GEORGIA COUNTIES |
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| There are 159 administrative divisions, referred to as counties, in the state of Georgia. The population figures given below are from the 2000 census. You may list the counties by county name, by area in square miles, by year organized or by population by clicking on the column headings or using the pull-down list box. | ||||
| County | Area (sq miles) | County Seat | Established | Population (2000) |
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| Athens-Clarke County | 121 | Athens | 1801 | 101,489 |
| Rockdale County | 131 | Conyers | 1870 | 70,111 |
| Clayton County | 143 | Jonesboro | 1858 | 236,517 |
| Glascock County | 144 | Gibson | 1857 | 2,556 |
| Peach County | 151 | Fort Valley | 1824 | 23,668 |
| Quitman County | 152 | Georgetown | 1858 | 2,598 |
| Barrow County | 162 | Winder | 1914 | 46,144 |
| Catoosa County | 162 | Ringgold | 1853 | 53,282 |
| Towns County | 166 | Hiawassee | 1856 | 9,319 |
| Schley County | 168 | Ellaville | 1857 | 3,766 |
| Dade County | 174 | Trenton | 1837 | 15,154 |
| Stephens County | 179 | Toccoa | 1905 | 25,435 |
| Evans County | 185 | Claxton | 1914 | 10,495 |
| Lamar County | 185 | Barnesville | 1920 | 15,912 |
| Oconee County | 186 | Watkinsville | 1875 | 26,225 |
| Butts County | 187 | Jackson | 1825 | 19,522 |
| Lanier County | 187 | Lakeland | 1920 | 7,241 |
| Clay County | 195 | Fort Gaines | 1854 | 3,357 |
| Taliaferro County | 195 | Crawfordville | 1825 | 2,077 |
| Fayette County | 197 | Fayetteville | 1821 | 91,263 |
| Spaulding County | 198 | Griffin | 1851 | 58,417 |
| Douglas County | 199 | Douglasville | 1870 | 92,174 |
| Treutlen County | 201 | Soperton | 1917 | 6,854 |
| Dawson County | 211 | Dawsonville | 1857 | 15,999 |
| Lincoln County | 211 | Lincolnton | 1796 | 8,348 |
| Columbus-Muscogee County | 216 | Columbus | 1826 | 186,291 |
| Bleckley County | 217 | Cochran | 1912 | 11,666 |
| Pike County | 218 | Zebulon | 1822 | 13,688 |
| Forsyth County | 226 | Cumming | 1832 | 98,407 |
| Cook County | 229 | Adel | 1918 | 15,771 |
| Hart County | 232 | Hartwell | 1853 | 22,997 |
| Pickens County | 232 | Jasper | 1853 | 22,983 |
| Banks County | 234 | Homer | 1858 | 14,422 |
| Seminole County | 238 | Donalsonville | 1920 | 9,369 |
| White County | 242 | Cleveland | 1857 | 19,944 |
| Montgomery County | 245 | Mount Vernon | 1793 | 8,270 |
| Candler County | 247 | Metter | 1914 | 9,577 |
| Pulaski County | 247 | Hawkinsville | 1808 | 9,588 |
| Cusseta-Chattahoochee County | 249 | Cusseta | 1854 | 14,882 |
| Bibb County | 250 | Macon | 1822 | 153,887 |
| Ben Hill County | 252 | Fitzgerald | 1906 | 17,484 |
| McDuffie County | 260 | Thomson | 1870 | 21,231 |
| Franklin County | 263 | Carnesville | 1784 | 20,285 |
| Tift County | 265 | Tifton | 1905 | 38,407 |
| DeKalb County | 268 | Decatur | 1822 | 665,865 |
| Crisp County | 274 | Cordele | 1905 | 21,996 |
| Newton County | 276 | Covington | 1821 | 62,001 |
| Habersham County | 278 | Clarkesville | 1818 | 35,902 |
| Calhoun County | 280 | Morgan | 1854 | 6,320 |
| Haralson County | 282 | Buchanan | 1856 | 25,690 |
| Miller County | 283 | Colquitt | 1856 | 6,383 |
