174 199 1870
Early County Blakely 12,354 511 1818
Echols County Statenville 3,754 404 1858
Effingham County Springfield 37,535 480 1777
Elbert County Elberton 20,511 369 1790
Emanuel County Swainsboro 21,837 686 1812
Evans County Claxton 10,495 185 1914
Fannin County Blue Ridge 19,798 386 1854
Fayette County Fayetteville 91,263 197 1821
Floyd County Rome 90,565 513 1832
Forsyth County Cumming 98,407 226 1832
Franklin County Carnesville 20,285 263 1784
Fulton County Atlanta 816,006 529 1853
Gilmer County Ellijay 23,456 427 1832
Glascock County Gibson 2,556 144 1857
Glynn County Brunswick 67,568 422 1777
Gordon County Calhoun 44,104 355 1850
Grady County Cairo 23,659 458 1906
Greene County Greensboro 14,406 388 1786
Gwinnett County Lawrenceville 588,448 433 1818
Habersham County Clarkesville 35,902 278 1818
Hall County Gainesville 139,277 394 1818
Hancock County Sparta 10,076 473 1793
Haralson County Buchanan 25,690 282 1856
Harris County Hamilton 23,695 464 1827
Hart County Hartwell 22,997 232 1853
Heard County Franklin 11,012 296 1830
Henry County McDonough 119,341 323 1821
Houston County Perry 110,765 377 1821
Irwin County Ocilla 9,931 357 1818
Jackson County Jefferson 41,589 342 1796
Jasper County Monticello 11,426 370 1807
Jeff Davis County Hazlehurst 12,684 333 1905
Jefferson County Louisville 17,266 528 1796
Jenkins County Millen 8,575 350 1905
Johnson County Wrightsville 8,560 304 1858
Jones County Gray 23,639 394 1807
Lamar County Barnesville 15,912 185 1920
Lanier County Lakeland 7,241 187 1920
Laurens County Dublin 44,874 813 1807
Lee County Leesburg 24,757 356 1826
Liberty County Hinesville 61,610 519 1777
Lincoln County Lincolnton 8,348 211 1796
Long County Ludowici 10,304 401 1920
Lowndes County Valdosta 92,115 504 1825
Lumpkin County Dahlonega 21,016 284 1832
Macon County Oglethorpe 14,074 403 1837
Madison County Danielsville 25,730 284 1811
Marion County Buena Vista 7,144 367 1827
McDuffie County Thomson 21,231 260 1870
McIntosh County Darien 10,847 434 1793
Meriwether County Greenville 22,534 503 1827
Miller County Colquitt 6,383 283 1856
Mitchell County Camilla 23,932 512 1857
Monroe County Forsyth 21,757 396 1821
Montgomery County Mount Vernon 8,270 245 1793
Morgan County Madison 15,457 350 1807
Murray County Chatsworth 36,506 344 1832
Newton County Covington 62,001 276 1821
Oconee County Watkinsville 26,225 186 1875
Oglethorpe County Lexington 12,635 441 1793
Paulding County Dallas 81,678 314 1832
Peach County Fort Valley 23,668 151 1824
Pickens County Jasper 22,983 232 1853
Pierce County Blackshear 15,636 343 1857
Pike County Zebulon 13,688 218 1822
Polk County Cedartown 38,127 311 1851
Pulaski County Hawkinsville 9,588 247 1808
Putnam County Eatonton 18,812 344 1807
Quitman County Georgetown 2,598 152 1858
Rabun County Clayton 15,050 371 1819
Randolph County Cuthbert 7,791 429 1828
Rockdale County Conyers 70,111 131 1870
Schley County Ellaville 3,766 168 1857
Screven County Sylvania 15,374 648 1793
Seminole County Donalsonville 9,369 238 1920
Spalding County Griffin 58,417 198 1851
Stephens County Toccoa 25,435 179 1905
Stewart County Lumpkin 5,252 459 1830
Sumter County Americus 33,200 485 1831
Talbot County Talbotton 6,498 393 1827
Taliaferro County Crawfordville 2,077 195 1825
Tattnall County Reidsville 22,305 484 1801
Taylor County Butler 8,815 378 1852
Telfair County McRae 11,794 441 1807
Terrell County Dawson 10,970 336 1856
Thomas County Thomasville 42,737 548 1825
Tift County Tifton 38,407 265 1905
Toombs County Lyons 26,067 367 1905
Towns County Hiawassee 9,319 166 1856
Treutlen County Soperton 6,854 201 1917
Troup County Lagrange 58,779 414 1826
Turner County Ashburn 9,504 286 1905
Twiggs County Jeffersonville 10,590 360 1809
Union County Blairsville 17,289 323 1832
Upson County Thomaston 27,597 326 1824
Walker County LaFayette 61,053 446 1833
Walton County Monroe 60,687 329 1803
Ware County Waycross 35,483 903 1824
Warren County Warrenton 6,336 286 1793
Washington County Sandersville 21,176 680 1784
Wayne County Jesup 26,565 645 1803
Webster County Preston 2,390 210 1853
Wheeler County Alamo 6,179 298 1912
White County Cleveland 19,944 242 1857
Whitfield County Dalton 83,525 290 1851
Wilcox County Abbeville 8,577 380 1857
Wilkes County Washington 10,687 471 1777
Wilkinson County Irwinton 10,220 447 1803
Worth County Sylvester 21,967 570 1853



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