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==Counties listing== {{Countytabletop | region_width = 120px | fips_ref = <ref name="FIPS">{{cite web |url=http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/ga.html |title=EPA County FIPS Code Listing |work=EPA.gov |access-date=2008-02-23 |archive-date=2009-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115111951/http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/ga.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> | region_seat_width = 80px | region_seat_title = County seat | region_seat_ref = <ref name="NACO">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=GA|title=NACo β Find a county|author=National Association of Counties|access-date=2008-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518144117/http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=%2Fcffiles%2Fcounties%2Fstate.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=GA|archive-date=2008-05-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> | data2_width = | data2_title = {{abbr|Est.|Established}} | data2_ref = <ref name="NACO" /> | data3_width = 120px | data3_title = Origin | data3_ref = <ref name="NGE">{{cite web|url=http://www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Categories.jsp?path=/CitiesCounties/Counties#/CitiesCounties/Counties|title=New Georgia Encyclopedia|access-date=2008-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526195703/http://www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Categories.jsp?path=%2FCitiesCounties%2FCounties#/CitiesCounties/Counties|archive-date=2011-05-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> | data4_width = 150px | data4_unsortable = yes | data4_title = Etymology | data4_ref = <ref name="NGE" /> | data5_width = 80px | data5_title = Density | population_ref = <ref name=2024CensusEstimate>{{cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Georgia|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/baldwincountygeorgia,bakercountygeorgia,baconcountygeorgia,atkinsoncountygeorgia,applingcountygeorgia,GA/PST045219|work=U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division|access-date=15 March 2025}}</ref> | area_ref = <ref name="NACO" /> }} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=001| Name=Appling| Seat=Baxley| Data2=1818| Data3=Land ceded by the [[Creek Indians]] in the [[Treaty of Fort Jackson]] in 1814 and the Treaty of the Creek Agency in 1818 |Data4=Colonel [[Daniel Appling]] (1787β1818), a hero of the [[War of 1812]] |Data5={{convert|36.68|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=18669| Area=509| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=003| Name=Atkinson| Seat=Pearson| Data2=1917| Data3=Clinch and Coffee counties |Data4=[[William Yates Atkinson]] (1854β99), [[governor of Georgia]] (1894β98) and speaker of the [[Georgia House of Representatives]] |Data5={{convert|24.96|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=8435| Area=338| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=005| Name=Bacon| Seat=Alma| Data2=1914| Data3=Appling, Pierce and Ware counties |Data4=[[Augustus Octavius Bacon]] (1839β1914), U.S. Senator (1895β1914); [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate]] |Data5={{convert|38.75|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=11045| Area=285| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=007| Name=Baker| Seat=Newton| Data2=1825| Data3=Early County |Data4=Colonel [[John Baker (American Revolutionary War)|John Baker]] (died 1792), a hero of the [[American Revolution|American Revolutionary War]] |Data5={{convert|7.97|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=2732| Area=343| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=009| Name=Baldwin| Seat=Milledgeville| Data2=1803| Data3=Creek cessions of 1802 and 1805 |Data4=[[Abraham Baldwin]] (1754β1807), a [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]]; U.S. Senator (1799β1807); one of the Georgia delegates who signed the [[U.S. Constitution]] |Data5={{convert|169.16|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=43644| Area=258| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=011| Name=Banks| Seat=Homer| Data2=1859 |Data3=Franklin and Habersham counties |Data4=Dr. [[Richard E. Banks|Richard Banks]] (1784β1850), local physician noted for treating natives with smallpox |Data5={{convert|86.83|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=20318| Area=234| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=013| Name=Barrow| Seat=Winder| Data2=1914| Data3=Gwinnett, Jackson and Walton counties |Data4="Uncle Dave" [[David Crenshaw Barrow Jr.]] (1852β1929), [[chancellor (education)|chancellor]] of the [[University of Georgia]] (1906β29) |Data5={{convert|594.41|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=96294| Area=162| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=015| Name=Bartow| Seat=Cartersville| Data2=1832| Data3=Created from a portion of Cherokee County and originally called Cass County after General [[Lewis Cass]] |Data4=General [[Francis S. Bartow]] (1816β61), [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[political leader]]; first Confederate general killed in the [[American Civil War]] |Data5={{convert|255.45|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=117508| Area=460| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=017| Name=Ben Hill| Seat=Fitzgerald| Data2=1906| Data3=Irwin and Wilcox counties |Data4=[[Benjamin Harvey Hill]] (1823β82), U.S. Senator (1877β82) |Data5={{convert|67.24|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=16945| Area=252| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=019| Name=Berrien| Seat=Nashville| Data2=1856| Data3=Coffee, Irwin, and Lowndes counties |Data4=[[John Macpherson Berrien]] (1781β1856), U.S. Senator; [[U.S. Attorney General]] |Data5={{convert|41.30|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=18666| Area=452| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=021| Name=Bibb| Seat=Macon| Data2=1822| Data3=Houston, Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs counties |Data4=Dr. [[William Wyatt Bibb]] (1780β1820), first [[Governor of Alabama]]; U.S. Senator |Data5={{convert|628.22|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=157056| Area=250| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=023| Name=Bleckley| Seat=Cochran| Data2=1912| Data3=Pulaski County |Data4=[[Logan Edwin Bleckley]] (1827β1907), [[Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia State Supreme Court]] [[Chief Justice]] |Data5={{convert|58.18|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=12626| Area=217| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=025| Name=Brantley| Seat=Nahunta| Data2=1920| Data3=Charlton, Pierce, and Wayne counties |Data4=Benjamin Daniel Brantley (1832-91), a state legislator, local merchant and confederate soldier or [[William Gordon Brantley]] (1860β1934), U.S. Congressman |Data5={{convert|42.33|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=18795| Area=444| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=027| Name=Brooks| Seat=Quitman| Data2=1858| Data3=Lowndes