| Lumpkin County | 284 | Dahlonega | 1832 | 21,016 |
| Madison County | 284 | Danielsville | 1811 | 25,730 |
| Bacon County | 285 | Alma | 1914 | 10,103 |
| Turner County | 286 | Ashburn | 1905 | 9,504 |
| Warren County | 286 | Warrenton | 1793 | 6,336 |
| Columbia County | 290 | Appling | 1790 | 89,288 |
| Whitfield County | 290 | Dalton | 1851 | 83,525 |
| Heard County | 296 | Franklin | 1830 | 11,012 |
| Johnson County | 304 | Wrightsville | 1858 | 8,560 |
| Polk County | 311 | Cedartown | 1851 | 38,127 |
| Chattooga County | 314 | Summerville | 1838 | 25,470 |
| Paulding County | 314 | Dallas | 1832 | 81,678 |
| Henry County | 323 | McDonough | 1821 | 119,341 |
| Union County | 323 | Blairsville | 1832 | 17,289 |
| Augusta-Richmond County | 324 | Augusta | 1777 | 199,775 |
| Crawford County | 325 | Knoxville | 1822 | 12,495 |
| Upson County | 326 | Thomaston | 1824 | 27,597 |
| Walton County | 329 | Monroe | 1803 | 60,687 |
| Dougherty County | 330 | Albany | 1853 | 96,065 |
| Jeff Davis County | 333 | Hazlehurst | 1905 | 12,684 |
| Terrell County | 336 | Dawson | 1856 | 10,970 |
| Atkinson County | 338 | Pearson | 1919 | 7,609 |
| Cobb County | 340 | Marietta | 1832 | 607,751 |
| Baker County | 343 | Newton | 1825 | 4,074 |
| Baldwin County | 343 | Milledgeville | 1803 | 44,700 |
| Pierce County | 343 | Blackshear | 1857 | 15,636 |
| Murray County | 344 | Chatsworth | 1832 | 36,506 |
| Putnam County | 344 | Eatonton | 1807 | 18,812 |
| Jenkins County | 350 | Millen | 1905 | 8,575 |
| Morgan County | 350 | Madison | 1807 | 15,457 |
| Gordon County | 355 | Calhoun | 1850 | 44,104 |
| Lee County | 356 | Leesburg | 1826 | 24,757 |
| Irwin County | 357 | Ocilla | 1818 | 9,931 |
| Twiggs County | 360 | Jeffersonville | 1809 | 10,590 |
| Marion County | 367 | Buena Vista | 1827 | 7,144 |
| Toombs County | 367 | Lyons | 1905 | 26,067 |
| Elbert County | 369 | Elberton | 1790 | 20,511 |
| Jasper County | 370 | Monticello | 1807 | 11,426 |
| Rabun County | 371 | Clayton | 1819 | 15,050 |
| Houston County | 377 | Perry | 1821 | 110,765 |
| Taylor County | 378 | Butler | 1852 | 8,815 |
| Wilcox County | 380 | Abbeville | 1857 | 8,577 |
| Fannin County | 386 | Blue Ridge | 1854 | 19,798 |
| Greene County | 388 | Greensboro | 1786 | 14,406 |
| Dooly County | 393 | Vienna | 1821 | 11,525 |
| Talbot County | 393 | Talbotton | 1827 | 6,498 |
| Hall County | 394 | Gainesville | 1818 | 139,277 |
| Jones County | 394 | Gray | 1807 | 23,639 |
| Monroe County | 396 | Forsyth | 1821 | 21,757 |
| Long County | 401 | Ludowici | 1920 | 10,304 |
| Macon County | 403 | Oglethorpe | 1837 | 14,074 |
| Echols County | 404 | Statenville | 1858 | 3,754 |
| Troup County | 414 | LaGrange | 1826 | 58,779 |
| Glynn County | 422 | Brunswick | 1777 | 67,568 |
| Cherokee County | 424 | Canton | 1832 | 141,903 |
| Gilmer County | 427 | Ellijay | 1832 | 23,456 |
| Randolph County | 429 | Cuthbert | 1828 | 7,791 |
| Gwinnett County | 433 | Lawrenceville | 1818 | 588,448 |
| McIntosh County | 434 | Darien | 1793 | 10,847 |
| Chatham County | 440 | Savannah | 1777 | 232,048 |
| Oglethorpe County | 441 | Lexington | 1793 | 12,635 |
| Telfair County | 441 | McRae | 1807 | 11,794 |
