List of counties in Georgia (U.S. state)

Counties of Georgia
Location	State of Georgia
Number	159
Populations	1,680 (Taliaferro) – 977,773 (Fulton)
Areas	121 square miles (310 km2) (Clarke) – 903 square miles (2,340 km2) (Ware)
Government	County government
Subdivisions	cities, towns, unincorporated communities, census designated place

The U.S. State of Georgia is divided into 159 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, seven 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, and Cusseta–Chattahoochee County.

History

From 1732 until 1758, the minor civil divisions were districts and towns. In 1758, the Province of Georgia was divided into eight parishes, and another four parishes were partitioned in 1765; in 1777. The original eight counties of the State of Georgia were Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Richmond and Wilkes all created on February 5, 1777. Georgia has the second largest number of counties of any state in the United States, following 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. However, 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. The last new county to be established in Georgia was Peach County, established in 1924.

The proliferation of counties in Georgia led to multiple state constitutional amendments attempting to establish a limit on the number of counties in the state. 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 very 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.

Georgia is the only state which still allows sole commissioner county government. Currently only nine of the state's 159 counties operate under that system.

Changed names of counties in Georgia

A few counties in Georgia have had their names changed in the history of the state. Jasper County was originally named "Randolph County". Later on, the present-day Randolph County was founded. Webster County was once named "Kinchafoonee County", and the former Cass County was renamed Bartow County.

Defunct counties in Georgia

• St. George, St. Mary's, St. Thomas, St. Phillip, Christ Church, St. David, St. Matthews, St. Andrew, St. James, St. Johns, and St. Paul parishes were all dissolved in 1777, and all of other counties were established later.

• Campbell (1828 – 1932): Formed from Carroll and Coweta in 1828, half northwest of Chattahoochee River became Douglas in 1870, remainder was merged into southwest Fulton in 1932.

• Milton (1857 – 1932): Formed from northeast Cobb, southeast Cherokee, and southwest Forsyth in 1857 (and later northern DeKalb), was merged into north Fulton in 1932.

In addition, there was a previous Walton county in Georgia, which was actually located in what is now western North Carolina. A brief skirmish, the so-called Walton War, was fought between North Carolina and Georgia in 1810, before Georgia relinquished its claim on that area after the 1811 survey of Ellicott Rock.

Fictional counties

The TV series The Walking Dead names three fictional counties in Georgia: King County, Linden County, and Mert County.

The SundanceTV original series Rectify takes place in Paulie County, Georgia.

The 1992 boxing movie Diggstown ( with James Woods and Louis Gossett Jr.) takes place in the fictional Olivera County, Georgia.

Squidbillies, an animated series found on the Adult Swim cable network, features a family of developmentally challenged cephalopods living in Dougal County (a possible reference to Douglas County) in the hills of North Georgia.

The TV series and movie The Dukes of Hazzard take place in the fictional Hazzard County, Georgia.

In the TV series The Following, the episode Let Me Go mentions moving Joe Carroll to the Jesup County Federal Correctional Facility. Although there is a town of Jesup, Georgia, and it is home to a Federal Correctional Facility, there is no county by that name (Jesup is in Wayne County).

The TV series The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo takes place in the fictional Orly County, Georgia.

In the 1972 movie Deliverance, set in North Georgia, the county name marked on the sheriff's car is Aintree, also fictional.

