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County | FIPS code | County seat | Established | Origin | Etymology | Density | Population | Area | Map |
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Appling County | 001 | Baxley | 1818 | Land ceded by theCreek Indiansin theTreaty of Fort Jacksonin 1814 and the Treaty of the Creek Agency in 1818. | ColonelDaniel Appling(1787 – 1818), a hero of theWar of 1812. | 36.09 | 18,368 | 509sqmi (1,318km) | |
Atkinson County | 003 | 1917 | Clinch and Coffee Counties | William Yates Atkinson(1854 – 99),governor of Georgia(1894 – 98) and speaker of theGeorgia House of Representatives. | 24.51 | 8,284 | 338sqmi (875km) | ||
Bacon County | 005 | Alma | 1914 | Appling, Pierce and Ware Counties | Augustus Octavius Bacon(1839 – 1914), a U.S. Senator (1895 – 1914) andPresident pro tempore of the United States Senate. | 39.29 | 11,198 | 285sqmi (738km) | |
Baker County | 007 | 1825 | Early County | Colonel John Baker (died 1792), a hero of theAmerican Revolutionary War. | 9.81 | 3,366 | 343sqmi (888km) | ||
Baldwin County | 009 | Milledgeville | 1803 | Creek cessions of 1802 and 1805. | Abraham Baldwin(1754 – 1807), aFounding Father, a U.S. Senator (1799 – 1807), one of the Georgia delegates who signed theU.S. Constitution. | 179.72 | 46,367 | 258sqmi (668km) | |
Banks County | 011 | 1858 | Franklin and Habersham Counties | Dr.Richard Banks(1784 – 1850), a local physician noted for treating natives with smallpox. | 78.27 | 18,316 | 234sqmi (606km) | ||
Barrow County | 013 | Winder | 1914 | Gwinnett, Jackson and Walton counties. | "Uncle Dave"David Crenshaw Barrow Jr.(1852 – 1929), thechancellorof theUniversity of Georgia(1906 – 29). | 433.14 | 70,169 | 162sqmi (420km) | |
Bartow County | 015 | Cartersville | 1832 | Created from a portion of Cherokee County in 1832 and originally called Cass County after GeneralLewis Cass. | GeneralFrancis S. Bartow(1816 – 61),Confederatepolitical leader, and the first Confederate general killed in theAmerican Civil War. | 218.83 | 100,661 | 460sqmi (1,191km) | |
Ben Hill County | 017 | 1906 | Irwin and Wilcox counties. | Benjamin Harvey Hill(1823 – 82), a U.S. Senator (1877 – 82). | 69.60 | 17,538 | 252sqmi (653km) | ||
Berrien County | 019 | 1856 | Coffee, Irwin, and Lowndes counties. | John MacPherson Berrien(1781 – 1856), a U.S. Senator and theU.S. Attorney General. | 42.13 | 19,041 | 452sqmi (1,171km) | ||
Bibb County | 021 | 1822 | portions of Houston, Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs counties. | Dr.William Wyatt Bibb(1780 – 1820), the firstGovernor of Alabamaand a U.S. Senator. | 625.85 | 156,462 | 250sqmi (647km) | ||
Bleckley County | 023 | Cochran | 1912 | Pulaski County. | Logan Edwin Bleckley(1827 – 1907),Georgia State Supreme CourtChief Justice. | 59.51 | 12,913 | 217sqmi (562km) | |
Brantley County | 025 | Nahunta | 1920 | Charlton, Pierce, and Wayne counties. | William Gordon Brantley(1860 – 1934), U.S. Congressman. | 41.86 | 18,587 | 444sqmi (1,150km) | |
Brooks County | 027 | Quitman | 1858 | Lowndes and Thomas counties | CaptainPreston S. Brooks(1819 – 57), a hero of theMexican–American WarandCongressmanfromSouth Carolina. | 31.18 | 15,403 | 494sqmi (1,279km) | |
Bryan County | 029 | 1793 | Chatham County | Jonathan Bryan (1708 – 88), a colonial settler and famous state representative. | 72.88 | 32,214 | 442sqmi (1,145km) | ||
Bulloch County | 031 | Statesboro | 1796 | Bryan and Screven Counties | Archibald Bulloch(1729 – 77),Revolutionary Warsoldier, Speaker of theGeorgia House of Representatives, and actinggovernorof Georgia (1775 – 77). | 106.43 | 72,694 | 683sqmi (1,769km) | |
Burke County | 033 | Waynesboro | 1777 | Originally organized as St George Parish. | Edmund Burke(1729 – 97), British political philosopher andMember of Parliamentwho was sympathetic to the cause of US independence. | 27.83 | 23,125 | 831sqmi (2,152km) | |