and Thomas counties |Data4=Captain [[Preston S. Brooks]] (1819β57), a hero of the [[MexicanβAmerican War]]; [[Congressman]] from [[South Carolina]] |Data5={{convert|33.09|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=16344| Area=494| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=029| Name=Bryan| Seat=Pembroke| Data2=1793| Data3= Chatham County |Data4=Jonathan Bryan (1708β88), colonial settler; famous state representative |Data5={{convert|115.62|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=51105| Area=442| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=031| Name=Bulloch| Seat=Statesboro| Data2=1796| Data3=Bryan and Screven counties |Data4=[[Archibald Bulloch]] (1729β77), a hero of the Revolutionary War; Speaker of the [[Georgia House of Representatives]]; acting [[Governor#United States|governor]] of Georgia (1775β77) and first governor of Georgia|Data5={{convert|125.12|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=85454| Area=683| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=033| Name=Burke| Seat=Waynesboro| Data2=1777| Data3=Originally organized as St. George Parish |Data4=[[Edmund Burke]] (1729β97), British-American political philosopher and [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) who sympathized with the cause of American independence |Data5={{convert|29.45|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=24472| Area=831| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=035| Name=Butts| Seat=Jackson| Data2=1825| Data3=Henry and Monroe counties |Data4=Captain [[Samuel Butts]] (1777β1814), a hero of the [[Creek War]] |Data5={{convert|145.06|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=27127| Area=187| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=037| Name=Calhoun| Seat=Morgan| Data2=1854| Data3=Baker and Early counties |Data4=[[John C. Calhoun]] (1782β1850), U.S. Congressman; U.S. Senator; [[Vice President of the United States]] from South Carolina |Data5={{convert|19.43|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=5441| Area=280| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=039| Name=Camden| Seat=Woodbine| Data2=1777| Data3=St. Mary and St. Thomas parishes |Data4=[[Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden]] (1714β94), [[Lord Chancellor]] of [[Great Britain]] who sympathized with the cause of American independence |Data5={{convert|93.81|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=59099| Area=630| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=043| Name=Candler| Seat=Metter| Data2=1914| Data3=Bulloch, Emanuel and Tattnall counties |Data4=[[Allen Daniel Candler]] (1834β1910), state legislator; U.S. Congressman; Governor of Georgia (1898β1902) |Data5={{convert|45.06|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=11130| Area=247| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=045| Name=Carroll| Seat=Carrollton| Data2=1826| Data3=Lands ceded by the Creek Indians in 1825 in the [[Treaty of Indian Springs (1825)|Treaty of Indian Springs]] |Data4=[[Charles Carroll of Carrollton|Charles Carroll]] (1737β1832), the last surviving signer of the [[U.S. Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]] |Data5={{convert|260.34|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=129911| Area=499| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=047| Name=Catoosa| Seat=Ringgold| Data2=1853| Data3=Walker and Whitfield counties |Data4=Chief Catoosa, a [[Cherokee]] chief |Data5={{convert|425.56|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=68940| Area=162| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=049| Name=Charlton| Seat=Folkston| Data2=1854| Data3=Camden County |Data4=[[Robert Milledge Charlton]] (1807β54), jurist; U.S. Senator (1852β54); mayor of [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] |Data5={{convert|16.67|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=13021| Area=781| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=051| Name=Chatham| Seat=Savannah| Data2=1777| Data3=Christ Church and St. Philip parishes |Data4=[[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham|William Pitt]], [[Earl of Chatham]] (1708β78), [[British Prime Minister]] who sympathized with the cause of American independence |Data5={{convert|698.49|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=307336| Area=440| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=053| Name=Chattahoochee| Seat=Cusseta| Data2=1854| Data3=Marion and Muscogee counties |Data4=[[Chattahoochee River]], which forms the county's (and the state's) western border |Data5={{convert|34.33|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=8548| Area=249| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=055| Name=Chattooga| Seat=Summerville| Data2=1838| Data3=Floyd and Walker counties |Data4=[[Chattooga River (AlabamaβGeorgia)|Chattooga River]] |Data5={{convert|80.59|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=25306| Area=314| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=057| Name=Cherokee| Seat=Canton| Data2=1831| Data3=Cherokee Cession of 1831 |Data4=[[Cherokee]] Nation, which controlled this part of the state autonomously until 1831 |Data5={{convert|692.25|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=293513| Area=424| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=059| Name=Clarke| Seat=Athens| Data2=1801| Data3=Jackson County |Data4=[[Elijah Clarke]] (1733β99), a hero of the Revolutionary War|Data5={{convert|1,074.34|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=129995| Area=121| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=061| Name=Clay| Seat=Fort Gaines| Data2=1854| Data3=Early and Randolph counties |Data4=[[Henry Clay]] (1777β1852), [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]; [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]]; U.S. Senator from Kentucky |Data5={{convert|14.44|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=2815| Area=195| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=063| Name=Clayton| Seat=Jonesboro| Data2=1858| Data3=Fayette and Henry counties |Data4=[[Augustin Smith Clayton]] (1783β1839), a local jurist and U.S. Congressman |Data5={{convert|2,081.84|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=297703| Area=143| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=065| Name=Clinch| Seat=Homerville| Data2=1850| Data3=Lowndes and Ware counties |Data4=General [[Duncan Lamont Clinch]] (1784β1849), a hero of the War of 1812 and the [[Seminole War]]; U.S. Congressman |Data5={{convert|8.49|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=6871| Area=809| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=067| Name=Cobb| Seat=Marietta| Data2=1832| Data3=Cherokee County |Data4=Colonel [[Thomas Willis Cobb]] (1784β1835), a hero of the War of 1812; U.S. Congressman |Data5={{convert|2,316.29|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=787538| Area=340| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=069| Name=Coffee| Seat=Douglas| Data2=1854| Data3=Clinch, Irwin, Telfair and Ware