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 km^2) (Clarke) – 903 square miles (2,340 km^2) (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	FIPS County Code [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	18,368	509 sq mi (1,318 km^2)
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	8,284	338 sq mi (875 km^2)
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	11,198	285 sq mi (738 km^2)
Baker County	007	Newton	1825	Early County	Colonel John Baker (died 1792), a hero of the American Revolutionary War.	9.81	3,366	343 sq mi (888 km^2)
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	46,367	258 sq mi (668 km^2)
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	18,316	234 sq mi (606 km^2)
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	70,169	162 sq mi (420 km^2)
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	100,661	460 sq mi (1,191 km^2)
Ben Hill County	017	Fitzgerald	1906	Irwin and Wilcox counties.	Benjamin Harvey Hill (1823 – 82), a U.S. Senator (1877 – 82).	69.60	17,538	252 sq mi (653 km^2)
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	19,041	452 sq mi (1,171 km^2)
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	156,462	250 sq mi (647 km^2)
Bleckley County	023	Cochran	1912	Pulaski County.	Logan Edwin Bleckley (1827 – 1907), Georgia State Supreme Court Chief Justice.	59.51	12,913	217 sq mi (562 km^2)
Brantley County	025	Nahunta	1920	Charlton, Pierce, and Wayne counties.	William Gordon Brantley (1860 – 1934), U.S. Congressman.	41.86	18,587	444 sq mi (1,150 km^2)
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	15,403	494 sq mi (1,279 km^2)
Bryan County	029	Pembroke	1793	Chatham County	Jonathan Bryan (1708 – 88), a colonial settler and famous state representative.	72.88	32,214	442 sq mi (1,145 km^2)
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	72,694	683 sq mi (1,769 km^2)
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	23,125	831 sq mi (2,152 km^2)
Butts County	035	Jackson	1825	Henry and Monroe counties.	Captain Samuel Butts (1777 – 1814), a hero of the Creek War.	125.80	23,524	187 sq mi (484 km^2)
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	6,504	280 sq mi (725 km^2)
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	51,402	630 sq mi (1,632 km^2)
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	11,117	247 sq mi (640 km^2)
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	111,580	499 sq mi (1,292 km^2)
Catoosa County	047	Ringgold	1853	Walker and Whitfield counties.	Chief Catoosa, a Cherokee chief.	401.52	65,046	162 sq mi (420 km^2)
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	13,295	781 sq mi (2,023 km^2)
Chatham County	051	Savannah	1777	Christ Church and St Philip Parishes.	Earl William Pitt of Chatham (1708 – 78), British Prime Minister sympathetic to the Revolutionary cause.	628.26	276,434	440 sq mi (1,140 km^2)
Chattahoochee County	053	Cusseta	1854	Muscogee and Marion counties.	Chattahoochee River, which forms the county's (and the state's) western border.	52.36	13,037	249 sq mi (645 km^2)
Chattooga County	055	Summerville	1838	Walker and Floyd counties.	Chattooga River.	81.93	25,725	314 sq mi (813 km^2)
Cherokee County	057	Canton	1831	Cherokee Cession of 1831.	Cherokee Nation, which controlled this part of the state autonomously until 1831.	521.97	221,315	424 sq mi (1,098 km^2)
Clarke County	059	Athens	1801	Jackson County.	Elijah Clarke (1733 – 99), a Revolutionary War hero.	993.93	120,266	121 sq mi (313 km^2)
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	3,116	195 sq mi (505 km^2)
Clayton County	063	Jonesboro	1858	Fayette and Henry counties.	Augustin Smith Clayton (1783 – 1839), a local jurist and U.S. Congressman.	1,859.36	265,888	143 sq mi (370 km^2)
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	6,718	809 sq mi (2,095 km^2)
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	707,442	340 sq mi (881 km^2)
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	43,170	599 sq mi (1,551 km^2)
