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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| Augusta-Richmond County | 324 | Augusta | 1777 | 199,775 |
| Burke County | 831 | Waynesboro | 1777 | 22,243 |
| Camden County | 630 | Woodbine | 1777 | 43,664 |
| Chatham County | 440 | Savannah | 1777 | 232,048 |
| Effingham County | 480 | Springfield | 1777 | 37,535 |
| Glynn County | 422 | Brunswick | 1777 | 67,568 |
| Liberty County | 519 | Hinesville | 1777 | 61,610 |
| Wilkes County | 471 | Washington | 1777 | 10,687 |
| Franklin County | 263 | Carnesville | 1784 | 20,285 |
| Washington County | 680 | Sandersville | 1784 | 21,176 |
| Greene County | 388 | Greensboro | 1786 | 14,406 |
| Columbia County | 290 | Appling | 1790 | 89,288 |
| Elbert County | 369 | Elberton | 1790 | 20,511 |
| Bryan County | 442 | Pembroke | 1793 | 23,417 |
| Hancock County | 473 | Sparta | 1793 | 10,076 |
| McIntosh County | 434 | Darien | 1793 | 10,847 |
| Montgomery County | 245 | Mount Vernon | 1793 | 8,270 |
| Oglethorpe County | 441 | Lexington | 1793 | 12,635 |
| Screven County | 648 | Sylvania | 1793 | 15,374 |
| Warren County | 286 | Warrenton | 1793 | 6,336 |
| Bulloch County | 683 | Statesboro | 1796 | 55,983 |
| Jackson County | 342 | Jefferson | 1796 | 41,589 |
| Jefferson County | 528 | Louisville | 1796 | 17,266 |
| Lincoln County | 211 | Lincolnton | 1796 | 8,348 |
| Athens-Clarke County | 121 | Athens | 1801 | 101,489 |
| Tattnall County | 484 | Reidsville | 1801 | 22,305 |
| Baldwin County | 343 | Milledgeville | 1803 | 44,700 |
| Walton County | 329 | Monroe | 1803 | 60,687 |
| Wayne County | 645 | Jesup | 1803 | 26,565 |
| Wilkinson County | 447 | Irwinton | 1803 | 10,220 |
| Jasper County | 370 | Monticello | 1807 | 11,426 |
| Jones County | 394 | Gray | 1807 | 23,639 |
| Laurens County | 813 | Dublin | 1807 | 44,874 |
| Morgan County | 350 | Madison | 1807 | 15,457 |
| Putnam County | 344 | Eatonton | 1807 | 18,812 |
| Telfair County | 441 | McRae | 1807 | 11,794 |
| Pulaski County | 247 | Hawkinsville | 1808 | 9,588 |
| Twiggs County | 360 | Jeffersonville | 1809 | 10,590 |
| Madison County | 284 | Danielsville | 1811 | 25,730 |
| Emanuel County | 686 | Swainsboro | 1812 | 21,837 |
| Appling County | 509 | Baxley | 1818 | 17,419 |
| Early County | 511 | Blakely | 1818 | 12,354 |
| Gwinnett County | 433 | Lawrenceville | 1818 | 588,448 |
| Habersham County | 278 | Clarkesville | 1818 | 35,902 |
| Hall County | 394 | Gainesville | 1818 | 139,277 |
| Irwin County | 357 | Ocilla | 1818 | 9,931 |
| Rabun County | 371 | Clayton | 1819 | 15,050 |
| Dooly County | 393 | Vienna | 1821 | 11,525 |
| Fayette County | 197 | Fayetteville | 1821 | 91,263 |
| Henry County | 323 | McDonough | 1821 | 119,341 |
| Houston County | 377 | Perry | 1821 | 110,765 |
| Monroe County | 396 | Forsyth | 1821 | 21,757 |
| Newton County | 276 | Covington | 1821 | 62,001 |
| Bibb County | 250 | Macon | 1822 | 153,887 |
| Crawford County | 325 | Knoxville | 1822 | 12,495 |
| DeKalb County | 268 | Decatur | 1822 | 665,865 |
| Pike County | 218 | Zebulon | 1822 | 13,688 |
| Decatur County | 597 | Bainbridge | 1823 | 28,240 |
| Peach County | 151 | Fort Valley | 1824 | 23,668 |
| Upson County | 326 | Thomaston | 1824 | 27,597 |
| Ware County | 903 | Waycross | 1824 | 35,483 |
| Baker County | 343 | Newton | 1825 | 4,074 |
| Butts County | 187 | Jackson | 1825 | 19,522 |
| Lowndes County | 504 | Valdosta | 1825 | 92,115 |
| Taliaferro County | 195 | Crawfordville | 1825 | 2,077 |
| Thomas County | 548 | Thomasville | 1825 | 42,737 |
| Carroll County | 499 | Carrollton | 1826 | 87,268 |
| Columbus-Muscogee County | 216 | Columbus | 1826 | 186,291 |
| Coweta County | 443 | Newnan | 1826 | 89,215 |
| Lee County | 356 | Leesburg | 1826 | 24,757 |
| Troup County | 414 | LaGrange | 1826 | 58,779 |
| Harris County | 464 | Hamilton | 1827 | 23,695 |
| Marion County | 367 | Buena Vista | 1827 | 7,144 |
| Meriwether County | 503 | Greenville | 1827 | 22,534 |
| Talbot County | 393 | Talbotton | 1827 | 6,498 |
| Randolph County | 429 | Cuthbert | 1828 | 7,791 |
| Heard County | 296 | Franklin | 1830 | 11,012 |
| Stewart County | 459 | Lumpkin | 1830 | 5,252 |
| Sumter County | 485 | Americus | 1831 | 33,200 |
