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==History== Putnam County is named in honor of [[Israel Putnam]], a hero of the [[French and Indian War]] and a general in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. It was settled by European Americans after the war, as migrants moved down from the Upper South. The county was created on December 10, 1807, by an act of the [[Georgia General Assembly]].<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/p.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=182 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> Following the invention of the [[cotton gin]], which could profitably process short-staple cotton, the county was developed for cotton cultivation of that type. It thrived in the upland areas, where plantations were developed and worked by the field labor of thousands of African-American slaves. During the [[Red Summer|1919 Red Summer]] there were many incidents of racial violence including an [[Putnam County, Georgia, arson attack|arson attack]] where almost a dozen black community buildings were burnt down in late May 1919.{{sfn|McWhirter|2011|p=53}} [[The Intelligencer and Wheeling News Register|''The Wheeling Intelligencer'']] claimed the buildings were burnt down because of a "minor racial clash at Dennis Station."{{sfn|The Wheeling Intelligencer|1919|p=14}} During this time armed black and white mobs patrolled the area in fear of each other.{{sfn|McWhirter|2011|p=53}} In the first half of the 20th century, thousands of blacks left the state during the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration]] from 1920 to 1960. The county population dropped by more than half during this period following mechanization of agriculture and as rural workers moved into cities. Since the late 20th century, population has increased. The white population of the county has grown since the turn of the 21st century: in 2010 African Americans comprised 26 percent of the county population, a drop from nearly 42% in 2000.{{citation needed|date=November 2020|reason=It's necessary to prove this figure}} In the 21st century, dairy farming is more important to Putnam County than cotton. It annually holds the nationally known Dairy Festival.
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