Colquitt County	071	Moultrie	1856	Thomas and Lowndes counties.	Walter Terry Colquitt (1799 – 1855), a Methodist pastor and a U.S. Senator.	83.58	46,137	552 sq mi (1,430 km^2)
Columbia County	073	Appling	1790	Richmond County	Christopher Columbus (1446 – 1506), explorer.	453.89	131,627	290 sq mi (751 km^2)
Cook County	075	Adel	1918	Berrien County.	General Philip Cook (1817 – 94), Confederate general and secretary of state.	73.90	16,923	229 sq mi (593 km^2)
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	130,929	443 sq mi (1,147 km^2)
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	12,600	325 sq mi (842 km^2)
Crisp County	081	Cordele	1905	Dooly County.	Charles Frederick Crisp (1845 – 96), Speaker of the House of Representatives.	86.15	23,606	274 sq mi (710 km^2)
Dade County	083	Trenton	1837	Walker County.	Major Francis L. Dade (1793 – 1835), a hero of the Seminole War.	94.77	16,490	174 sq mi (451 km^2)
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	22,422	211 sq mi (546 km^2)
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	27,509	597 sq mi (1,546 km^2)
DeKalb County	089	Decatur	1822	Henry, Gwinnett, and Fayette counties.	"Baron" Johann DeKalb (1721 – 80) a German who accompanied Marquess Gilbert du Motier of Lafayette and was inspector general of the Colonial Army.	2,638.39	707,089	268 sq mi (694 km^2)
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	21,329	501 sq mi (1,298 km^2)
Dooly County	093	Vienna	1821	Creek Cession of 1821.	Colonel John Dooly (1740 – 80), a hero of the American Revolution.	36.43	14,318	393 sq mi (1,018 km^2)
Dougherty County	095	Albany	1853	Baker County.	Charles Dougherty (1801 – 53), a noted judge from Athens, Georgia.	286.37	94,501	330 sq mi (855 km^2)
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	133,971	199 sq mi (515 km^2)
Early County	099	Blakely	1818	Creek Cession of 1814.	Peter Early (1773 – 1817), the tenth governor of Georgia.	20.73	10,594	511 sq mi (1,323 km^2)
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	3,988	404 sq mi (1,046 km^2)
Effingham County	103	Springfield	1777	St Mathew and St Philip Parishes.	Earl Thomas Howard of Effingham (1746–1791), who was sympathetic with the independence movement.	111.03	53,293	480 sq mi (1,243 km^2)
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	19,684	369 sq mi (956 km^2)
Emanuel County	107	Swainsboro	1812	Bulloch and Montgomery Counties	Colonel David Emanuel (1744 – 1808), who became the governor of Georgia in 1801.	33.38	22,898	686 sq mi (1,777 km^2)
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	10,689	185 sq mi (479 km^2)
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	23,492	386 sq mi (1,000 km^2)
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	107,524	197 sq mi (510 km^2)
Floyd County	115	Rome	1832	Cherokee County	General John Floyd (1769 – 1839), soldier and a U.S. Congressman.	187.48	96,177	513 sq mi (1,329 km^2)
Forsyth County	117	Cumming	1832	Cherokee County	John Forsyth (1780 – 1841), Secretary of State under President Martin Van Buren.	831.54	187,928	226 sq mi (585 km^2)
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	21,894	263 sq mi (681 km^2)
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	977,773	529 sq mi (1,370 km^2)
Gilmer County	123	Ellijay	1832	Cherokee County	George Rockingham Gilmer (1780 – 1859), 16th governor of Georgia.	66.02	28,190	427 sq mi (1,106 km^2)
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	3,142	144 sq mi (373 km^2)
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	81,022	422 sq mi (1,093 km^2)
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	55,766	355 sq mi (919 km^2)
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	25,440	458 sq mi (1,186 km^2)
Greene County	133	Greensboro	1786	Washington County	General Nathanael Greene (1742 – 86), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	41.47	16,092	388 sq mi (1,005 km^2)
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	842,046	433 sq mi (1,121 km^2)
