Editing Douglas County, Georgia (section)

=== Name ===
The county was created during [[Reconstruction Era of the United States|Reconstruction]] after the [[American Civil War]]. The Georgia General Assembly named it after former Illinois senator [[Stephen A. Douglas]],<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n102 108]}}</ref> an [[Illinois]] senator and the Democratic opponent of [[Abraham Lincoln]] in the presidential election of 1860.  The existing historical marker says:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/douglas/douglas-county|title=Douglas County Historical Markers|website=georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu|access-date=January 5, 2020}}</ref>

Historical marker:
{{Blockquote|This county, created by Act of the [[Georgia General Assembly|Legislature]] October 1, 1870, was named for  Stephen A. Douglas, the "Little Giant," a Vermonter who was Congressman from Illinois 1843 to '47, Senator from '47 to '61, and Democratic candidate for President in 1860 on the ticket with gov. [[Herschel V. Johnson]], of Georgia, for Vice President. Among the first County Officers were: sheriff T.H. Sellman, Clerk of Superior Court A.L. Gorman, Ordinary Wm. Hindman, Tax Receiver Jno. M. James, Tax Collector M.D. Watkins, Treasurer C.P. Bower, Surveyor John M. Hughey.

The county was created from the part of [[Campbell County, Georgia|Campbell county]] which was northwest of the [[Chattahoochee River]].  The remainder of Campbell became [[South Fulton, Georgia|southwest Fulton]] at the beginning of 1932.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}}}