counties |Data4=General [[John E. Coffee]] (1782β1836), a hero of the War of 1812 |Data5={{convert|73.21|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=43851| Area=599| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=071| Name=Colquitt| Seat=Moultrie| Data2=1856| Data3=Lowndes and Thomas counties |Data4=[[Walter Terry Colquitt]] (1799β1855), Methodist pastor; U.S. Senator |Data5={{convert|85.10|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=46977| Area=552| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=073| Name=Columbia| |Noseat=[[Appling, Georgia|Appling]] (de jure) and [[Evans, Georgia|Evans]] (de facto) | Data2=1790| Data3= Richmond County |Data4=[[Christopher Columbus]] (1446β1506), explorer |Data5={{convert|577.49|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=167472| Area=290| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=075| Name=Cook| Seat=Adel| Data2=1918| Data3=Berrien County |Data4=General [[Philip Cook (general)|Philip Cook]] (1817β94), [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] general; Georgia's [[Georgia Secretary of State]] |Data5={{convert|78.53|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=17984| Area=229| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=077| Name=Coweta| Seat=Newnan| Data2=1826| Data3=Created on Creek lands ceded in 1825 in the treaty of Indian Springs and Creek Cessions of 1826 |Data4=Coweta tribe of the [[Creek (people)|Creek]] Nation and their village near Columbus |Data5={{convert|357.19|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=158233| Area=443| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=079| Name=Crawford| Seat=Knoxville| Data2=1822| Data3=Houston County |Data4=[[William Harris Crawford]] (1772β1834), U.S. Senator; ambassador to France; [[Secretary of the Treasury]] |Data5={{convert|38.00|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=12349| Area=325| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=081| Name=Crisp| Seat=Cordele| Data2=1905| Data3=Dooly County |Data4=[[Charles Frederick Crisp]] (1845β96), Speaker of the House of Representatives |Data5={{convert|71.05|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=19468| Area=274| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=083| Name=Dade| Seat=Trenton| Data2=1837| Data3=Walker County |Data4=Major [[Francis L. Dade]] (1793β1835), a hero of the Seminole War |Data5={{convert|92.34|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=16068| Area=174| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=085| Name=Dawson| Seat=Dawsonville| Data2=1857| Data3=Gilmer and Lumpkin counties |Data4=[[William Crosby Dawson]] (1798β1857), U.S. Senator (1849β55); state legislator |Data5={{convert|159.94|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=33748| Area=211| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=087| Name=Decatur| Seat=Bainbridge| Data2=1823| Data3=Early County |Data4=Commodore [[Stephen Decatur]] (1779β1820), a naval hero of the actions against the [[Barbary Pirates]] in the early 19th century |Data5={{convert|49.23|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=29391| Area=597| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=089| Name=DeKalb| Seat=Decatur| Data2=1822| Data3=Henry, Fayette, and Gwinnett counties |Data4="Baron" [[Johann DeKalb]] (1721β80) a German who accompanied [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette]], and was inspector general of the Colonial Army |Data5={{convert|2,874.28|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=770307| Area=268| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=091| Name=Dodge| Seat=Eastman| Data2=1870| Data3=Montgomery, Pulaski and Telfair counties |Data4=[[William Earle Dodge]] (1805β1883), temperance leader; businessman from New York; a co-founder of [[Phelps Dodge|Phelps, Dodge, and Company]], a mining and metals company |Data5={{convert|39.18|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=19630| Area=501| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=093| Name=Dooly| Seat=Vienna| Data2=1821| Data3=Creek Cession of 1821 |Data4=Colonel [[John Dooly]] (1740β80), a hero of the [[American Revolution]] |Data5={{convert|28.46|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=11186| Area=393| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=095| Name=Dougherty| Seat=Albany| Data2=1853| Data3=Baker County |Data4=[[Charles Dougherty (Georgia politician)|Charles Dougherty]] (1801β53), judge from [[Athens, Georgia]] |Data5={{convert|249.75|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=82418| Area=330| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=097| Name=Douglas| Seat=Douglasville| Data2=1870| Data3=The former Campbell County and Carroll County |Data4=[[Stephen Arnold Douglas]] (1813β61), an [[Illinois]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] Congressman who ran against [[Abraham Lincoln]] in the [[1860 United States presidential election]] and lost |Data5={{convert|763.25|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=151887| Area=199| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=099| Name=Early| Seat=Blakely| Data2=1818| Data3=Creek Cession of 1814 |Data4=[[Peter Early]] (1773β1817), tenth governor of Georgia |Data5={{convert|20.44|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=10444| Area=511| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=101| Name=Echols| Seat=Statenville| Data2=1858| Data3=Clinch and Lowndes counties |Data4=[[Robert Milner Echols|General Robert M. Echols]] (1798β1847), a state legislator and a hero of the [[MexicanβAmerican War]] |Data5={{convert|9.15|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=3698| Area=404| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=103| Name=Effingham| Seat=Springfield| Data2=1777| Data3=St. Matthew and St. Philip parishes |Data4=Thomas Howard, [[Earl of Effingham]] (1746β1791), who sympathized with the cause of American independence |Data5={{convert|152.39|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=73148| Area=480| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=105| Name=Elbert| Seat=Elberton| Data2=1790| Data3=Wilkes County |Data4= [[Samuel Elbert]] (1740β88), a general in the Revolutionary War; became Governor of Georgia in 1785|Data5={{convert|54.61|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=20152| Area=369| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=107| Name=Emanuel| Seat=Swainsboro| Data2=1812| Data3=Bulloch and Montgomery counties |Data4=Colonel [[David Emanuel (Governor of Georgia)|David Emanuel]] (1744β1808), became the governor of Georgia in 1801 |Data5={{convert|33.85|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=23224| Area=686| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=109| Name=Evans| Seat=Claxton| Data2=1914| Data3=Bulloch and Tattnall counties |Data4=General [[Clement A. Evans|Clement Anselm Evans]] (1832β1911), a hero of the American Civil War; the commander in chief of the [[United Confederate