Butts County | 035 | 1825 | Henry and Monroe counties. | CaptainSamuel Butts(1777 – 1814), a hero of theCreek War. | 125.80 | 23,524 | 187sqmi (484km) | ||
Calhoun County | 037 | 1854 | Early and Baker counties. | John C. Calhoun(1782 – 1850), a U.S. Congressman, a U.S. Senator, andVice President of the United StatesfromSouth Carolina. | 23.23 | 6,504 | 280sqmi (725km) | ||
Camden County | 039 | Woodbine | 1777 | St Mary and St Thomas Parishes. | SirCharles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden(1714 – 94),Lord ChancellorofGreat Britainwho was sympathetic to the cause of the Revolution. | 81.59 | 51,402 | 630sqmi (1,632km) | |
Candler County | 043 | Metter | 1914 | Bulloch, Emanuel and Tattnall counties. | Allen Daniel Candler(1834 – 1910), state legislator, U.S. Congressman and theGovernorof Georgia (1898 – 1902). | 45.01 | 11,117 | 247sqmi (640km) | |
Carroll County | 045 | Carrollton | 1826 | Created by the state legislature from lands ceded by the Creek Indians in 1825 in theTreaty of Indian Springs. | Charles Carroll(1737 – 1832), the last surviving signer of theDeclaration of Independence. | 223.61 | 111,580 | 499sqmi (1,292km) | |
Catoosa County | 047 | Ringgold | 1853 | Walker and Whitfield counties. | Chief Catoosa, aCherokeechief. | 401.52 | 65,046 | 162sqmi (420km) | |
Charlton County | 049 | Folkston | 1854 | Camden County. | Robert Milledge Charlton(1807 – 54), a jurist, a U.S. Senator (1852 – 54), and the mayor ofSavannah. | 17.02 | 13,295 | 781sqmi (2,023km) | |
Chatham County | 051 | Savannah | 1777 | Christ Church and St Philip Parishes. | William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham(1708 – 78),British Prime Ministersympathetic to the Revolutionary cause. | 628.26 | 276,434 | 440sqmi (1,140km) | |
Chattahoochee County | 053 | 1854 | Muscogee and Marion counties. | Chattahoochee River, which forms the county's (and the state's) western border. | 52.36 | 13,037 | 249sqmi (645km) | ||
Chattooga County | 055 | Summerville | 1838 | Walker and Floyd counties. | Chattooga River. | 81.93 | 25,725 | 314sqmi (813km) | |
Cherokee County | 057 | Canton | 1831 | Cherokee Cession of 1831. | CherokeeNation, which controlled this part of the state autonomously until 1831. | 521.97 | 221,315 | 424sqmi (1,098km) | |
Clarke County | 059 | 1801 | Jackson County. | Elijah Clarke(1733 – 99), a Revolutionary War hero. | 993.93 | 120,266 | 121sqmi (313km) | ||
Clay County | 061 | Fort Gaines | 1854 | Randolph and Early counties. | Henry Clay(1777 – 1852), theSecretary of State, theSpeaker of the House of Representatives, and a U.S. Senator from Kentucky. | 15.98 | 3,116 | 195sqmi (505km) | |
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 | 143sqmi (370km) | |
Clinch County | 065 | Homerville | 1850 | Lowndes and Ware counties. | GeneralDuncan Lamont Clinch(1784 – 1849), a hero of theWar of 1812and theSeminole War, and a U.S. Congressman. | 8.30 | 6,718 | 809sqmi (2,095km) | |
Cobb County | 067 | Marietta | 1832 | Cherokee County | ColonelThomas Willis Cobb(1784 – 1835), a hero of theWar of 1812and a U.S. Congressman. | 2,080.71 | 707,442 | 340sqmi (881km) | |
Coffee County | 069 | 1854 | Clinch, Irwin, Telfair and Ware counties. | GeneralJohn E. Coffee(1782 – 1836), a hero of theWar of 1812. | 72.07 | 43,170 | 599sqmi (1,551km) | ||
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 | 552sqmi (1,430km) | |
Columbia County | 073 | Appling | 1790 | Richmond County | Christopher Columbus(1446 – 1506), explorer. | 453.89 | 131,627 | 290sqmi (751km) | |
Cook County | 075 | 1918 | Berrien County. | GeneralPhilip Cook(1817 – 94),Confederategeneral andsecretary of state. | 73.90 | 16,923 | 229sqmi (593km) | ||
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 theCreekNation and their village near Columbus. | 295.55 | 130,929 | 443sqmi (1,147km) | |
