Editing Charlton County, Georgia (section)

==History==
Charlton County was created from a portion of [[Camden County, Georgia|Camden County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], by an act of the [[Georgia General Assembly]] on February 18, 1854.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030710215157/http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf |archive-date=July 10, 2003 |url-status=live | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=39 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> The original county seat was at [[Trader's Hill, Georgia|Trader's Hill]], until 1901. Additional lands from [[Ware County, Georgia|Ware County]], Georgia, were added to Charlton's borders by an 1855 act of the General Assembly. In 1856, an additional legislative act redefined the Charlton–Camden borders again with each county [[cession|ceding]] land to the other.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/CitiesCounties/Counties&id=h-2307|title=Charlton County|website=New Georgia Encyclopedia}}</ref>

The county is named for [[Robert Milledge Charlton]], a [[United States Senate|U. S. Senator]] from Georgia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://charltoncounty.georgia.gov/03/home/0,2230,8608619,00.html|title=Charlton County|website=Georgia.gov|language=en|access-date=March 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614090758/http://charltoncounty.georgia.gov/03/home/0,2230,8608619,00.html|archive-date=June 14, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>