Veterans]] |Data5={{convert|58.75|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=10869| Area=185| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=111| Name=Fannin| Seat=Blue Ridge| Data2=1854| Data3=Gilmer and Union counties |Data4=Colonel [[James Fannin|James Walker Fannin Jr.]] (1809β36), a hero of the [[Texas Revolution]] |Data5={{convert|66.98|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=25854| Area=386| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=113| Name=Fayette| Seat=Fayetteville| Data2=1821| Data3=Creek Cession of 1821 |Data4=[[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette]] (1757β1834), a French hero of the Revolutionary War | Data5={{convert|635.06|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=125107| Area=197| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=115| Name=Floyd| Seat=Rome| Data2=1832| Data3=Cherokee County |Data4=General [[John Floyd (Georgia politician)|John Floyd]] (1769β1839), soldier, U.S. Congressman |Data5={{convert|197.64|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=101390| Area=513| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=117| Name=Forsyth| Seat=Cumming| Data2=1832| Data3=Cherokee County |Data4=[[John Forsyth (politician)|John Forsyth]] (1780β1841), [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] under President [[Martin Van Buren]] | Data5={{convert|1,239.36|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=280096| Area=226| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=119| Name=Franklin| Seat=Carnesville| Data2=1784| Data3=Cherokee and Creek Cessions of 1783 |Data4=[[Benjamin Franklin]] (1706β1790), writer, inventor, philosopher, publisher, and a [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]] of the United States |Data5={{convert|95.85|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=25208| Area=263| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=121| Name=Fulton| Seat=Atlanta| Data2=1853| Data3=DeKalb County + the former Campbell and Milton counties and a portion of Cobb County |Data4=[[Robert Fulton]] (1765β1815), the inventor who built the Clermont, the first commercially successful steamboat. | Data5={{convert|2,061.16|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}|Population=1090354| Area=529| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=123| Name=Gilmer| Seat=Ellijay| Data2=1832| Data3=Cherokee County |Data4=[[George Rockingham Gilmer]] (1780β1859), 16th governor of Georgia |Data5={{convert|78.05|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=33327| Area=427| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=125| Name=Glascock| Seat=Gibson| Data2=1857| Data3=Warren County |Data4=General [[Thomas Glascock]] (1780β1841), a hero of the War of 1812 and the Seminole War of 1817; U.S. Congressman |Data5={{convert|20.89|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=3008| Area=144| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=127| Name=Glynn| Seat=Brunswick| Data2=1777| Data3=St. David and St. Patrick parishes |Data4=[[John Glynn]] (1722β79), British [[Member of Parliament]] and [[Serjeant-at-law]], who sympathized with the cause of American independence |Data5={{convert|205.07|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=86540| Area=422| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=129| Name=Gordon| Seat=Calhoun| Data2=1850| Data3=Cass (now Bartow) and Floyd counties |Data4=[[William Washington Gordon]] (1796β1842), first president of the [[Central of Georgia Railroad]] |Data5={{convert|171.17|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=60765| Area=355| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=131| Name=Grady| Seat=Cairo| Data2=1905| Data3=Decatur and Thomas counties |Data4=[[Henry W. Grady|Henry Woodfin Grady]] (1850β89), orator; managing editor of the ''[[Atlanta Constitution]]'' |Data5={{convert|57.36|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=26271| Area=458| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=133| Name=Greene| Seat=Greensboro| Data2=1786| Data3=Washington County |Data4=General [[Nathanael Greene]] (1742β86), a hero of the Revolutionary War |Data5={{convert|54.36|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=21091| Area=388| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=135| Name=Gwinnett| Seat=Lawrenceville| Data2=1818| Data3=Cherokee Cession of 1817 and Creek Cession of 1818 |Data4=[[Button Gwinnett]] (1735β1777), one of Georgia's delegates to the [[Continental Congress]] who signed the Declaration of Independence |Data5={{convert|2,318.40|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=1003869| Area=433| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=137| Name=Habersham| Seat=Clarkesville| Data2=1818| Data3=Cherokee Cessions of 1817 and 1819 |Data4=Colonel [[Joseph Habersham]] (1751β1815), a hero of the Revolutionary War; [[U.S. Postmaster General]] in the Cabinet of [[George Washington]] |Data5={{convert|178.65|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=49665| Area=278| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=139| Name=Hall| Seat=Gainesville| Data2=1818| Data3=Cherokee Cessions of 1817 and 1819 |Data4=Dr. [[Lyman Hall]] (1724β90), one of Georgia's delegates to the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence; became the governor of Georgia in 1783 | Data5={{convert|562.80|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=221745| Area=394| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=141| Name=Hancock| Seat=Sparta| Data2=1793| Data3=Greene and Washington counties |Data4=[[John Hancock]] (1737β93), President of the Continental Congress; first signer of the Declaration of Independence |Data5={{convert|18.36|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=8683| Area=473| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=143| Name=Haralson| Seat=Buchanan| Data2=1856| Data3=Carroll and Polk counties |Data4=General [[Hugh A. Haralson|Hugh Anderson Haralson]] (1805β54), U.S. Congressman |Data5={{convert|114.91|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=32404| Area=282| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=145| Name=Harris| Seat=Hamilton| Data2=1827| Data3=Muscogee and Troup counties |Data4=Charles Harris (1772β1827), prominent attorney from [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] |Data5={{convert|79.59|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=36929| Area=464| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=147| Name=Hart| Seat=Hartwell| Data2=1853| Data3=Elbert and Franklin counties |Data4=[[Nancy Hart|Nancy Morgan Hart]] (1735β1830), a heroine of the Revolutionary War | Data5={{convert|120.91|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=28052| Area=232| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=149| Name=Heard| Seat=Franklin| Data2=1830| Data3=Carroll, Coweta and Troup counties |Data4=[[Stephen Heard]] (1740β1815), a hero of the Revolutionary War | Data5={{convert|40.94|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=12119| Area=296| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=151| Name=Henry| Seat=McDonough| Data2=1821| Data3=Creek Cession of 1821 |Data4=[[Patrick Henry]] (1736β99), prominent lawyer, orator, and a [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]] of the United States |Data5={{convert|802.83|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=259315| Area=323| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=153| Name=Houston| Seat=Perry| Data2=1821| Data3=Creek Cession of 1821 |Data4=[[John Houstoun]] (1744β1796), member of the Continental Congress; became governor of Georgia in 1778 | Data5={{convert|463.92|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=174897| Area=377| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=155| Name=Irwin| Seat=Ocilla| Data2=1818| Data3=Creek Cessions of 1814 and 1818 |Data4=[[Jared Irwin]] (1751β1818), the governor who rescinded the [[Yazoo land scandal|Yazoo Act]] in 1796 | Data5={{convert|25.64|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=9155| Area=357| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=157| Name=Jackson| Seat=Jefferson| Data2=1796| Data3=Franklin County |Data4=General [[James Jackson (Georgia politician)|James Jackson]] (1757β1806), a hero of the Revolutionary War | Data5={{convert|274.34|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=93825| Area=342| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=159| Name=Jasper| Seat=Monticello| Data2=1807| Data3=Baldwin (FKA Randolph County 1807β12) |Data4=Sergeant [[William Jasper]] (1750β1779), a hero of the Revolutionary War |Data5={{convert|46.54|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=17219| Area=370| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=161| Name=Jeff Davis| Seat=Hazlehurst| Data2=1905| Data3=Appling and Coffee counties |Data4=[[Jefferson Davis]] (1808β89), the first and only [[President of the Confederate States of America]] |Data5={{convert|45.40|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=15119| Area=333| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=163| Name=Jefferson| Seat=Louisville| Data2=1796| Data3=Burke and Warren counties |Data4=[[Thomas Jefferson]] (1743β1826), third [[President of the United States]] |Data5={{convert|28.45|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=15019| Area=528| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=165| Name=Jenkins| Seat=Millen| Data2=1905| Data3=Bulloch, Burke, Emanuel, and Screven counties |Data4=[[Charles J. Jenkins|Charles Jones Jenkins]] (1805β83), governor of Georgia, who was the author of the famous [[Georgia Platform]] of 1850 | Data5={{convert|25.25|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=8836| Area=350| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=167| Name=Johnson| Seat=Wrightsville| Data2=1858| Data3=Emanuel, Laurens and Washington counties |Data4=[[Herschel Vespasian Johnson]] (1812β80), U.S. Senator; Governor of Georgia |Data5={{convert|30.19|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=9178| Area=304| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=169| Name=Jones| Seat=Gray| Data2=1807| Data3=Baldwin County |Data4=[[James Jones (Georgia politician)|James Jones]] (1769β1801), U.S. Congressman |Data5={{convert|73.72|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=29047| Area=394| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=171| Name=Lamar| Seat=Barnesville| Data2=1920| Data3=Monroe and Pike counties |Data4=[[Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II)|Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar]] (1825β93), U.S. Senator; Associate Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] |Data5={{convert|111.84|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=20690| Area=185| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=173| Name=Lanier| Seat=Lakeland| Data2=1920| Data3=Berrien, Clinch and Lowndes counties |Data4=[[Sidney Lanier]] (1842β1881), attorney, linguist, mathematician,<ref>{{cite AV media |last=Daniel |first=Donald D. |date=November 4, 2006 |title=Birthplace of Sidney Lanier Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/Photos/1/Photo1848o.jpg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302200644/https://www.hmdb.org/Photos/1/Photo1848o.jpg |access-date=March 2, 2021 |archive-date=March 2, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> and musician |Data5={{convert|55.96|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=10464| Area=187| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=175| Name=Laurens| Seat=Dublin| Data2=1807| Data3=Wilkinson County |Data4=Colonel [[John Laurens]] (1754β82), aide to [[George Washington]] during the Revolutionary War |Data5={{convert|61.85|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=50287| Area=813| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=177| Name=Lee| Seat=Leesburg| Data2=1826| Data3=Creek Cessions of 1826 |Data4=Lieutenant Colonel [[Henry Lee III]] (1732β1794), a hero of the Revolutionary War, who attained the nickname "Light-Horse Harry" | Data5={{convert|95.71|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=34073| Area=356| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=179| Name=Liberty| Seat=Hinesville| Data2=1777| Data3=St Andrew, St James, and St John Parishes |Data4=Named in honor of the noted patriotism of the citizens of [[Midway, Georgia|Midway]] in their support of the cause of colonial independence |Data5={{convert|132.19|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=68607| Area=519| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=181| Name=Lincoln| Seat=Lincolnton| Data2=1796| Data3=Wilkes County |Data4=General [[Benjamin Lincoln]] (1733β1810), a hero of the Revolutionary War; was later assigned to the suppression of [[Shays' Rebellion]] |Data5={{convert|38.15|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=8049| Area=211| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=183| Name=Long| Seat=Ludowici| Data2=1920| Data3=Liberty County |Data4=Dr. [[Crawford Williamson Long]] (1815β78), in 1842 the first man to use [[diethyl ether]] as an [[anesthesia|anesthetic]] for dental surgery | Data5={{convert|50.97|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=20439| Area=401| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=185| Name=Lowndes| Seat=Valdosta| Data2=1825| Data3=Irwin County |Data4=William Jones Lowndes (1782β1822), prominent figure in the affairs of [[South Carolina]] throughout the formative years of the United States |Data5={{convert|242.23|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=122082| Area=504| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=187| Name=Lumpkin| Seat=Dahlonega| Data2=1832| Data3=Cherokee, Habersham, and Hall counties |Data4=[[Wilson Lumpkin]] (1783β1870), Governor of Georgia; U.S. Senator |Data5={{convert|126.82|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=36016| Area=284| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=193| Name=Macon| Seat=Oglethorpe| Data2=1837| Data3=Houston and Marion counties |Data4=General [[Nathaniel Macon]] (1758β1837), Speaker of the House of Representatives; U.S. Senator |Data5={{convert|29.36|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=11831| Area=403| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=195| Name=Madison| Seat=Danielsville| Data2=1811| Data3=Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Jackson and Oglethorpe counties |Data4=[[James Madison]] (1751β1836), fourth [[President of the United States]]; chief writer of the [[U.S. Constitution]] |Data5={{convert|115.39|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=32771| Area=284| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=197| Name=Marion| Seat=Buena Vista| Data2=1827| Data3=Lee and Muscogee counties |Data4=General [[Francis Marion]] (1732β95), the "Swamp Fox"; a hero of the Revolutionary War |Data5={{convert|20.80|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=7635| Area=367| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=189| Name=McDuffie| Seat=Thomson| Data2=1870| Data3=Columbia and Warren counties |Data4=[[George McDuffie]] (1790β1851), orator and [[governor of South Carolina]] |Data5={{convert|83.71|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=21764| Area=260| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=191| Name=McIntosh| Seat=Darien| Data2=1793| Data3=Liberty County |Data4=General [[Lachlan McIntosh]] (1727β1806), a hero of the Revolutionary War | Data5={{convert|27.19|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=11800| Area=434| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=199| Name=Meriwether| Seat=Greenville| Data2=1827| Data3=Formed from Troup County |Data4=General [[David Meriwether (representative)|David Meriwether]] (1755β1822), a hero of the Revolutionary War; U.S. Congressman | Data5={{convert|42.62|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=21439| Area=503| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=201| Name=Miller| Seat=Colquitt| Data2=1856| Data3=Baker and Early counties |Data4=Andrew Jackson Miller (1806β56), president of the [[Medical College of Georgia]] | Data5={{convert|20.58|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=5824| Area=283| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=205| Name=Mitchell| Seat=Camilla| Data2=1857| Data3=Baker County |Data4=Gen. Henry Mitchell (1760β1839), a hero of the Revolutionary War | Data5={{convert|39.71|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=20329| Area=512| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=207| Name=Monroe| Seat=Forsyth| Data2=1821| Data3=Creek Cession of 1821 |Data4=[[James Monroe]] (1758β1831), the fifth [[President of the United States]] and the creator of the [[Monroe Doctrine]] of 1823 |Data5={{convert|79.39|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=31437| Area=396| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=209| Name=Montgomery| Seat=Mount Vernon| Data2=1793| Data3=Washington County |Data4=General [[Richard Montgomery]] (1738β75), a hero of the Revolutionary War | Data5={{convert|34.96|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=8566| Area=245| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=211| Name=Morgan| Seat=Madison| Data2=1807| Data3=Baldwin County |Data4=General [[Daniel Morgan]] (1736β1802), a hero of the Revolutionary War; U.S. Congressman | Data5={{convert|62.69|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=21940| Area=350| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=213| Name=Murray| Seat=Chatsworth| Data2=1832| Data3=Cherokee County |Data4=Thomas W. Murray (1790β1832), famous [[Georgia House of Representatives|state legislator]] |Data5={{convert|120.10|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=41316| Area=344| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=215| Name=Muscogee| Seat=Columbus| Data2=1826| Data3=Creek Cession of 1826 |Data4=[[Muscogee (Creek)|Muskogee]] ethnic group, to which the [[Creek (people)|Creek]] and [[Seminole]] Nations belong |Data5={{convert|934.40|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=201830| Area=216| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=217| Name=Newton| Seat=Covington| Data2=1821| Data3=Henry, Jasper, and Walton counties |Data4=Sergeant [[John Newton (soldier)|John Newton]] (1755β80), a hero of the Revolutionary War |Data5={{convert|449.31|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=124010| Area=276| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=219| Name=Oconee| Seat=Watkinsville| Data2=1875| Data3=Clarke County |Data4=[[Oconee River]], which forms its eastern boundary |Data5={{convert|240.60|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=44751| Area=186| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=221| Name=Oglethorpe| Seat=Lexington| Data2=1793| Data3=Wilkes County |Data4=General [[James Oglethorpe|James Edward Oglethorpe]] (1696β1785), the founder of the Colony of Georgia |Data5={{convert|36.67|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=16172| Area=441| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=223| Name=Paulding| Seat=Dallas| Data2=1832| Data3=Cherokee County |Data4=John Paulding (1759β1818), a hero of the Revolutionary War |Data5={{convert|600.47|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=188549| Area=314| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=225| Name=Peach| Seat=Fort Valley| Data2=1924| Data3=Houston and Macon counties |Data4=Its location in [[Central Georgia]] is one of the richest peach-producing regions in the country. |Data5={{convert|193.46|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=29213| Area=151| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=227| Name=Pickens| Seat=Jasper| Data2=1853| Data3=Cherokee and Gilmer counties |Data4=General [[Andrew Pickens (congressman)|Andrew Pickens]] (1739β1817), a hero of the Revolutionary War; U.S. Congressman |Data5={{convert|157.67|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=36580| Area=232| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=229| Name=Pierce| Seat=Blackshear| Data2=1857| Data3=Appling and Ware counties |Data4=[[Franklin Pierce]] (1804β1869), fourteenth [[President of the United States]] |Data5={{convert|60.26|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=20669| Area=343| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=231| Name=Pike| Seat=Zebulon| Data2=1822| Data3=Monroe County |Data4=General [[Zebulon Pike]] (1779β1813), explorer and a hero of the War of 1812 |Data5={{convert|94.81|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=20669| Area=218| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=233| Name=Polk| Seat=Cedartown| Data2=1851| Data3=Floyd and Paulding counties |Data4=[[James K. Polk|James Knox Polk]] (1795β1849), eleventh [[President of the United States]] |Data5={{convert|143.44|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=44610| Area=311| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=235| Name=Pulaski| Seat=Hawkinsville| Data2=1808| Data3=Laurens County |Data4=Count [[Kazimierz PuΕaski]] of [[Poland]] (1748β79), a hero of the Revolutionary War |Data5={{convert|41.21|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=10180| Area=247| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=237| Name=Putnam| Seat=Eatonton| Data2=1807| Data3=Baldwin