Crawford County | 079 | Knoxville | 1822 | Houston County. | William Harris Crawford(1772 – 1834), a U.S. Senator, an ambassador to France, and theSecretary of the Treasury. | 38.77 | 12,600 | 325sqmi (842km) | |
Crisp County | 081 | Cordele | 1905 | Dooly County. | Charles Frederick Crisp(1845 – 96),Speaker of the House of Representatives. | 86.15 | 23,606 | 274sqmi (710km) | |
Dade County | 083 | 1837 | Walker County. | MajorFrancis L. Dade(1793 – 1835), a hero of theSeminole War. | 94.77 | 16,490 | 174sqmi (451km) | ||
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 | 211sqmi (546km) | |
Decatur County | 087 | 1823 | Early County. | CommodoreStephen Decatur(1779 – 1820), a naval hero of the actions against theBarbary Piratesin the early 19th century. | 46.08 | 27,509 | 597sqmi (1,546km) | ||
DeKalb County | 089 | Decatur | 1822 | Henry, Gwinnett, and Fayette counties. | "Baron"Johann DeKalb(1721 – 80) a German who accompanied theMarquis de Lafayetteand was inspector general of the Colonial Army. | 2,638.39 | 707,089 | 268sqmi (694km) | |
Dodge County | 091 | 1870 | Montgomery, Pulaski and Telfair counties. | William Earle Dodge(1805 – 1883), a temperance leader and businessman from [New York, and a cofounder ofPhelps, Dodge, and Company, a mining and metals company. | 42.57 | 21,329 | 501sqmi (1,298km) | ||
Dooly County | 093 | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821. | ColonelJohn Dooly(1740 – 80), a hero of theAmerican Revolution. | 36.43 | 14,318 | 393sqmi (1,018km) | ||
Dougherty County | 095 | Albany | 1853 | Baker County. | Charles Dougherty(1801 – 53), a noted judge fromAthens, Georgia. | 286.37 | 94,501 | 330sqmi (855km) | |
Douglas County | 097 | Douglasville | 1870 | Campbell and Carroll counties. | Stephen Arnold Douglas(1813 – 61), anIllinoisDemocraticCongressman who ran againstAbraham Lincolnin theUnited States presidential election, 1860and lost. | 673.22 | 133,971 | 199sqmi (515km) | |
Early County | 099 | Blakely | 1818 | Creek Cession of 1814. | Peter Early(1773 – 1817), the tenthgovernorof Georgia. | 20.73 | 10,594 | 511sqmi (1,323km) | |
Echols County | 101 | Statenville | 1858 | Clinch and Lowndes Counties | General Robert M. Echols(1798 – 1847), a state legislator and a hero of theMexican-American War. | 9.87 | 3,988 | 404sqmi (1,046km) | |
Effingham County | 103 | 1777 | St Mathew and St Philip Parishes. | Thomas Howard, the ThirdEarl of Effingham(1746–1791), who was sympathetic with the independence movement. | 111.03 | 53,293 | 480sqmi (1,243km) | ||
Elbert County | 105 | Elberton | 1790 | Wilkes County | Samuel Elbert(1740 – 88) a general in theRevolutionary War, who became thegovernorof Georgia in 1785 | 53.34 | 19,684 | 369sqmi (956km) | |
Emanuel County | 107 | Swainsboro | 1812 | Bulloch and Montgomery Counties | ColonelDavid Emanuel(1744 – 1808), who became thegovernorof Georgia in 1801. | 33.38 | 22,898 | 686sqmi (1,777km) | |
Evans County | 109 | Claxton | 1914 | Bulloch and Tattnall County | GeneralClement Anselm Evans(1832 – 1911), a hero of theWar between the Statesand the commander in chief of theUnited Confederate Veterans. | 57.78 | 10,689 | 185sqmi (479km) | |
Fannin County | 111 | Blue Ridge | 1854 | Gilmer and Union Counties | ColonelJames Walker Fannin Jr.(1809 – 36), a hero of theTexas Revolution. | 60.86 | 23,492 | 386sqmi (1,000km) | |
Fayette County | 113 | Fayetteville | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821. | Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette(1757 – 1834), a French hero of theRevolutionary War. | 545.81 | 107,524 | 197sqmi (510km) | |
Floyd County | 115 | 1832 | Cherokee County | GeneralJohn Floyd(1769 – 1839), soldier and a U.S. Congressman. | 187.48 | 96,177 | 513sqmi (1,329km) | ||
Forsyth County | 117 | Cumming | 1832 | Cherokee County | John Forsyth(1780 – 1841),Secretary of Stateunder PresidentMartin Van Buren. | 831.54 | 187,928 | 226sqmi (585km) | |