Counties listing

County	INCITS [2]	County seat [3]	Established [3]	Origin [4]	Etymology [4]	Density	Population [5]	Area [3]	Map
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.	36.09	7004183680000000000♠18,368	7002509000000000000♠509 sq mi (7003131800000000000♠1,318 km2)
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.	24.51	7003828400000000000♠8,284	7002338000000000000♠338 sq mi (7002875000000000000♠875 km2)
Bacon County	005	Alma	1914	Appling, Pierce and Ware Counties	Augustus Octavius Bacon (1839 – 1914), a U.S. Senator (1895 – 1914) and President pro tempore of the United States Senate.	39.29	7004111980000000000♠11,198	7002285000000000000♠285 sq mi (7002738000000000000♠738 km2)
Baker County	007	Newton	1825	Early County	Colonel John Baker (died 1792), a hero of the American Revolutionary War.	9.81	7003336600000000000♠3,366	7002343000000000000♠343 sq mi (7002888000000000000♠888 km2)
Baldwin County	009	Milledgeville	1803	Creek cessions of 1802 and 1805.	Abraham Baldwin (1754 – 1807), a Founding Father, a U.S. Senator (1799 – 1807), one of the Georgia delegates who signed the U.S. Constitution.	179.72	7004463670000000000♠46,367	7002258000000000000♠258 sq mi (7002668000000000000♠668 km2)
Banks County	011	Homer	1858	Franklin and Habersham Counties	Dr. Richard Banks (1784 – 1850), a local physician noted for treating natives with smallpox.	78.27	7004183160000000000♠18,316	7002234000000000000♠234 sq mi (7002606000000000000♠606 km2)
Barrow County	013	Winder	1914	Gwinnett, Jackson and Walton counties.	"Uncle Dave" David Crenshaw Barrow Jr. (1852 – 1929), the chancellor of the University of Georgia (1906 – 29).	433.14	7004701690000000000♠70,169	7002162000000000000♠162 sq mi (7002420000000000000♠420 km2)
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, and the first Confederate general killed in the American Civil War.	218.83	7005100661000000000♠100,661	7002460000000000000♠460 sq mi (7003119100000000000♠1,191 km2)
Ben Hill County	017	Fitzgerald	1906	Irwin and Wilcox counties.	Benjamin Harvey Hill (1823 – 82), a U.S. Senator (1877 – 82).	69.60	7004175380000000000♠17,538	7002252000000000000♠252 sq mi (7002653000000000000♠653 km2)
Berrien County	019	Nashville	1856	Coffee, Irwin, and Lowndes counties.	John MacPherson Berrien (1781 – 1856), a U.S. Senator and the U.S. Attorney General.	42.13	7004190410000000000♠19,041	7002452000000000000♠452 sq mi (7003117100000000000♠1,171 km2)
Bibb County	021	Macon	1822	portions of Houston, Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs counties.	Dr. William Wyatt Bibb (1780 – 1820), the first Governor of Alabama and a U.S. Senator.	625.85	7005156462000000000♠156,462	7002250000000000000♠250 sq mi (7002647000000000000♠647 km2)
Bleckley County	023	Cochran	1912	Pulaski County.	Logan Edwin Bleckley (1827 – 1907), Georgia State Supreme Court Chief Justice.	59.51	7004129130000000000♠12,913	7002217000000000000♠217 sq mi (7002562000000000000♠562 km2)
Brantley County	025	Nahunta	1920	Charlton, Pierce, and Wayne counties.	William Gordon Brantley (1860 – 1934), U.S. Congressman.	41.86	7004185870000000000♠18,587	7002444000000000000♠444 sq mi (7003115000000000000♠1,150 km2)
Brooks County	027	Quitman	1858	Lowndes and Thomas counties	Captain Preston S. Brooks (1819 – 57), a hero of the Mexican–American War and Congressman from South Carolina.	31.18	7004154030000000000♠15,403	7002494000000000000♠494 sq mi (7003127900000000000♠1,279 km2)
Bryan County	029	Pembroke	1793	Chatham County	Jonathan Bryan (1708 – 88), a colonial settler and famous state representative.	72.88	7004322140000000000♠32,214	7002442000000000000♠442 sq mi (7003114500000000000♠1,145 km2)
Bulloch County	031	Statesboro	1796	Bryan and Screven Counties	Archibald Bulloch (1729 – 77), Revolutionary War soldier, Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, and acting governor of Georgia (1775 – 77).	106.43	7004726940000000000♠72,694	7002683000000000000♠683 sq mi (7003176900000000000♠1,769 km2)
Burke County	033	Waynesboro	1777	Originally organized as St George Parish.	Edmund Burke (1729 – 97), British political philosopher and Member of Parliament who was sympathetic to the cause of US independence.	27.83	7004231250000000000♠23,125	7002831000000000000♠831 sq mi (7003215200000000000♠2,152 km2)
Butts County	035	Jackson	1825	Henry and Monroe counties.	Captain Samuel Butts (1777 – 1814), a hero of the Creek War.	125.80	7004235240000000000♠23,524	7002187000000000000♠187 sq mi (7002484000000000000♠484 km2)
Calhoun County	037	Morgan	1854	Early and Baker counties.	John C. Calhoun (1782 – 1850), a U.S. Congressman, a U.S. Senator, and Vice President of the United States from South Carolina.	23.23	7003650400000000000♠6,504	7002280000000000000♠280 sq mi (7002725000000000000♠725 km2)
Camden County	039	Woodbine	1777	St Mary and St Thomas Parishes.	Sir Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1714 – 94), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain who was sympathetic to the cause of the Revolution.	81.59	7004514020000000000♠51,402	7002630000000000000♠630 sq mi (7003163200000000000♠1,632 km2)
Candler County	043	Metter	1914	Bulloch, Emanuel and Tattnall counties.	Allen Daniel Candler (1834 – 1910), state legislator, U.S. Congressman and the Governor of Georgia (1898 – 1902).	45.01	7004111170000000000♠11,117	7002247000000000000♠247 sq mi (7002640000000000000♠640 km2)