County |Data4=General [[Israel Putnam]] (1718β90), a hero of the Revolutionary War |Data5={{convert|67.97|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=23383| Area=344| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=239| Name=Quitman| Noseat=[[Georgetown, Quitman County, Georgia|Georgetown]]| Data2=1858| Data3=Randolph and Stewart counties |Data4=General [[John A. Quitman|John Anthony Quitman]] (1799β1858), a hero of the Mexican-American War |Data5={{convert|15.28|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=2323| Area=152| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=241| Name=Rabun| Seat=Clayton| Data2=1819| Data3=Cherokee Cession of 1819 |Data4=[[William Rabun]] (1771β1819), Governor of Georgia (1817β19) | Data5={{convert|47.74|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=17711| Area=371| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=243| Name=Randolph| Seat=Cuthbert| Data2=1828| Data3=Lee County |Data4=[[John Randolph of Roanoke]] (1773β1833), U.S. Congressman |Data5={{convert|14.18|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=6085| Area=429| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=245| Name=Richmond| Seat=Augusta| Data2=1777| Data3=St Paul Parish |Data4=[[Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond]] (1735β1806), who sympathized with the cause of American independence |Data5={{convert|636.74|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=206303| Area=324| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=247| Name=Rockdale| Seat=Conyers| Data2=1870| Data3=Henry and Newton counties |Data4=Rockdale Church, which was so named for the subterranean bed of [[granite]] that underlies this region of the state |Data5={{convert|745.11|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=97610| Area=131| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=249| Name=Schley| Seat=Ellaville| Data2=1857| Data3=Marion and Sumter counties |Data4=[[William Schley]] (1786β1858), governor of Georgia (1835β37) |Data5={{convert|26.80|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=4503| Area=168| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=251| Name=Screven| Seat=Sylvania| Data2=1793| Data3=Burke and Effingham counties |Data4=General James Screven (1744β1778), a hero of the Revolutionary War |Data5={{convert|22.11|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=14325| Area=648| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=253| Name=Seminole| Seat=Donalsonville| Data2=1920| Data3=Decatur and Early counties |Data4=Seminole Nation |Data5={{convert|38.97|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=9274| Area=238| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=255| Name=Spalding| Seat=Griffin| Data2=1851| Data3=Fayette, Henry, and Pike counties |Data4=[[Thomas Spalding]] (1774β1851), U.S. Congressman, state legislator, and agriculturalist | Data5={{convert|355.01|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=70292| Area=198| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=257| Name=Stephens| Seat=Toccoa| Data2=1905| Data3=Franklin and Habersham counties |Data4=[[Alexander Stephens]] (1812β83), U.S. Congressman; Governor of Georgia; first and only Vice President of the [[Confederate States of America]] |Data5={{convert|153.62|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=27498| Area=179| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=259| Name=Stewart| Seat=Lumpkin| Data2=1830| Data3=Randolph County |Data4=General [[Daniel Stewart (Brigadier General)|Daniel Stewart]] (1759β1829), a hero of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 | Data5={{convert|10.48|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=4809| Area=459| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=261| Name=Sumter| Seat=Americus| Data2=1831| Data3=Lee County |Data4=General [[Thomas Sumter]] (1734β1832), the "Fighting Gamecock," a hero of the Revolutionary War | Data5={{convert|59.74|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=28972| Area=485| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=263| Name=Talbot| Seat=Talbotton| Data2=1827| Data3=Muscogee County |Data4=[[Matthew Talbot]] (1762β1827), served in the [[Georgia State Senate]] for 15 years, including two years as the President of the Senate, and Governor of Georgia for two weeks in 1819 | Data5={{convert|14.64|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=5755| Area=393| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=265| Name=Taliaferro| Seat=Crawfordville| Data2=1825| Data3=Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren, and Wilkes counties |Data4=Colonel [[Benjamin Taliaferro]] (1750β1821), U.S. Congressman; a hero of the Revolutionary War |Data5={{convert|8.31|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=1620| Area=195| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=267| Name=Tattnall| Seat=Reidsville| Data2=1801| Data3=Montgomery County |Data4=[[Josiah Tattnall (Senator)|Josiah Tattnall]] (1764β1803), U.S. Senator; Governor of Georgia |Data5={{convert|50.15|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=24275| Area=484| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=269| Name=Taylor| Seat=Butler| Data2=1852| Data3=Macon, Marion and Talbot counties |Data4=[[Zachary Taylor]] (1784β1850), the twelfth [[President of the United States]] |Data5={{convert|20.59|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=7783| Area=378| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=271| Name=Telfair| Seat=McRae-Helena| Data2=1807| Data3=Wilkinson County |Data4=[[Edward Telfair]] (1735β1807), the second Governor of Georgia following the establishment of the United States | Data5={{convert|24.94|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=11000| Area=441| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=273| Name=Terrell| Seat=Dawson| Data2=1856| Data3=Lee and Randolph counties |Data4=Dr. [[William Terrell]] (1778β1855), U.S. Congressman |Data5={{convert|25.89|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=8698| Area=336| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=275| Name=Thomas| Seat=Thomasville| Data2=1825| Data3=Decatur and Irwin counties |Data4=General [[Jett Thomas]] (1776β1817), a hero of the War of 1812 | Data5={{convert|84.04|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=46054| Area=548| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=277| Name=Tift| Seat=Tifton| Data2=1905| Data3=Berrien, Irwin and Worth counties |Data4=Colonel [[Nelson Tift]] (1810β91), a captain in the [[Confederate States Navy]]; U.S. Congressman |Data5={{convert|157.39|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=41708| Area=265| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=279| Name=Toombs| Seat=Lyons| Data2=1905| Data3=Emanuel, Montgomery, and Tattnall counties |Data4=General [[Robert Toombs]] (1810β85), U.S. Senator; [[Confederate States Secretary of