Franklin County | 119 | Carnesville | 1784 | Cherokee and Creek Cessions of 1783 | Benjamin Franklin(1706–1790), writer, inventor, publisher, and aFounding Fatherof the United States. | 83.25 | 21,894 | 263sqmi (681km) | |
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 thesteamboat. | 1,848.34 | 977,773 | 529sqmi (1,370km) | |
Gilmer County | 123 | Ellijay | 1832 | Cherokee County | George Rockingham Gilmer(1780 – 1859), 16thgovernorof Georgia. | 66.02 | 28,190 | 427sqmi (1,106km) | |
Glascock County | 125 | 1857 | Warren County | GeneralThomas Glascock(1780 – 1841), a hero of theWar of 1812and theSeminole Warof 1817, and a U.S. Congressman. | 21.82 | 3,142 | 144sqmi (373km) | ||
Glynn County | 127 | 1777 | St David and St Patrick Parishes | John Glynn(1722 – 79), BritishMember of ParliamentandSerjeant-at-law, who was sympathetic with the cause of American independence. | 192.00 | 81,022 | 422sqmi (1,093km) | ||
Gordon County | 129 | Calhoun | 1850 | Cass (now Bartow) and Floyd Counties | William Washington Gordon(1796–1842), first president of theCentral of Georgia Railroad. | 157.09 | 55,766 | 355sqmi (919km) | |
Grady County | 131 | 1905 | Decatur and Thomas Counties | Henry Woodfin Grady(1850 – 89), famous orator and managing editor of theAtlanta Constitution. | 55.55 | 25,440 | 458sqmi (1,186km) | ||
Greene County | 133 | Greensboro | 1786 | Washington County | GeneralNathanael Greene(1742 – 86), a hero of theRevolutionary War. | 41.47 | 16,092 | 388sqmi (1,005km) | |
Gwinnett County | 135 | Lawrenceville | 1818 | Cherokee Cession of 1817 and Creek Cession of 1818. | Button Gwinnett(1735–1777), one of Georgia's delegates to theContinental Congresswho signed theDeclaration of Independence. | 1,944.68 | 842,046 | 433sqmi (1,121km) | |
Habersham County | 137 | Clarkesville | 1818 | Cherokee Cessions of 1817 and 1819 | ColonelJoseph Habersham(1751 – 1815), a hero of theRevolutionary WarandU.S. Postmaster Generalin the Cabinet ofGeorge Washington. | 156.55 | 43,520 | 278sqmi (720km) | |
Hall County | 139 | Gainesville | 1818 | Cherokee Cessions of 1817 and 1819 | Dr.Lyman Hall(1724 – 90), one of Georgia's delegates to theContinental Congresswho signed theDeclaration of Independence. He became thegovernorof Georgia in 1783. | 470.60 | 185,416 | 394sqmi (1,020km) | |
Hancock County | 141 | Sparta | 1793 | Greene and Washington counties | John Hancock(1737 – 93), President of theContinental Congressand the first signer of theDeclaration of Independence. | 19.02 | 8,996 | 473sqmi (1,225km) | |
Haralson County | 143 | Buchanan | 1856 | Carroll and Polk Counties | GeneralHugh Anderson Haralson(1805 – 54), U.S. Congressman. | 100.71 | 28,400 | 282sqmi (730km) | |
Harris County | 145 | 1827 | Muscogee and Troup counties | Charles Harris (1772 – 1827), a prominent attorney fromSavannah. | 70.15 | 32,550 | 464sqmi (1,202km) | ||
Hart County | 147 | Hartwell | 1853 | Elbert and Franklin counties | Nancy Morgan Hart(1735 – 1830), a heroine of theRevolutionary War. | 110.00 | 25,518 | 232sqmi (601km) | |
Heard County | 149 | 1830 | Carroll, Coweta and Troup Counties | Stephen Heard(1740 – 1815), a hero of theRevolutionary War. | 39.30 | 11,633 | 296sqmi (767km) | ||
Henry County | 151 | McDonough | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821 | Patrick Henry(1736 – 99), prominent lawyer, orator, and aFounding Fatherof the United States. | 647.22 | 209,053 | 323sqmi (837km) | |
Houston County | 153 | Perry | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821 | John Houstoun(1744–1796), member of theContinental Congresswho becamegovernorof Georgia in 1778. | 387.63 | 146,136 | 377sqmi (976km) | |
Irwin County | 155 | Ocilla | 1818 | Creek Cessions of 1814 and 1818 | Jared Irwin(1751 – 1818), thegovernorwho rescinded theYazoo Actin 1796. | 26.89 | 9,600 | 357sqmi (925km) | |