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.	223.61	7005111580000000000♠111,580	7002499000000000000♠499 sq mi (7003129200000000000♠1,292 km2)
Catoosa County	047	Ringgold	1853	Walker and Whitfield counties.	Chief Catoosa, a Cherokee chief.	401.52	7004650460000000000♠65,046	7002162000000000000♠162 sq mi (7002420000000000000♠420 km2)
Charlton County	049	Folkston	1854	Camden County.	Robert Milledge Charlton (1807 – 54), a jurist, a U.S. Senator (1852 – 54), and the mayor of Savannah.	17.02	7004132950000000000♠13,295	7002781000000000000♠781 sq mi (7003202300000000000♠2,023 km2)
Chatham County	051	Savannah	1777	Christ Church and St Philip Parishes.	William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708 – 78), British Prime Minister sympathetic to the Revolutionary cause.	628.26	7005276434000000000♠276,434	7002440000000000000♠440 sq mi (7003114000000000000♠1,140 km2)
Chattahoochee County	053	Cusseta	1854	Muscogee and Marion counties.	Chattahoochee River, which forms the county's (and the state's) western border.	52.36	7004130370000000000♠13,037	7002249000000000000♠249 sq mi (7002645000000000000♠645 km2)
Chattooga County	055	Summerville	1838	Walker and Floyd counties.	Chattooga River.	81.93	7004257250000000000♠25,725	7002314000000000000♠314 sq mi (7002813000000000000♠813 km2)
Cherokee County	057	Canton	1831	Cherokee Cession of 1831.	Cherokee Nation, which controlled this part of the state autonomously until 1831.	521.97	7005221315000000000♠221,315	7002424000000000000♠424 sq mi (7003109800000000000♠1,098 km2)
Clarke County	059	Athens	1801	Jackson County.	Elijah Clarke (1733 – 99), a Revolutionary War hero.	993.93	7005120266000000000♠120,266	7002121000000000000♠121 sq mi (7002313000000000000♠313 km2)
Clay County	061	Fort Gaines	1854	Randolph and Early counties.	Henry Clay (1777 – 1852), the Secretary of State, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and a U.S. Senator from Kentucky.	15.98	7003311600000000000♠3,116	7002195000000000000♠195 sq mi (7002505000000000000♠505 km2)
Clayton County	063	Jonesboro	1858	Fayette and Henry counties.	Augustin Smith Clayton (1783 – 1839), a local jurist and U.S. Congressman.	1,859.36	7005265888000000000♠265,888	7002143000000000000♠143 sq mi (7002370000000000000♠370 km2)
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, and a U.S. Congressman.	8.30	7003671800000000000♠6,718	7002809000000000000♠809 sq mi (7003209500000000000♠2,095 km2)
Cobb County	067	Marietta	1832	Cherokee County	Colonel Thomas Willis Cobb (1784 – 1835), a hero of the War of 1812 and a U.S. Congressman.	2,080.71	7005707442000000000♠707,442	7002340000000000000♠340 sq mi (7002881000000000000♠881 km2)
Coffee County	069	Douglas	1854	Clinch, Irwin, Telfair and Ware counties.	General John E. Coffee (1782 – 1836), a hero of the War of 1812.	72.07	7004431700000000000♠43,170	7002599000000000000♠599 sq mi (7003155100000000000♠1,551 km2)
Colquitt County	071	Moultrie	1856	Thomas and Lowndes counties.	Walter Terry Colquitt (1799 – 1855), a Methodist pastor and a U.S. Senator.	83.58	7004461370000000000♠46,137	7002552000000000000♠552 sq mi (7003143000000000000♠1,430 km2)
Columbia County	073	Appling	1790	Richmond County	Christopher Columbus (1446 – 1506), explorer.	453.89	7005131627000000000♠131,627	7002290000000000000♠290 sq mi (7002751000000000000♠751 km2)
Cook County	075	Adel	1918	Berrien County.	General Philip Cook (1817 – 94), Confederate general and secretary of state.	73.90	7004169230000000000♠16,923	7002229000000000000♠229 sq mi (7002593000000000000♠593 km2)
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.	295.55	7005130929000000000♠130,929	7002443000000000000♠443 sq mi (7003114700000000000♠1,147 km2)
Crawford County	079	Knoxville	1822	Houston County.	William Harris Crawford (1772 – 1834), a U.S. Senator, an ambassador to France, and the Secretary of the Treasury.	38.77	7004126000000000000♠12,600	7002325000000000000♠325 sq mi (7002842000000000000♠842 km2)
Crisp County	081	Cordele	1905	Dooly County.	Charles Frederick Crisp (1845 – 96), Speaker of the House of Representatives.	86.15	7004236060000000000♠23,606	7002274000000000000♠274 sq mi (7002710000000000000♠710 km2)
Dade County	083	Trenton	1837	Walker County.	Major Francis L. Dade (1793 – 1835), a hero of the Seminole War.	94.77	7004164900000000000♠16,490	7002174000000000000♠174 sq mi (7002451000000000000♠451 km2)
Dawson County	085	Dawsonville	1857	Gilmer and Lumpkin counties.	William Crosby Dawson (1798 – 1857), a U.S. Senator (1849 – 55), and a state legislator.	206.27	7004224220000000000♠22,422	7002211000000000000♠211 sq mi (7002546000000000000♠546 km2)
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.	46.08	7004275090000000000♠27,509	7002597000000000000♠597 sq mi (7003154600000000000♠1,546 km2)
DeKalb County	089	Decatur	1822	Henry, Gwinnett, and Fayette counties.	"Baron" Johann DeKalb (1721 – 80) a German who accompanied the Marquis de Lafayette and was inspector general of the Colonial Army.	2,638.39	7005707089000000000♠707,089	7002268000000000000♠268 sq mi (7002694000000000000♠694 km2)
Dodge County	091	Eastman	1870	Montgomery, Pulaski and Telfair counties.	William Earle Dodge (1805 – 1883), a temperance leader and businessman from [New York, and a cofounder of Phelps, Dodge, and Company, a mining and metals company.	42.57	7004213290000000000♠21,329	7002501000000000000♠501 sq mi (7003129800000000000♠1,298 km2)