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	43,520	278 sq mi (720 km^2)
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	185,416	394 sq mi (1,020 km^2)
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	8,996	473 sq mi (1,225 km^2)
Haralson County	143	Buchanan	1856	Carroll and Polk Counties	General Hugh Anderson Haralson (1805 – 54), U.S. Congressman.	100.71	28,400	282 sq mi (730 km^2)
Harris County	145	Hamilton	1827	Muscogee and Troup counties	Charles Harris (1772 – 1827), a prominent attorney from Savannah.	70.15	32,550	464 sq mi (1,202 km^2)
Hart County	147	Hartwell	1853	Elbert and Franklin counties	Nancy Morgan Hart (1735 – 1830), a heroine of the Revolutionary War.	110.00	25,518	232 sq mi (601 km^2)
Heard County	149	Franklin	1830	Carroll, Coweta and Troup Counties	Stephen Heard (1740 – 1815), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	39.30	11,633	296 sq mi (767 km^2)
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	209,053	323 sq mi (837 km^2)
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	146,136	377 sq mi (976 km^2)
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	9,600	357 sq mi (925 km^2)
Jackson County	157	Jefferson	1796	Franklin County	General James Jackson (1757 – 1806), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	177.11	60,571	342 sq mi (886 km^2)
Jasper County	159	Monticello	1807	Baldwin (FKA Randolph County 1807 – 12)	Sergeant William Jasper (1750–1779), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	36.84	13,630	370 sq mi (958 km^2)
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	15,156	333 sq mi (862 km^2)
Jefferson County	163	Louisville	1796	Burke and Warren Counties	Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826), third President of the United States.	31.12	16,432	528 sq mi (1,368 km^2)
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	9,213	350 sq mi (906 km^2)
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	9,897	304 sq mi (787 km^2)
Jones County	169	Gray	1807	Baldwin County	James Jones (1769 – 1801), a U.S. Congressman.	72.53	28,577	394 sq mi (1,020 km^2)
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	18,057	185 sq mi (479 km^2)
Lanier County	173	Lakeland	1920	Berrien, Clinch and Lowndes Countries	Sidney Lanier (1842–1881), famous attorney, linguist, mathematician, and musician.	55.61	10,400	187 sq mi (484 km^2)
Laurens County	175	Dublin	1807	Wilkinson County	Colonel John Laurens (1754 – 82), an aide to George Washington during the Revolutionary War.	59.09	48,041	813 sq mi (2,106 km^2)
Lee County	177	Leesburg	1826	Creek Cessions of 1826	General Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	80.75	28,746	356 sq mi (922 km^2)
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	65,471	519 sq mi (1,344 km^2)
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	7,737	211 sq mi (546 km^2)
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	16,048	401 sq mi (1,039 km^2)
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	114,552	504 sq mi (1,305 km^2)
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	30,611	284 sq mi (736 km^2)
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	14,263	403 sq mi (1,044 km^2)
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	27,922	284 sq mi (736 km^2)
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	8,711	367 sq mi (951 km^2)
McDuffie County	189	Thomson	1870	Columbia and Warren	George McDuffie (1790 – 1851), famous orator and governor of South Carolina.	83.32	21,663	260 sq mi (673 km^2)
McIntosh County	191	Darien	1793	Liberty County	General Lachlan McIntosh (1727 – 1806), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	31.89	13,839	434 sq mi (1,124 km^2)
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	21,273	503 sq mi (1,303 km^2)
Miller County	201	Colquitt	1856	Baker and Early Counties	Andrew Jackson Miller (1806 – 56), president of the Medical College of Georgia.	21.09	5,969	283 sq mi (733 km^2)
Mitchell County	205	Camilla	1857	Baker County	Gen. Henry Mitchell (1760 – 1839), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	45.20	23,144	512 sq mi (1,326 km^2)