Jackson County | 157 | 1796 | Franklin County | GeneralJames Jackson(1757 – 1806), a hero of theRevolutionary War. | 177.11 | 60,571 | 342sqmi (886km) | ||
Jasper County | 159 | Monticello | 1807 | Baldwin (FKA Randolph County 1807 – 12) | SergeantWilliam Jasper(1750–1779), a hero of theRevolutionary War. | 36.84 | 13,630 | 370sqmi (958km) | |
Jeff Davis County | 161 | Hazlehurst | 1905 | Appling and Coffee counties | Jefferson Davis(1808 – 89), the first and onlyPresident of the Confederate States of America. | 45.51 | 15,156 | 333sqmi (862km) | |
Jefferson County | 163 | Louisville | 1796 | Burke and Warren Counties | Thomas Jefferson(1743 – 1826), thirdPresident of the United States. | 31.12 | 16,432 | 528sqmi (1,368km) | |
Jenkins County | 165 | Millen | 1905 | Bulloch, Burke, Emanuel, and Screven Counties | Charles Jones Jenkins(1805 – 83),governorof Georgia, who was the author of the famousGeorgia Platformof 1850. | 26.32 | 9,213 | 350sqmi (906km) | |
Johnson County | 167 | Wrightsville | 1858 | Emanuel, Laurens and Washington counties | Herschel Vespasian Johnson(1812 – 80), a U.S. Senator and theGovernor of Georgia. | 32.56 | 9,897 | 304sqmi (787km) | |
Jones County | 169 | Gray | 1807 | Baldwin County | James Jones(1769 – 1801), a U.S. Congressman. | 72.53 | 28,577 | 394sqmi (1,020km) | |
Lamar County | 171 | Barnesville | 1920 | Monroe and Pike Counties | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar(1825 – 93), a U.S. Senator and an Associate Justice of theU.S. Supreme Court. | 97.61 | 18,057 | 185sqmi (479km) | |
Lanier County | 173 | 1920 | Berrien, Clinch and Lowndes Countries | Sidney Lanier(1842–1881), famous attorney, linguist, mathematician,and musician. | 55.61 | 10,400 | 187sqmi (484km) | ||
Laurens County | 175 | Dublin | 1807 | Wilkinson County | ColonelJohn Laurens(1754 – 82), an aide toGeorge Washingtonduring theRevolutionary War. | 59.09 | 48,041 | 813sqmi (2,106km) | |
Lee County | 177 | Leesburg | 1826 | Creek Cessions of 1826 | GeneralRichard Henry Lee(1732–1794), a hero of theRevolutionary War. | 80.75 | 28,746 | 356sqmi (922km) | |
Liberty County | 179 | Hinesville | 1777 | St Andrew, St James, and St John Parishes | Named in honor of the noted patriotism of the citizens ofMidwayin their support of the cause of colonial independence. | 126.15 | 65,471 | 519sqmi (1,344km) | |
Lincoln County | 181 | Lincolnton | 1796 | Wilkes County | GeneralBenjamin Lincoln(1733 – 1810), a hero of theRevolutionary Warwho was later assigned to the suppression ofShays' Rebellion. | 36.67 | 7,737 | 211sqmi (546km) | |
Long County | 183 | Ludowici | 1920 | Liberty County | Dr.Crawford Williamson Long(1815 – 78), in 1842 the first man to usediethyl etheras ananestheticfor dental surgery. | 40.02 | 16,048 | 401sqmi (1,039km) | |
Lowndes County | 185 | Valdosta | 1825 | Irwin County | William Jones Lowndes (1782 – 1822), a prominent figure in the affairs ofSouth Carolinathroughout the formative years of the United States. | 227.29 | 114,552 | 504sqmi (1,305km) | |
Lumpkin County | 187 | Dahlonega | 1832 | Cherokee, Habersham, and Hall Counties | Wilson Lumpkin(1783 – 1870), theGovernor of Georgiaand a U.S. Senator. | 107.79 | 30,611 | 284sqmi (736km) | |
Macon County | 193 | Oglethorpe | 1837 | Houston and Marion Counties | GeneralNathaniel Macon(1758 – 1837), Speaker of the House of Representatives and a U.S. Senator. | 35.39 | 14,263 | 403sqmi (1,044km) | |
Madison County | 195 | Danielsville | 1811 | Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Jackson and Oglethorpe Counties | James Madison(1751 – 1836), the fourthPresident of the United Statesand the chief writer of theU.S. Constitution. | 98.32 | 27,922 | 284sqmi (736km) | |
Marion County | 197 | Buena Vista | 1827 | Lee and Muscogee Counties | GeneralFrancis Marion(1732 – 95), the "Swamp Fox," a hero of theRevolutionary War. | 23.74 | 8,711 | 367sqmi (951km) | |