Dooly County	093	Vienna	1821	Creek Cession of 1821.	Colonel John Dooly (1740 – 80), a hero of the American Revolution.	36.43	7004143180000000000♠14,318	7002393000000000000♠393 sq mi (7003101800000000000♠1,018 km2)
Dougherty County	095	Albany	1853	Baker County.	Charles Dougherty (1801 – 53), a noted judge from Athens, Georgia.	286.37	7004945010000000000♠94,501	7002330000000000000♠330 sq mi (7002855000000000000♠855 km2)
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 United States presidential election, 1860 and lost.	673.22	7005133971000000000♠133,971	7002199000000000000♠199 sq mi (7002515000000000000♠515 km2)
Early County	099	Blakely	1818	Creek Cession of 1814.	Peter Early (1773 – 1817), the tenth governor of Georgia.	20.73	7004105940000000000♠10,594	7002511000000000000♠511 sq mi (7003132300000000000♠1,323 km2)
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.	9.87	7003398800000000000♠3,988	7002404000000000000♠404 sq mi (7003104600000000000♠1,046 km2)
Effingham County	103	Springfield	1777	St Mathew and St Philip Parishes.	Thomas Howard, the Third Earl of Effingham (1746–1791), who was sympathetic with the independence movement.	111.03	7004532930000000000♠53,293	7002480000000000000♠480 sq mi (7003124300000000000♠1,243 km2)
Elbert County	105	Elberton	1790	Wilkes County	Samuel Elbert (1740 – 88) a general in the Revolutionary War, who became the governor of Georgia in 1785	53.34	7004196840000000000♠19,684	7002369000000000000♠369 sq mi (7002956000000000000♠956 km2)
Emanuel County	107	Swainsboro	1812	Bulloch and Montgomery Counties	Colonel David Emanuel (1744 – 1808), who became the governor of Georgia in 1801.	33.38	7004228980000000000♠22,898	7002686000000000000♠686 sq mi (7003177700000000000♠1,777 km2)
Evans County	109	Claxton	1914	Bulloch and Tattnall County	General Clement Anselm Evans (1832 – 1911), a hero of the War between the States and the commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans.	57.78	7004106890000000000♠10,689	7002185000000000000♠185 sq mi (7002479000000000000♠479 km2)
Fannin County	111	Blue Ridge	1854	Gilmer and Union Counties	Colonel James Walker Fannin Jr. (1809 – 36), a hero of the Texas Revolution.	60.86	7004234920000000000♠23,492	7002386000000000000♠386 sq mi (7003100000000000000♠1,000 km2)
Fayette County	113	Fayetteville	1821	Creek Cession of 1821.	Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (1757 – 1834), a French hero of the Revolutionary War.	545.81	7005107524000000000♠107,524	7002197000000000000♠197 sq mi (7002510000000000000♠510 km2)
Floyd County	115	Rome	1832	Cherokee County	General John Floyd (1769 – 1839), soldier and a U.S. Congressman.	187.48	7004961770000000000♠96,177	7002513000000000000♠513 sq mi (7003132900000000000♠1,329 km2)
Forsyth County	117	Cumming	1832	Cherokee County	John Forsyth (1780 – 1841), Secretary of State under President Martin Van Buren.	831.54	7005187928000000000♠187,928	7002226000000000000♠226 sq mi (7002585000000000000♠585 km2)
Franklin County	119	Carnesville	1784	Cherokee and Creek Cessions of 1783	Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), writer, inventor, publisher, and a Founding Father of the United States.	83.25	7004218940000000000♠21,894	7002263000000000000♠263 sq mi (7002681000000000000♠681 km2)
Fulton County	121	Atlanta	1853	DeKalb County + the former Campbell and Milton Counties and a portion of Cobb County	Robert Fulton, an engineer and the inventor of the steamboat.	1,848.34	7005977773000000000♠977,773	7002529000000000000♠529 sq mi (7003137000000000000♠1,370 km2)
Gilmer County	123	Ellijay	1832	Cherokee County	George Rockingham Gilmer (1780 – 1859), 16th governor of Georgia.	66.02	7004281900000000000♠28,190	7002427000000000000♠427 sq mi (7003110600000000000♠1,106 km2)
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, and a U.S. Congressman.	21.82	7003314200000000000♠3,142	7002144000000000000♠144 sq mi (7002373000000000000♠373 km2)
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.	192.00	7004810220000000000♠81,022	7002422000000000000♠422 sq mi (7003109300000000000♠1,093 km2)
Gordon County	129	Calhoun	1850	Cass (now Bartow) and Floyd Counties	William Washington Gordon (1796–1842), first president of the Central of Georgia Railroad.	157.09	7004557660000000000♠55,766	7002355000000000000♠355 sq mi (7002919000000000000♠919 km2)
Grady County	131	Cairo	1905	Decatur and Thomas Counties	Henry Woodfin Grady (1850 – 89), famous orator and managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution.	55.55	7004254400000000000♠25,440	7002458000000000000♠458 sq mi (7003118600000000000♠1,186 km2)
Greene County	133	Greensboro	1786	Washington County	General Nathanael Greene (1742 – 86), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	41.47	7004160920000000000♠16,092	7002388000000000000♠388 sq mi (7003100500000000000♠1,005 km2)
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.	1,944.68	7005842046000000000♠842,046	7002433000000000000♠433 sq mi (7003112100000000000♠1,121 km2)
Habersham County	137	Clarkesville	1818	Cherokee Cessions of 1817 and 1819	Colonel Joseph Habersham (1751 – 1815), a hero of the Revolutionary War and U.S. Postmaster General in the Cabinet of George Washington.	156.55	7004435200000000000♠43,520	7002278000000000000♠278 sq mi (7002720000000000000♠720 km2)