| Bartow County | 460 | Cartersville | 1832 | 76,019 |
| Cherokee County | 424 | Canton | 1832 | 141,903 |
| Cobb County | 340 | Marietta | 1832 | 607,751 |
| Floyd County | 513 | Rome | 1832 | 90,565 |
| Forsyth County | 226 | Cumming | 1832 | 98,407 |
| Gilmer County | 427 | Ellijay | 1832 | 23,456 |
| Lumpkin County | 284 | Dahlonega | 1832 | 21,016 |
| Murray County | 344 | Chatsworth | 1832 | 36,506 |
| Paulding County | 314 | Dallas | 1832 | 81,678 |
| Union County | 323 | Blairsville | 1832 | 17,289 |
| Walker County | 446 | Lafayette | 1833 | 61,053 |
| Dade County | 174 | Trenton | 1837 | 15,154 |
| Macon County | 403 | Oglethorpe | 1837 | 14,074 |
| Chattooga County | 314 | Summerville | 1838 | 25,470 |
| Clinch County | 809 | Homerville | 1850 | 6,878 |
| Gordon County | 355 | Calhoun | 1850 | 44,104 |
| Polk County | 311 | Cedartown | 1851 | 38,127 |
| Spaulding County | 198 | Griffin | 1851 | 58,417 |
| Whitfield County | 290 | Dalton | 1851 | 83,525 |
| Taylor County | 378 | Butler | 1852 | 8,815 |
| Catoosa County | 162 | Ringgold | 1853 | 53,282 |
| Dougherty County | 330 | Albany | 1853 | 96,065 |
| Fulton County | 529 | Atlanta | 1853 | 816,006 |
| Hart County | 232 | Hartwell | 1853 | 22,997 |
| Pickens County | 232 | Jasper | 1853 | 22,983 |
| Webster County | 210 | Preston | 1853 | 2,390 |
| Worth County | 570 | Sylvester | 1853 | 21,967 |
| Calhoun County | 280 | Morgan | 1854 | 6,320 |
| Charlton County | 781 | Folkston | 1854 | 10,282 |
| Clay County | 195 | Fort Gaines | 1854 | 3,357 |
| Coffee County | 599 | Douglas | 1854 | 37,413 |
| Cusseta-Chattahoochee County | 249 | Cusseta | 1854 | 14,882 |
| Fannin County | 386 | Blue Ridge | 1854 | 19,798 |
| Berrien County | 452 | Nashville | 1856 | 16,235 |
| Colquitt County | 552 | Moultrie | 1856 | 42,053 |
| Haralson County | 282 | Buchanan | 1856 | 25,690 |
| Miller County | 283 | Colquitt | 1856 | 6,383 |
| Terrell County | 336 | Dawson | 1856 | 10,970 |
| Towns County | 166 | Hiawassee | 1856 | 9,319 |
| Dawson County | 211 | Dawsonville | 1857 | 15,999 |
| Glascock County | 144 | Gibson | 1857 | 2,556 |
| Mitchell County | 512 | Camilla | 1857 | 23,932 |
| Pierce County | 343 | Blackshear | 1857 | 15,636 |
| Schley County | 168 | Ellaville | 1857 | 3,766 |
| White County | 242 | Cleveland | 1857 | 19,944 |
| Wilcox County | 380 | Abbeville | 1857 | 8,577 |
| Banks County | 234 | Homer | 1858 | 14,422 |
| Brooks County | 494 | Quitman | 1858 | 16,450 |
| Clayton County | 143 | Jonesboro | 1858 | 236,517 |
| Echols County | 404 | Statenville | 1858 | 3,754 |
| Johnson County | 304 | Wrightsville | 1858 | 8,560 |
| Quitman County | 152 | Georgetown | 1858 | 2,598 |
| Dodge County | 501 | Eastman | 1870 | 19,171 |
| Douglas County | 199 | Douglasville | 1870 | 92,174 |
| McDuffie County | 260 | Thomson | 1870 | 21,231 |
| Rockdale County | 131 | Conyers | 1870 | 70,111 |
| Oconee County | 186 | Watkinsville | 1875 | 26,225 |
| Crisp County | 274 | Cordele | 1905 | 21,996 |
| Jeff Davis County | 333 | Hazlehurst | 1905 | 12,684 |
| Jenkins County | 350 | Millen | 1905 | 8,575 |
| Stephens County | 179 | Toccoa | 1905 | 25,435 |
| Tift County | 265 | Tifton | 1905 | 38,407 |
| Toombs County | 367 | Lyons | 1905 | 26,067 |
| Turner County | 286 | Ashburn | 1905 | 9,504 |
| Ben Hill County | 252 | Fitzgerald | 1906 | 17,484 |
| Grady County | 458 | Cairo | 1906 | 23,659 |
| Bleckley County | 217 | Cochran | 1912 | 11,666 |
| Wheeler County | 298 | Alamo | 1912 | 6,179 |
| Bacon County | 285 | Alma | 1914 | 10,103 |
| Barrow County | 162 | Winder | 1914 | 46,144 |
| Candler County | 247 | Metter | 1914 | 9,577 |
| Evans County | 185 | Claxton | 1914 | 10,495 |
| Treutlen County | 201 | Soperton | 1917 | 6,854 |
| Cook County | 229 | Adel | 1918 | 15,771 |
| Atkinson County | 338 | Pearson | 1919 | 7,609 |
| Brantley County | 444 | Nahunta | 1920 | 14,629 |
| Lamar County | 185 | Barnesville | 1920 | 15,912 |
| Lanier County | 187 | Lakeland | 1920 | 7,241 |
| Long County | 401 | Ludowici | 1920 | 10,304 |
| Seminole County | 238 | Donalsonville | 1920 | 9,369 |
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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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