| Bryan County | 442 | Pembroke | 1793 | 23,417 |
| Coweta County | 443 | Newnan | 1826 | 89,215 |
| Brantley County | 444 | Nahunta | 1920 | 14,629 |
| Walker County | 446 | Lafayette | 1833 | 61,053 |
| Wilkinson County | 447 | Irwinton | 1803 | 10,220 |
| Berrien County | 452 | Nashville | 1856 | 16,235 |
| Grady County | 458 | Cairo | 1906 | 23,659 |
| Stewart County | 459 | Lumpkin | 1830 | 5,252 |
| Bartow County | 460 | Cartersville | 1832 | 76,019 |
| Harris County | 464 | Hamilton | 1827 | 23,695 |
| Wilkes County | 471 | Washington | 1777 | 10,687 |
| Hancock County | 473 | Sparta | 1793 | 10,076 |
| Effingham County | 480 | Springfield | 1777 | 37,535 |
| Tattnall County | 484 | Reidsville | 1801 | 22,305 |
| Sumter County | 485 | Americus | 1831 | 33,200 |
| Brooks County | 494 | Quitman | 1858 | 16,450 |
| Carroll County | 499 | Carrollton | 1826 | 87,268 |
| Meriwether County | 503 | Greenville | 1827 | 22,534 |
| Lowndes County | 504 | Valdosta | 1825 | 92,115 |
| Appling County | 509 | Baxley | 1818 | 17,419 |
| Early County | 511 | Blakely | 1818 | 12,354 |
| Mitchell County | 512 | Camilla | 1857 | 23,932 |
| Floyd County | 513 | Rome | 1832 | 90,565 |
| Liberty County | 519 | Hinesville | 1777 | 61,610 |
| Jefferson County | 528 | Louisville | 1796 | 17,266 |
| Fulton County | 529 | Atlanta | 1853 | 816,006 |
| Thomas County | 548 | Thomasville | 1825 | 42,737 |
| Colquitt County | 552 | Moultrie | 1856 | 42,053 |
| Worth County | 570 | Sylvester | 1853 | 21,967 |
| Decatur County | 597 | Bainbridge | 1823 | 28,240 |
| Coffee County | 599 | Douglas | 1854 | 37,413 |
| Camden County | 630 | Woodbine | 1777 | 43,664 |
| Wayne County | 645 | Jesup | 1803 | 26,565 |
| Screven County | 648 | Sylvania | 1793 | 15,374 |
| Washington County | 680 | Sandersville | 1784 | 21,176 |
| Bulloch County | 683 | Statesboro | 1796 | 55,983 |
| Emanuel County | 686 | Swainsboro | 1812 | 21,837 |
| Charlton County | 781 | Folkston | 1854 | 10,282 |
| Clinch County | 809 | Homerville | 1850 | 6,878 |
| Laurens County | 813 | Dublin | 1807 | 44,874 |
| Burke County | 831 | Waynesboro | 1777 | 22,243 |
| Ware County | 903 | Waycross | 1824 | 35,483 |
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Source: United States Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov, August 7, 2006.
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About Counties: Overview of counties from the National Association of Counties. History of County Government: Three-part history of county government in the United States from the National Association of Counties. The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, and Population Data, 1950-2000, by Joseph Nathan Cane and updated by by Charles Curry Aiken. Purchase the premiere guide to information on the histories of the names, sizes, and populations of the counties of the United States. Scarecrow Press; 5th edition (December 28, 2004) 560 pages. County Name Origins of the United States by Michael A. Beatty. This thorough and carefully prepared work is recommended for medium to large academic and public libraries. McFarland & Company (May 2001) 665 pages. | ||||
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