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. He became the governor of Georgia in 1783.	470.60	7005185416000000000♠185,416	7002394000000000000♠394 sq mi (7003102000000000000♠1,020 km2)
Hancock County	141	Sparta	1793	Greene and Washington counties	John Hancock (1737 – 93), President of the Continental Congress and the first signer of the Declaration of Independence.	19.02	7003899600000000000♠8,996	7002473000000000000♠473 sq mi (7003122500000000000♠1,225 km2)
Haralson County	143	Buchanan	1856	Carroll and Polk Counties	General Hugh Anderson Haralson (1805 – 54), U.S. Congressman.	100.71	7004284000000000000♠28,400	7002282000000000000♠282 sq mi (7002730000000000000♠730 km2)
Harris County	145	Hamilton	1827	Muscogee and Troup counties	Charles Harris (1772 – 1827), a prominent attorney from Savannah.	70.15	7004325500000000000♠32,550	7002464000000000000♠464 sq mi (7003120200000000000♠1,202 km2)
Hart County	147	Hartwell	1853	Elbert and Franklin counties	Nancy Morgan Hart (1735 – 1830), a heroine of the Revolutionary War.	110.00	7004255180000000000♠25,518	7002232000000000000♠232 sq mi (7002601000000000000♠601 km2)
Heard County	149	Franklin	1830	Carroll, Coweta and Troup Counties	Stephen Heard (1740 – 1815), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	39.30	7004116330000000000♠11,633	7002296000000000000♠296 sq mi (7002767000000000000♠767 km2)
Henry County	151	McDonough	1821	Creek Cession of 1821	Patrick Henry (1736 – 99), prominent lawyer, orator, and a Founding Father of the United States.	647.22	7005209053000000000♠209,053	7002323000000000000♠323 sq mi (7002837000000000000♠837 km2)
Houston County	153	Perry	1821	Creek Cession of 1821	John Houstoun (1744–1796), member of the Continental Congress who became governor of Georgia in 1778.	387.63	7005146136000000000♠146,136	7002377000000000000♠377 sq mi (7002976000000000000♠976 km2)
Irwin County	155	Ocilla	1818	Creek Cessions of 1814 and 1818	Jared Irwin (1751 – 1818), the governor who rescinded the Yazoo Act in 1796.	26.89	7003960000000000000♠9,600	7002357000000000000♠357 sq mi (7002925000000000000♠925 km2)
Jackson County	157	Jefferson	1796	Franklin County	General James Jackson (1757 – 1806), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	177.11	7004605710000000000♠60,571	7002342000000000000♠342 sq mi (7002886000000000000♠886 km2)
Jasper County	159	Monticello	1807	Baldwin (FKA Randolph County 1807 – 12)	Sergeant William Jasper (1750–1779), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	36.84	7004136300000000000♠13,630	7002370000000000000♠370 sq mi (7002958000000000000♠958 km2)
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.	45.51	7004151560000000000♠15,156	7002333000000000000♠333 sq mi (7002862000000000000♠862 km2)
Jefferson County	163	Louisville	1796	Burke and Warren Counties	Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826), third President of the United States.	31.12	7004164320000000000♠16,432	7002528000000000000♠528 sq mi (7003136800000000000♠1,368 km2)
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.	26.32	7003921300000000000♠9,213	7002350000000000000♠350 sq mi (7002906000000000000♠906 km2)
Johnson County	167	Wrightsville	1858	Emanuel, Laurens and Washington counties	Herschel Vespasian Johnson (1812 – 80), a U.S. Senator and the Governor of Georgia.	32.56	7003989700000000000♠9,897	7002304000000000000♠304 sq mi (7002787000000000000♠787 km2)
Jones County	169	Gray	1807	Baldwin County	James Jones (1769 – 1801), a U.S. Congressman.	72.53	7004285770000000000♠28,577	7002394000000000000♠394 sq mi (7003102000000000000♠1,020 km2)
Lamar County	171	Barnesville	1920	Monroe and Pike Counties	Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825 – 93), a U.S. Senator and an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.	97.61	7004180570000000000♠18,057	7002185000000000000♠185 sq mi (7002479000000000000♠479 km2)
Lanier County	173	Lakeland	1920	Berrien, Clinch and Lowndes Countries	Sidney Lanier (1842–1881), famous attorney, linguist, mathematician, and musician.	55.61	7004104000000000000♠10,400	7002187000000000000♠187 sq mi (7002484000000000000♠484 km2)
Laurens County	175	Dublin	1807	Wilkinson County	Colonel John Laurens (1754 – 82), an aide to George Washington during the Revolutionary War.	59.09	7004480410000000000♠48,041	7002813000000000000♠813 sq mi (7003210600000000000♠2,106 km2)
Lee County	177	Leesburg	1826	Creek Cessions of 1826	General Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	80.75	7004287460000000000♠28,746	7002356000000000000♠356 sq mi (7002922000000000000♠922 km2)
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.	126.15	7004654710000000000♠65,471	7002519000000000000♠519 sq mi (7003134400000000000♠1,344 km2)
Lincoln County	181	Lincolnton	1796	Wilkes County	General Benjamin Lincoln (1733 – 1810), a hero of the Revolutionary War who was later assigned to the suppression of Shays' Rebellion.	36.67	7003773700000000000♠7,737	7002211000000000000♠211 sq mi (7002546000000000000♠546 km2)
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.	40.02	7004160480000000000♠16,048	7002401000000000000♠401 sq mi (7003103900000000000♠1,039 km2)
Lowndes County	185	Valdosta	1825	Irwin County	William Jones Lowndes (1782 – 1822), a prominent figure in the affairs of South Carolina throughout the formative years of the United States.	227.29	7005114552000000000♠114,552	7002504000000000000♠504 sq mi (7003130500000000000♠1,305 km2)