McDuffie County | 189 | 1870 | Columbia and Warren | George McDuffie(1790 – 1851), famous orator andgovernor of South Carolina. | 83.32 | 21,663 | 260sqmi (673km) | ||
McIntosh County | 191 | Darien | 1793 | Liberty County | GeneralLachlan McIntosh(1727 – 1806), a hero of theRevolutionary War. | 31.89 | 13,839 | 434sqmi (1,124km) | |
Meriwether County | 199 | Greenville | 1827 | Formed from Troup County | GeneralDavid Meriwether(1755 – 1822), a hero of theRevolutionary Warand a U.S. Congressman. | 42.29 | 21,273 | 503sqmi (1,303km) | |
Miller County | 201 | Colquitt | 1856 | Baker and Early Counties | Andrew Jackson Miller (1806 – 56), president of theMedical College of Georgia. | 21.09 | 5,969 | 283sqmi (733km) | |
Mitchell County | 205 | 1857 | Baker County | Gen. Henry Mitchell (1760 – 1839), a hero of theRevolutionary War. | 45.20 | 23,144 | 512sqmi (1,326km) | ||
Monroe County | 207 | Forsyth | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821 | James Monroe(1758 – 1831), the fifthPresident of the United Statesand the creator of theMonroe Doctrineof 1823. | 67.27 | 26,637 | 396sqmi (1,026km) | |
Montgomery County | 209 | Mount Vernon | 1793 | Washington County | GeneralRichard Montgomery(1738 – 75), hero of theRevolutionary War. | 36.38 | 8,913 | 245sqmi (635km) | |
Morgan County | 211 | Madison | 1807 | Baldwin County | GeneralDaniel Morgan(1736 – 1802), a hero of theRevolutionary Warand U.S. Congressman. | 51.09 | 17,881 | 350sqmi (906km) | |
Murray County | 213 | Chatsworth | 1832 | Cherokee County | Thomas W. Murray (1790 – 1832), famousstate legislator. | 114.51 | 39,392 | 344sqmi (891km) | |
Muscogee County | 215 | 1826 | Creek Cession of 1826 | Muskogeeethnic group, to which theCreekandSeminoleNations belong. | 918.58 | 198,413 | 216sqmi (559km) | ||
Newton County | 217 | Covington | 1821 | Henry, Jasper, and Walton Counties | SergeantJohn Newton(1755 – 80), a hero of theRevolutionary War. | 367.77 | 101,505 | 276sqmi (715km) | |
Oconee County | 219 | Watkinsville | 1875 | Clarke County | Oconee River, which forms its eastern boundary. | 180.74 | 33,619 | 186sqmi (482km) | |
Oglethorpe County | 221 | 1793 | Wilkes County | GeneralJames Edward Oglethorpe(1696 – 1785), the founder of the Colony of Georgia. | 33.15 | 14,618 | 441sqmi (1,142km) | ||
Paulding County | 223 | Dallas | 1832 | Cherokee County | John Paulding (1759 – 1818), a hero of theRevolutionary War. | 461.15 | 144,800 | 314sqmi (813km) | |
Peach County | 225 | Fort Valley | 1924 | Houston and Macon Counties | Its location inCentral Georgiais one of the richest peach-producing regions in the country. | 182.93 | 27,622 | 151sqmi (391km) | |
Pickens County | 227 | 1853 | Cherokee and Gilmer counties | GeneralAndrew Pickens(1739 – 1817), a hero of theRevolutionary Warand U.S. Congressman. | 126.16 | 29,268 | 232sqmi (601km) | ||
Pierce County | 229 | Blackshear | 1857 | Appling and Ware Counties | Franklin Pierce(1804–1869), fourteenthPresident of the United States. | 54.94 | 18,844 | 343sqmi (888km) | |
Pike County | 231 | Zebulon | 1822 | Monroe County | GeneralZebulon Pike(1779 – 1813), explorer and a hero of theWar of 1812. | 81.70 | 17,810 | 218sqmi (565km) | |
Polk County | 233 | Cedartown | 1851 | Floyd and Paulding Counties | James Knox Polk(1795 – 1849), eleventhPresident of the United States. | 132.44 | 41,188 | 311sqmi (805km) | |
Pulaski County | 235 | Hawkinsville | 1808 | Laurens County | CountKazimierz PułaskiofPoland(1748 – 79), a hero of theRevolutionary War. | 47.45 | 11,720 | 247sqmi (640km) | |
Putnam County | 237 | Eatonton | 1807 | Baldwin County | GeneralIsrael Putnam(1718 – 90), a hero of theRevolutionary War. | 61.62 | 21,198 | 344sqmi (891km) | |
Quitman County | 239 | 1858 | Randolph and Stewart counties | GeneralJohn Anthony Quitman(1799 – 1858), a hero of theMexican-American War. | 15.82 | 2,404 | 152sqmi (394km) | ||
Rabun County | 241 | 1819 | Cherokee Cession of 1819 | William Rabun(1771 – 1819),Governor of Georgia(1817 – 19). | 43.93 | 16,297 | 371sqmi (961km) | ||