State]] | Data5={{convert|74.90|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=27488| Area=367| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=281| Name=Towns| Seat=Hiawassee| Data2=1856| Data3=Rabun and Union counties |Data4=[[George W. Towns|George Washington Towns]] (1801β54), governor of Georgia during the [[Antebellum Age|antebellum period]] | Data5={{convert|79.42|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}|Population=13184| Area=166| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=283| Name=Treutlen| Seat=Soperton| Data2=1918| Data3=Emanuel and Montgomery counties |Data4=[[John A. Treutlen]] (1726β82), the first elected Governor of Georgia (1777β78) |Data5={{convert|31.94|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=6420| Area=201| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=285| Name=Troup| Seat=LaGrange| Data2=1826| Data3=Creek Cession of 1826 |Data4=[[George M. Troup]] (1780β1856), Governor of Georgia (1823β27); U.S. Senator |Data5={{convert|172.74|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=71513| Area=414| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=287| Name=Turner| Seat=Ashburn| Data2=1905| Data3=Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox and Worth counties |Data4=Captain [[Henry G. Turner]] (1839β1904), U.S. Congressman; a hero of the [[American Civil War]] | Data5={{convert|31.55|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}|Population=9023| Area=286| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=289| Name=Twiggs| Seat=Jeffersonville| Data2=1809| Data3=Wilkinson County |Data4=General [[John Twiggs]] (1750β1816), a hero of the Revolutionary War; Governor of Georgia | Data5={{convert|21.47|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}|Population=7728| Area=360| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=291| Name=Union| Seat=Blairsville| Data2=1832| Data3=Cherokee County |Data4=Federal [[United States of America|union of the states]] | Data5={{convert|85.45|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=27601| Area=323| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=293| Name=Upson| Seat=Thomaston| Data2=1824| Data3=Crawford and Pike counties |Data4=[[Stephen Upson]] (1786β1824), [[Georgia House of Representatives|state legislator]] | Data5={{convert|86.99|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=28358| Area=326| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=295| Name=Walker| Seat=LaFayette| Data2=1833| Data3=Murray County |Data4=Major [[Freeman Walker]] (1780β1827), U.S. Senator (1819β1821) | Data5={{convert|155.47|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=69340| Area=446| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=297| Name=Walton| Seat=Monroe| Data2=1818| Data3=Creek Cession of 1818 |Data4=[[George Walton]] (1749β1804), one of Georgia's delegates to the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence | Data5={{convert|333.71|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=109792| Area=329| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=299| Name=Ware| Seat=Waycross| Data2=1824| Data3=Appling County |Data4=[[Nicholas Ware]] (1769β1824), U.S. Senator (1821β24) | Data5={{convert|40.11|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=36222| Area=903| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=301| Name=Warren| Seat=Warrenton| Data2=1793| Data3=Columbia, Hancock, Richmond, and Wilkes counties |Data4=General [[Joseph Warren]] (1741β75), a hero of the Revolutionary War | Data5={{convert|18.00|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=5148| Area=286| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=303| Name=Washington| Seat=Sandersville| Data2=1784| Data3=Creek Cession of 1783 |Data4=[[George Washington]] (1732β99), the first [[President of the United States]], although named after him as a general |Data5={{convert|29.17|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=19834| Area=680| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=305| Name=Wayne| Seat=Jesup| Data2=1803| Data3=Creek Cession of 1802|Data4=General [[Anthony Wayne]] (1745β96), known as "Mad Anthony Wayne"; U.S. Congressman; a hero of the Revolutionary War and the [[Northwest Indian War]] | Data5={{convert|49.82|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=32132| Area=645| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=307| Name=Webster| Seat=Preston| Data2=1853| Data3=Stewart County (Formally Kinchafoonee) |Data4=[[Daniel Webster]] (1782β1852), [[U.S. Secretary of State]]; supported [[Henry Clay]]'s [[Compromise of 1850]] |Data5={{convert|11.02|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=2315| Area=210| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=309| Name=Wheeler| Seat=Alamo| Data2=1912| Data3=Montgomery County |Data4=General [[Joseph Wheeler]] (1836β1906), U.S. Congressman; a hero of the American Civil War and the [[SpanishβAmerican War]] |Data5={{convert|23.74|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=7076| Area=298| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=311| Name=White| Seat=Cleveland| Data2=1857| Data3=Habersham County |Data4=Colonel John White, a hero of the Revolutionary War | Data5={{convert|122.60|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=29668| Area=242| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=313| Name=Whitfield| Seat=Dalton| Data2=1851| Data3=Murray County |Data4=[[George Whitefield]] (1714β70), pastor; established the [[Bethesda Orphanage]] near [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] | Data5={{convert|362.31|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=105070| Area=290| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=315| Name=Wilcox| Seat=Abbeville| Data2=1857| Data3=Dooly, Irwin, and Pulaski counties |Data4=General Mark Wilcox (1800β50), a noted soldier and [[Georgia House of Representatives|state legislator]] |Data5={{convert|23.43|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=8904| Area=380| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=317| Name=Wilkes| Seat=Washington| Data2=1777| Data3=Cherokee and Creek Cessions of 1773 |Data4=[[John Wilkes]] (1727β97), a British [[Member of Parliament]] who sympathized with the cause of American independence | Data5={{convert|20.31|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=9567| Area=471| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=319| Name=Wilkinson| Seat=Irwinton| Data2=1803| Data3=Creek Cessions of 1802 and 1805 |Data4=General [[James Wilkinson]] (1757β1825), a hero of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812; [[Commanding General of the United States Army|Senior Officer of the U.S. Army]]; turned out to be an agent of the Spanish government |Data5={{convert|19.39|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=8667| Area=447| Size=80px}} {{Countyrow|N=13|Num=321| Name=Worth| Seat=Sylvester| Data2=1853| Data3=Dooly and Irwin counties |Data4=General [[William J. Worth]] (1794β1849), a hero of the MexicanβAmerican War | Data5={{convert|35.55|/sqmi|disp=br()|abbr=on|sortable=on}}| Population=20262| Area=570| Size=80px}} |}
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