Lumpkin County	187	Dahlonega	1832	Cherokee, Habersham, and Hall Counties	Wilson Lumpkin (1783 – 1870), the Governor of Georgia and a U.S. Senator.	107.79	7004306110000000000♠30,611	7002284000000000000♠284 sq mi (7002736000000000000♠736 km2)
Macon County	193	Oglethorpe	1837	Houston and Marion Counties	General Nathaniel Macon (1758 – 1837), Speaker of the House of Representatives and a U.S. Senator.	35.39	7004142630000000000♠14,263	7002403000000000000♠403 sq mi (7003104400000000000♠1,044 km2)
Madison County	195	Danielsville	1811	Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Jackson and Oglethorpe Counties	James Madison (1751 – 1836), the fourth President of the United States and the chief writer of the U.S. Constitution.	98.32	7004279220000000000♠27,922	7002284000000000000♠284 sq mi (7002736000000000000♠736 km2)
Marion County	197	Buena Vista	1827	Lee and Muscogee Counties	General Francis Marion (1732 – 95), the "Swamp Fox," a hero of the Revolutionary War.	23.74	7003871100000000000♠8,711	7002367000000000000♠367 sq mi (7002951000000000000♠951 km2)
McDuffie County	189	Thomson	1870	Columbia and Warren	George McDuffie (1790 – 1851), famous orator and governor of South Carolina.	83.32	7004216630000000000♠21,663	7002260000000000000♠260 sq mi (7002673000000000000♠673 km2)
McIntosh County	191	Darien	1793	Liberty County	General Lachlan McIntosh (1727 – 1806), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	31.89	7004138390000000000♠13,839	7002434000000000000♠434 sq mi (7003112400000000000♠1,124 km2)
Meriwether County	199	Greenville	1827	Formed from Troup County	General David Meriwether (1755 – 1822), a hero of the Revolutionary War and a U.S. Congressman.	42.29	7004212730000000000♠21,273	7002503000000000000♠503 sq mi (7003130300000000000♠1,303 km2)
Miller County	201	Colquitt	1856	Baker and Early Counties	Andrew Jackson Miller (1806 – 56), president of the Medical College of Georgia.	21.09	7003596900000000000♠5,969	7002283000000000000♠283 sq mi (7002733000000000000♠733 km2)
Mitchell County	205	Camilla	1857	Baker County	Gen. Henry Mitchell (1760 – 1839), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	45.20	7004231440000000000♠23,144	7002512000000000000♠512 sq mi (7003132600000000000♠1,326 km2)
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.	67.27	7004266370000000000♠26,637	7002396000000000000♠396 sq mi (7003102600000000000♠1,026 km2)
Montgomery County	209	Mount Vernon	1793	Washington County	General Richard Montgomery (1738 – 75), hero of the Revolutionary War.	36.38	7003891300000000000♠8,913	7002245000000000000♠245 sq mi (7002635000000000000♠635 km2)
Morgan County	211	Madison	1807	Baldwin County	General Daniel Morgan (1736 – 1802), a hero of the Revolutionary War and U.S. Congressman.	51.09	7004178810000000000♠17,881	7002350000000000000♠350 sq mi (7002906000000000000♠906 km2)
Murray County	213	Chatsworth	1832	Cherokee County	Thomas W. Murray (1790 – 1832), famous state legislator.	114.51	7004393920000000000♠39,392	7002344000000000000♠344 sq mi (7002891000000000000♠891 km2)
Muscogee County	215	Columbus	1826	Creek Cession of 1826	Muskogee ethnic group, to which the Creek and Seminole Nations belong.	918.58	7005198413000000000♠198,413	7002216000000000000♠216 sq mi (7002559000000000000♠559 km2)
Newton County	217	Covington	1821	Henry, Jasper, and Walton Counties	Sergeant John Newton (1755 – 80), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	367.77	7005101505000000000♠101,505	7002276000000000000♠276 sq mi (7002715000000000000♠715 km2)
Oconee County	219	Watkinsville	1875	Clarke County	Oconee River, which forms its eastern boundary.	180.74	7004336190000000000♠33,619	7002186000000000000♠186 sq mi (7002482000000000000♠482 km2)
Oglethorpe County	221	Lexington	1793	Wilkes County	General James Edward Oglethorpe (1696 – 1785), the founder of the Colony of Georgia.	33.15	7004146180000000000♠14,618	7002441000000000000♠441 sq mi (7003114200000000000♠1,142 km2)
Paulding County	223	Dallas	1832	Cherokee County	John Paulding (1759 – 1818), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	461.15	7005144800000000000♠144,800	7002314000000000000♠314 sq mi (7002813000000000000♠813 km2)
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.	182.93	7004276220000000000♠27,622	7002151000000000000♠151 sq mi (7002391000000000000♠391 km2)
Pickens County	227	Jasper	1853	Cherokee and Gilmer counties	General Andrew Pickens (1739 – 1817), a hero of the Revolutionary War and U.S. Congressman.	126.16	7004292680000000000♠29,268	7002232000000000000♠232 sq mi (7002601000000000000♠601 km2)
Pierce County	229	Blackshear	1857	Appling and Ware Counties	Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), fourteenth President of the United States.	54.94	7004188440000000000♠18,844	7002343000000000000♠343 sq mi (7002888000000000000♠888 km2)
Pike County	231	Zebulon	1822	Monroe County	General Zebulon Pike (1779 – 1813), explorer and a hero of the War of 1812.	81.70	7004178100000000000♠17,810	7002218000000000000♠218 sq mi (7002565000000000000♠565 km2)
Polk County	233	Cedartown	1851	Floyd and Paulding Counties	James Knox Polk (1795 – 1849), eleventh President of the United States.	132.44	7004411880000000000♠41,188	7002311000000000000♠311 sq mi (7002805000000000000♠805 km2)
Pulaski County	235	Hawkinsville	1808	Laurens County	Count Kazimierz Pułaski of Poland (1748 – 79), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	47.45	7004117200000000000♠11,720	7002247000000000000♠247 sq mi (7002640000000000000♠640 km2)