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	26,637	396 sq mi (1,026 km^2)
Montgomery County	209	Mount Vernon	1793	Washington County	General Richard Montgomery (1738 – 75), hero of the Revolutionary War.	36.38	8,913	245 sq mi (635 km^2)
Morgan County	211	Madison	1807	Baldwin County	General Daniel Morgan (1736 – 1802), a hero of the Revolutionary War and U.S. Congressman.	51.09	17,881	350 sq mi (906 km^2)
Murray County	213	Chatsworth	1832	Cherokee County	Thomas W. Murray (1790 – 1832), famous state legislator.	114.51	39,392	344 sq mi (891 km^2)
Muscogee County	215	Columbus	1826	Creek Cession of 1826	Muskogee ethnic group, to which the Creek and Seminole Nations belong.	918.58	198,413	216 sq mi (559 km^2)
Newton County	217	Covington	1821	Henry, Jasper, and Walton Counties	Sergeant John Newton (1755 – 80), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	367.77	101,505	276 sq mi (715 km^2)
Oconee County	219	Watkinsville	1875	Clarke County	Oconee River, which forms its eastern boundary.	180.74	33,619	186 sq mi (482 km^2)
Oglethorpe County	221	Lexington	1793	Wilkes County	General James Edward Oglethorpe (1696 – 1785), the founder of the Colony of Georgia.	33.15	14,618	441 sq mi (1,142 km^2)
Paulding County	223	Dallas	1832	Cherokee County	John Paulding (1759 – 1818), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	461.15	144,800	314 sq mi (813 km^2)
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	27,622	151 sq mi (391 km^2)
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	29,268	232 sq mi (601 km^2)
Pierce County	229	Blackshear	1857	Appling and Ware Counties	Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), fourteenth President of the United States.	54.94	18,844	343 sq mi (888 km^2)
Pike County	231	Zebulon	1822	Monroe County	General Zebulon Pike (1779 – 1813), explorer and a hero of the War of 1812.	81.70	17,810	218 sq mi (565 km^2)
Polk County	233	Cedartown	1851	Floyd and Paulding Counties	James Knox Polk (1795 – 1849), eleventh President of the United States.	132.44	41,188	311 sq mi (805 km^2)
Pulaski County	235	Hawkinsville	1808	Laurens County	Count Kazimierz Pułaski of Poland (1748 – 79), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	47.45	11,720	247 sq mi (640 km^2)
Putnam County	237	Eatonton	1807	Baldwin County	General Israel Putnam (1718 – 90), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	61.62	21,198	344 sq mi (891 km^2)
Quitman County	239	Georgetown	1858	Randolph and Stewart counties	General John Anthony Quitman (1799 – 1858), a hero of the Mexican-American War.	15.82	2,404	152 sq mi (394 km^2)
Rabun County	241	Clayton	1819	Cherokee Cession of 1819	William Rabun (1771 – 1819), Governor of Georgia (1817 – 19).	43.93	16,297	371 sq mi (961 km^2)
Randolph County	243	Cuthbert	1828	Lee County	John Randolph of Roanoke (1773 – 1833), a U.S. Congressman.	17.08	7,327	429 sq mi (1,111 km^2)
Richmond County	245	Augusta	1777	St Paul Parish	Duke Charles Lennox of Richmond (1735 – 1806), who was sympathetic to the cause of colonial independence.	625.27	202,587	324 sq mi (839 km^2)
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	85,820	131 sq mi (339 km^2)
Schley County	249	Ellaville	1857	Marion and Sumter counties	William Schley (1786 – 1858), governor of Georgia (1835 – 37).	29.70	4,990	168 sq mi (435 km^2)
Screven County	251	Sylvania	1793	Burke and Effingham Counties	General James Screven (1744–1778), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	21.92	14,202	648 sq mi (1,678 km^2)
Seminole County	253	Donalsonville	1920	Decatur and Early Counties	Seminole Nation	37.59	8,947	238 sq mi (616 km^2)
Spalding County	255	Griffin	1851	Fayette, Henry, and Pike County	Thomas Spalding (1774 – 1851), U.S. Congressman, state legislator, and agriculturalist	322.55	63,865	198 sq mi (513 km^2)
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	25,891	179 sq mi (464 km^2)
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	6,042	459 sq mi (1,189 km^2)