Randolph County | 243 | Cuthbert | 1828 | Lee County | John Randolph of Roanoke(1773 – 1833), a U.S. Congressman. | 17.08 | 7,327 | 429sqmi (1,111km) | |
Richmond County | 245 | 1777 | St Paul Parish | Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond(1735 – 1806), who was sympathetic to the cause of colonial independence. | 625.27 | 202,587 | 324sqmi (839km) | ||
Rockdale County | 247 | Conyers | 1870 | Henry and Newton counties | Rockdale Church, which was so named for the subterranean bed ofgranitethat underlies this region of the state. | 655.11 | 85,820 | 131sqmi (339km) | |
Schley County | 249 | Ellaville | 1857 | Marion and Sumter counties | William Schley(1786 – 1858),governor of Georgia(1835 – 37). | 29.70 | 4,990 | 168sqmi (435km) | |
Screven County | 251 | Sylvania | 1793 | Burke and Effingham Counties | General James Screven (1744–1778), a hero of theRevolutionary War. | 21.92 | 14,202 | 648sqmi (1,678km) | |
Seminole County | 253 | Donalsonville | 1920 | Decatur and Early Counties | SeminoleNation | 37.59 | 8,947 | 238sqmi (616km) | |
Spalding County | 255 | 1851 | Fayette, Henry, and Pike County | Thomas Spalding(1774 – 1851), U.S. Congressman, state legislator, and agriculturalist | 322.55 | 63,865 | 198sqmi (513km) | ||
Stephens County | 257 | Toccoa | 1905 | Franklin and Habersham Counties | Alexander Stephens(1812 – 83), a U.S. Congressman, theGovernor of Georgia, and the first and only Vice President of theConfederate States of America. | 144.64 | 25,891 | 179sqmi (464km) | |
Stewart County | 259 | Lumpkin | 1830 | Randolph County | GeneralDaniel Stewart(1759 – 1829), a hero of theRevolutionary Warand theWar of 1812. | 13.16 | 6,042 | 459sqmi (1,189km) | |
Sumter County | 261 | Americus | 1831 | Lee County | GeneralThomas Sumter(1734 – 1832), the "Fighting Gamecock," a hero of theRevolutionary War. | 65.06 | 31,554 | 485sqmi (1,256km) | |
Talbot County | 263 | Talbotton | 1827 | Muscogee County | Matthew Talbot(1762 – 1827), served in theGeorgia State Senatefor 15 years, including two years as the President of the Senate, and theGovernor of Georgiafor two weeks in 1819. | 16.58 | 6,517 | 393sqmi (1,018km) | |
Taliaferro County | 265 | Crawfordville | 1825 | Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren, and Wilkes Counties | ColonelBenjamin Taliaferro(1750 – 1821), a U.S. Congressman and a hero of theRevolutionary War. | 8.62 | 1,680 | 195sqmi (505km) | |
Tattnall County | 267 | Reidsville | 1801 | Montgomery County | Josiah Tattnall(1764 – 1803), a U.S. Senator and theGovernor of Georgia. | 52.45 | 25,384 | 484sqmi (1,254km) | |
Taylor County | 269 | 1852 | Macon, Marion and Talbot Counties | Zachary Taylor(1784 – 1850), the twelfthPresident of the United States. | 22.28 | 8,420 | 378sqmi (979km) | ||
Telfair County | 271 | McRae | 1807 | Wilkinson County | Edward Telfair(1735 – 1807), the secondGovernor of Georgiafollowing the establishment of the United States. | 37.07 | 16,349 | 441sqmi (1,142km) | |
Terrell County | 273 | 1856 | Lee and Randolph Counties | Dr.William Terrell(1778 – 1855), U.S. Congressman. | 26.92 | 9,045 | 336sqmi (870km) | ||
Thomas County | 275 | Thomasville | 1825 | Decatur and Irwin Counties | GeneralJett Thomas(1776 – 1817), a hero of theWar of 1812. | 81.61 | 44,724 | 548sqmi (1,419km) | |
Tift County | 277 | Tifton | 1905 | Berrien, Irwin and Worth Counties | ColonelNelson Tift(1810 – 91), a captain in theConfederate States Navyand U.S. Congressman. | 154.96 | 41,064 | 265sqmi (686km) | |
Toombs County | 279 | 1905 | Emanuel, Tattnall, and Montgomery Counties | GeneralRobert Toombs(1810 – 85), a U.S. Senator and theConfederate States Secretary of State. | 74.43 | 27,315 | 367sqmi (951km) | ||
Towns County | 281 | Hiawassee | 1856 | Rabun and Union Counties | George Washington Towns(1801 – 54),governor of Georgiaduring theantebellum period. | 63.22 | 10,495 | 166sqmi (430km) | |