Putnam County	237	Eatonton	1807	Baldwin County	General Israel Putnam (1718 – 90), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	61.62	7004211980000000000♠21,198	7002344000000000000♠344 sq mi (7002891000000000000♠891 km2)
Quitman County	239	Georgetown	1858	Randolph and Stewart counties	General John Anthony Quitman (1799 – 1858), a hero of the Mexican-American War.	15.82	7003240400000000000♠2,404	7002152000000000000♠152 sq mi (7002394000000000000♠394 km2)
Rabun County	241	Clayton	1819	Cherokee Cession of 1819	William Rabun (1771 – 1819), Governor of Georgia (1817 – 19).	43.93	7004162970000000000♠16,297	7002371000000000000♠371 sq mi (7002961000000000000♠961 km2)
Randolph County	243	Cuthbert	1828	Lee County	John Randolph of Roanoke (1773 – 1833), a U.S. Congressman.	17.08	7003732700000000000♠7,327	7002429000000000000♠429 sq mi (7003111100000000000♠1,111 km2)
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.	625.27	7005202587000000000♠202,587	7002324000000000000♠324 sq mi (7002839000000000000♠839 km2)
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.	655.11	7004858200000000000♠85,820	7002131000000000000♠131 sq mi (7002339000000000000♠339 km2)
Schley County	249	Ellaville	1857	Marion and Sumter counties	William Schley (1786 – 1858), governor of Georgia (1835 – 37).	29.70	7003499000000000000♠4,990	7002168000000000000♠168 sq mi (7002435000000000000♠435 km2)
Screven County	251	Sylvania	1793	Burke and Effingham Counties	General James Screven (1744–1778), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	21.92	7004142020000000000♠14,202	7002648000000000000♠648 sq mi (7003167800000000000♠1,678 km2)
Seminole County	253	Donalsonville	1920	Decatur and Early Counties	Seminole Nation	37.59	7003894700000000000♠8,947	7002238000000000000♠238 sq mi (7002616000000000000♠616 km2)
Spalding County	255	Griffin	1851	Fayette, Henry, and Pike County	Thomas Spalding (1774 – 1851), U.S. Congressman, state legislator, and agriculturalist	322.55	7004638650000000000♠63,865	7002198000000000000♠198 sq mi (7002513000000000000♠513 km2)
Stephens County	257	Toccoa	1905	Franklin and Habersham Counties	Alexander Stephens (1812 – 83), a U.S. Congressman, the Governor of Georgia, and the first and only Vice President of the Confederate States of America.	144.64	7004258910000000000♠25,891	7002179000000000000♠179 sq mi (7002464000000000000♠464 km2)
Stewart County	259	Lumpkin	1830	Randolph County	General Daniel Stewart (1759 – 1829), a hero of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.	13.16	7003604200000000000♠6,042	7002459000000000000♠459 sq mi (7003118900000000000♠1,189 km2)
Sumter County	261	Americus	1831	Lee County	General Thomas Sumter (1734 – 1832), the "Fighting Gamecock," a hero of the Revolutionary War.	65.06	7004315540000000000♠31,554	7002485000000000000♠485 sq mi (7003125600000000000♠1,256 km2)
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 the Governor of Georgia for two weeks in 1819.	16.58	7003651700000000000♠6,517	7002393000000000000♠393 sq mi (7003101800000000000♠1,018 km2)
Taliaferro County	265	Crawfordville	1825	Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren, and Wilkes Counties	Colonel Benjamin Taliaferro (1750 – 1821), a U.S. Congressman and a hero of the Revolutionary War.	8.62	7003168000000000000♠1,680	7002195000000000000♠195 sq mi (7002505000000000000♠505 km2)
Tattnall County	267	Reidsville	1801	Montgomery County	Josiah Tattnall (1764 – 1803), a U.S. Senator and the Governor of Georgia.	52.45	7004253840000000000♠25,384	7002484000000000000♠484 sq mi (7003125400000000000♠1,254 km2)
Taylor County	269	Butler	1852	Macon, Marion and Talbot Counties	Zachary Taylor (1784 – 1850), the twelfth President of the United States.	22.28	7003842000000000000♠8,420	7002378000000000000♠378 sq mi (7002979000000000000♠979 km2)
Telfair County	271	McRae	1807	Wilkinson County	Edward Telfair (1735 – 1807), the second Governor of Georgia following the establishment of the United States.	37.07	7004163490000000000♠16,349	7002441000000000000♠441 sq mi (7003114200000000000♠1,142 km2)
Terrell County	273	Dawson	1856	Lee and Randolph Counties	Dr. William Terrell (1778 – 1855), U.S. Congressman.	26.92	7003904500000000000♠9,045	7002336000000000000♠336 sq mi (7002870000000000000♠870 km2)
Thomas County	275	Thomasville	1825	Decatur and Irwin Counties	General Jett Thomas (1776 – 1817), a hero of the War of 1812.	81.61	7004447240000000000♠44,724	7002548000000000000♠548 sq mi (7003141900000000000♠1,419 km2)
Tift County	277	Tifton	1905	Berrien, Irwin and Worth Counties	Colonel Nelson Tift (1810 – 91), a captain in the Confederate States Navy and U.S. Congressman.	154.96	7004410640000000000♠41,064	7002265000000000000♠265 sq mi (7002686000000000000♠686 km2)
Toombs County	279	Lyons	1905	Emanuel, Tattnall, and Montgomery Counties	General Robert Toombs (1810 – 85), a U.S. Senator and the Confederate States Secretary of State.	74.43	7004273150000000000♠27,315	7002367000000000000♠367 sq mi (7002951000000000000♠951 km2)
Towns County	281	Hiawassee	1856	Rabun and Union Counties	George Washington Towns (1801 – 54), governor of Georgia during the antebellum period.	63.22	7004104950000000000♠10,495	7002166000000000000♠166 sq mi (7002430000000000000♠430 km2)