Sumter County	261	Americus	1831	Lee County	General Thomas Sumter (1734 – 1832), the "Fighting Gamecock," a hero of the Revolutionary War.	65.06	31,554	485 sq mi (1,256 km^2)
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	6,517	393 sq mi (1,018 km^2)
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	1,680	195 sq mi (505 km^2)
Tattnall County	267	Reidsville	1801	Montgomery County	Josiah Tattnall (1764 – 1803), a U.S. Senator and the Governor of Georgia.	52.45	25,384	484 sq mi (1,254 km^2)
Taylor County	269	Butler	1852	Macon, Marion and Talbot Counties	Zachary Taylor (1784 – 1850), the twelfth President of the United States.	22.28	8,420	378 sq mi (979 km^2)
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	16,349	441 sq mi (1,142 km^2)
Terrell County	273	Dawson	1856	Lee and Randolph Counties	Dr. William Terrell (1778 – 1855), U.S. Congressman.	26.92	9,045	336 sq mi (870 km^2)
Thomas County	275	Thomasville	1825	Decatur and Irwin Counties	General Jett Thomas (1776 – 1817), a hero of the War of 1812.	81.61	44,724	548 sq mi (1,419 km^2)
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	41,064	265 sq mi (686 km^2)
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	27,315	367 sq mi (951 km^2)
Towns County	281	Hiawassee	1856	Rabun and Union Counties	George Washington Towns (1801 – 54), governor of Georgia during the antebellum period.	63.22	10,495	166 sq mi (430 km^2)
Treutlen County	283	Soperton	1917	Emanuel and Montgomery Counties	John A. Treutlen (1726 – 82), the first elected Governor of Georgia (1777 – 78).	33.68	6,769	201 sq mi (521 km^2)
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	68,468	414 sq mi (1,072 km^2)
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	8,410	286 sq mi (741 km^2)
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	8,447	360 sq mi (932 km^2)
Union County	291	Blairsville	1832	Cherokee County	Federal union of the states.	66.41	21,451	323 sq mi (837 km^2)
Upson County	293	Thomaston	1824	Crawford and Pike Counties	Stephen Upson (1786 – 1824), a noted state legislator.	81.69	26,630	326 sq mi (844 km^2)
Walker County	295	Lafayette	1833	Murray County	Major Freeman Walker (1780 – 1827), a U.S. Senator (1819 – 1821).	152.68	68,094	446 sq mi (1,155 km^2)
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	84,575	329 sq mi (852 km^2)
Ware County	299	Waycross	1824	Appling County	Nicholas Ware (1769 – 1824), a U.S. Senator (1821 – 24).	39.67	35,821	903 sq mi (2,339 km^2)
Warren County	301	Warrenton	1793	Columbia, Hancock, Richmond, and Wilkes Counties	General Joseph Warren (1741 – 75), a hero of the Revolutionary War.	19.50	5,578	286 sq mi (741 km^2)
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	20,879	680 sq mi (1,761 km^2)
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	30,305	645 sq mi (1,671 km^2)
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	2,793	210 sq mi (544 km^2)
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	7,888	298 sq mi (772 km^2)
White County	311	Cleveland	1857	Habersham County	Colonel John White, a hero of the Revolutionary War.	113.87	27,556	242 sq mi (627 km^2)
Whitfield County	313	Dalton	1851	Murray County	George Whitefield (1714 – 70), a noted pastor who established the Bethesda Orphanage near Savannah.	356.41	103,359	290 sq mi (751 km^2)
Wilcox County	315	Abbeville	1857	Dooly, Irwin, and Pulaski counties	General Mark Wilcox (1800 – 50), a noted soldier and state legislator.	23.86	9,068	380 sq mi (984 km^2)
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	10,076	471 sq mi (1,220 km^2)
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	9,577	447 sq mi (1,158 km^2)
Worth County	321	Sylvester	1853	Dooly and Irwin Counties	General William J. Worth (1794 – 1849), a hero of the Mexican-American War.	38.14	21,741	570 sq mi (1,476 km^2)

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. National Association of Counties. "NACo - Find a county". Retrieved 2008-04-30.
4. "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.