Treutlen County | 283 | Soperton | 1917 | Emanuel and Montgomery Counties | John A. Treutlen(1726 – 82), the first electedGovernor of Georgia(1777 – 78). | 33.68 | 6,769 | 201sqmi (521km) | |
Troup County | 285 | 1826 | Creek Cession of 1826 | George M. Troup(1780 – 1856), theGovernor of Georgia(1823 – 27) and a U.S. Senator. | 165.38 | 68,468 | 414sqmi (1,072km) | ||
Turner County | 287 | Ashburn | 1905 | Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox and Worth Counties | CaptainHenry Gray Turner(1839 – 1904), a U.S. Congressman and a hero of theWar between the States. | 29.41 | 8,410 | 286sqmi (741km) | |
Twiggs County | 289 | Jeffersonville | 1809 | Wilkinson County | GeneralJohn Twiggs(1750 – 1816), a hero of theRevolutionary Warand theGovernor of Georgia. | 23.46 | 8,447 | 360sqmi (932km) | |
Union County | 291 | Blairsville | 1832 | Cherokee County | Federalunion of the states. | 66.41 | 21,451 | 323sqmi (837km) | |
Upson County | 293 | Thomaston | 1824 | Crawford and Pike Counties | Stephen Upson(1786 – 1824), a notedstate legislator. | 81.69 | 26,630 | 326sqmi (844km) | |
Walker County | 295 | Lafayette | 1833 | Murray County | MajorFreeman Walker(1780 – 1827), a U.S. Senator (1819 – 1821). | 152.68 | 68,094 | 446sqmi (1,155km) | |
Walton County | 297 | 1818 | Creek Cession of 1818 | George Walton(1749 – 1804), one of Georgia's delegates to theContinental Congresswho signed theDeclaration of Independence. | 257.07 | 84,575 | 329sqmi (852km) | ||
Ware County | 299 | Waycross | 1824 | Appling County | Nicholas Ware(1769 – 1824), a U.S. Senator (1821 – 24). | 39.67 | 35,821 | 903sqmi (2,339km) | |
Warren County | 301 | Warrenton | 1793 | Columbia, Hancock, Richmond, and Wilkes Counties | GeneralJoseph Warren(1741 – 75), a hero of theRevolutionary War. | 19.50 | 5,578 | 286sqmi (741km) | |
Washington County | 303 | Sandersville | 1784 | Creek Cession of 1783 | George Washington(1732 – 99), the firstPresident of the United States, although named after him as a general. | 30.70 | 20,879 | 680sqmi (1,761km) | |
305 | Jesup | 1803 | Creek Cession of 1802 | GeneralAnthony Wayne(1745 – 96) -- known as "Mad Anthony Wayne". A U.S. Congressman and a hero of theRevolutionary Warand theNorthwest Indian War. | 46.98 | 30,305 | 645sqmi (1,671km) | ||
Webster County | 307 | 1853 | Stewart County (Formally Kinchafoonee) | Daniel Webster(1782 – 1852),U.S. Secretary of State, supportedHenry Clay'sCompromise of 1850. | 13.30 | 2,793 | 210sqmi (544km) | ||
Wheeler County | 309 | Alamo | 1912 | Montgomery County | GeneralJoseph Wheeler(1836 – 1906), a U.S. Congressman and a hero of theWar Between the Statesand theSpanish–American War. | 26.47 | 7,888 | 298sqmi (772km) | |
White County | 311 | 1857 | Habersham County | Colonel John White, a hero of theRevolutionary War. | 113.87 | 27,556 | 242sqmi (627km) | ||
Whitfield County | 313 | 1851 | Murray County | George Whitefield(1714 – 70), a noted pastor who established theBethesda OrphanagenearSavannah. | 356.41 | 103,359 | 290sqmi (751km) | ||
Wilcox County | 315 | Abbeville | 1857 | Dooly, Irwin, and Pulaski counties | General Mark Wilcox (1800 – 50), a noted soldier andstate legislator. | 23.86 | 9,068 | 380sqmi (984km) | |
Wilkes County | 317 | Washington | 1777 | Cherokee and Creek Cessions of 1773 | John Wilkes(1727 – 97), a BritishMember of Parliamentwho sympathized with the cause of American independence. | 21.39 | 10,076 | 471sqmi (1,220km) | |
Wilkinson County | 319 | Irwinton | 1803 | Creek Cessions of 1802 and 1805 | GeneralJames Wilkinson(1757 – 1825), a hero of theRevolutionary Warand of theWar of 1812. | 21.43 | 9,577 | 447sqmi (1,158km) | |
Worth County | 321 | Sylvester | 1853 | Dooly and Irwin Counties | GeneralWilliam J. Worth(1794 – 1849), a hero of theMexican-American War. | 38.14 | 21,741 | 570sqmi (1,476km) |