Treutlen County	283	Soperton	1917	Emanuel and Montgomery Counties	John A. Treutlen (1726 – 82), the first elected Governor of Georgia (1777 – 78).	33.68	7003676900000000000♠6,769	7002201000000000000♠201 sq mi (7002521000000000000♠521 km2)
Troup County	285	LaGrange	1826	Creek Cession of 1826	George M. Troup (1780 – 1856), the Governor of Georgia (1823 – 27) and a U.S. Senator.	165.38	7004684680000000000♠68,468	7002414000000000000♠414 sq mi (7003107200000000000♠1,072 km2)
Turner County	287	Ashburn	1905	Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox and Worth Counties	Captain Henry Gray Turner (1839 – 1904), a U.S. Congressman and a hero of the War between the States.	29.41	7003841000000000000♠8,410	7002286000000000000♠286 sq mi (7002741000000000000♠741 km2)
Twiggs County	289	Jeffersonville	1809	Wilkinson County	General John Twiggs (1750 – 1816), a hero of the Revolutionary War and the Governor of Georgia.	23.46	7003844700000000000♠8,447	7002360000000000000♠360 sq mi (7002932000000000000♠932 km2)
Union County	291	Blairsville	1832	Cherokee County	Federal union of the states.	66.41	7004214510000000000♠21,451	7002323000000000000♠323 sq mi (7002837000000000000♠837 km2)
Upson County	293	Thomaston	1824	Crawford and Pike Counties	Stephen Upson (1786 – 1824), a noted state legislator.	81.69	7004266300000000000♠26,630	7002326000000000000♠326 sq mi (7002844000000000000♠844 km2)
Walker County	295	Lafayette	1833	Murray County	Major Freeman Walker (1780 – 1827), a U.S. Senator (1819 – 1821).	152.68	7004680940000000000♠68,094	7002446000000000000♠446 sq mi (7003115500000000000♠1,155 km2)
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.	257.07	7004845750000000000♠84,575	7002329000000000000♠329 sq mi (7002852000000000000♠852 km2)
Ware County	299	Waycross	1824	Appling County	Nicholas Ware (1769 – 1824), a U.S. Senator (1821 – 24).	39.67	7004358210000000000♠35,821	7002903000000000000♠903 sq mi (7003233900000000000♠2,339 km2)
Warren County	301	Warrenton	1793	Columbia, Hancock, Richmond, and Wilkes Counties	General Joseph Warren (1741 – 75), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	19.50	7003557800000000000♠5,578	7002286000000000000♠286 sq mi (7002741000000000000♠741 km2)
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.	30.70	7004208790000000000♠20,879	7002680000000000000♠680 sq mi (7003176100000000000♠1,761 km2)
Wayne County	305	Jesup	1803	Creek Cession of 1802	General Anthony Wayne (1745 – 96) -- known as "Mad Anthony Wayne". A U.S. Congressman and a hero of the Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War.	46.98	7004303050000000000♠30,305	7002645000000000000♠645 sq mi (7003167100000000000♠1,671 km2)
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.	13.30	7003279300000000000♠2,793	7002210000000000000♠210 sq mi (7002544000000000000♠544 km2)
Wheeler County	309	Alamo	1912	Montgomery County	General Joseph Wheeler (1836 – 1906), a U.S. Congressman and a hero of the War Between the States and the Spanish–American War.	26.47	7003788800000000000♠7,888	7002298000000000000♠298 sq mi (7002772000000000000♠772 km2)
White County	311	Cleveland	1857	Habersham County	Colonel John White, a hero of the Revolutionary War.	113.87	7004275560000000000♠27,556	7002242000000000000♠242 sq mi (7002627000000000000♠627 km2)
Whitfield County	313	Dalton	1851	Murray County	George Whitefield (1714 – 70), a noted pastor who established the Bethesda Orphanage near Savannah.	356.41	7005103359000000000♠103,359	7002290000000000000♠290 sq mi (7002751000000000000♠751 km2)
Wilcox County	315	Abbeville	1857	Dooly, Irwin, and Pulaski counties	General Mark Wilcox (1800 – 50), a noted soldier and state legislator.	23.86	7003906800000000000♠9,068	7002380000000000000♠380 sq mi (7002984000000000000♠984 km2)
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.	21.39	7004100760000000000♠10,076	7002471000000000000♠471 sq mi (7003122000000000000♠1,220 km2)
Wilkinson County	319	Irwinton	1803	Creek Cessions of 1802 and 1805	General James Wilkinson (1757 – 1825), a veteran of the Revolutionary War and of the War of 1812, Senior Officer of the U.S. Army who turned out to be an agent of the Spanish government.	21.43	7003957700000000000♠9,577	7002447000000000000♠447 sq mi (7003115800000000000♠1,158 km2)
Worth County	321	Sylvester	1853	Dooly and Irwin Counties	General William J. Worth (1794 – 1849), a hero of the Mexican-American War.	38.14	7004217410000000000♠21,741	7002570000000000000♠570 sq mi (7003147600000000000♠1,476 km2)

References

1. ↑ Hellmann, Paul T. (May 13, 2013). "Historical Gazetteer of the United States". Routledge. p. 215. Retrieved 30 November 2013. 
2. ↑ "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA.gov. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
3. 1 2 3 National Association of Counties. "NACo - Find a county". Retrieved 2008-04-30. 
4. 1 2 "New Georgia Encyclopedia". Retrieved 2008-06-18. 
5. ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012". U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Retrieved 10 January 2014. 

External links

• Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties
• Article IX of the Constitution of Georgia, on counties and municipal corporations
• History of Walton County
• Walton War
• List of Digital Library of Georgia collections by county
• New Georgia Encyclopedia
• Historic Georgia County Maps in the collection of the Georgia Archives.

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