Editing Chattahoochee County, Georgia

{{Short description|County in Georgia, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
| county = Chattahoochee County
| state = Georgia
| seal = Seal of Cusseta, Chattahoochee County, Georgia.png
| seal size = 90px
| founded = {{start date and age|1854}}
| seat wl = Cusseta
| largest city wl = Cusseta
| area_total_sq_mi = 251
| area_land_sq_mi = 249
| area_water_sq_mi = 2.4
| area percentage = 1.0%
| census yr = 2020
| pop = 9565
| pop_est_as_of = 2023
| population_est = 8661 {{loss}}
| density_sq_mi = auto
| time zone = Eastern
| website = {{URL|https://ugoccc.com/|ugoccc.com}}
| ex image = Chattahoochee County, Georgia Courthouse.JPG
| ex image cap = Chattahoochee County Courthouse in Cusseta
| district = 2nd
| named for = [[Chattahoochee River]] }}

'''Chattahoochee County''', also known as '''Cusseta-Chattahoochee County''',<ref name="georgia.gov">{{cite web|url=http://georgia.gov/cities-counties/cusseta-chattahoochee-county|title=Cusseta-Chattahoochee County|website=GeorgiaGov|access-date=March 19, 2018}}</ref> is a [[County (United States)|county]] located on the western border in central [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 9,565.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Chattahoochee County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Chattahoochee_County,_Georgia?g=0500000US13053|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 26, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Cusseta, Georgia|Cusseta]],<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> with which the county shares a [[consolidated city-county]] government. The city of Cusseta remains a geographically distinct municipality within Chattahoochee County.<ref name="georgia.gov"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://georgia.gov/cities-counties/cusseta|title=Cusseta|website=GeorgiaGov|access-date=March 19, 2018}}</ref> The county was created on February 13, 1854. Chattahoochee County is included in the [[Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area]].

==History==
This area was occupied by the historic [[Muscogee people]] (also known as the Creek) at the time of European encounter. They had a large confederacy in the Southeast. They were among the [[Five Civilized Tribes]] who were forcibly removed to [[Indian Territory]] in the 1830s during the administration of President [[Andrew Jackson]]. European Americans moved into their former areas, in some cases acquiring land through lotteries run by the state.

The Georgia General Assembly created Chattahoochee County on February 13, 1854, from portions of [[Muscogee County, Georgia|Muscogee]] and [[Marion County, Georgia|Marion]] counties. It is named for the [[Chattahoochee River]] that forms its western boundary.<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 county seat was named Cusseta to commemorate the historic [[Cusseta, Creek Nation|Creek Indian town]] of that name that long existed nearby. In 2004–2005, the U.S. Census Bureau reported a 6.2% population decline, making this county at the top of those nationally with shrinking populations.

The original courthouse, built in 1854 by [[Slavery in the United States|enslaved African Americans]], is preserved at the tourist attraction of [[Westville (Georgia)|Westville]] in [[Columbus, Georgia]].

Since 1918, most of the land in Chattahoochee County has been part of the [[Fort Benning]] military reservation.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Grimsley|first1=Reagan|title=Chattahoochee County|url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/chattahoochee-county|website=New Georgia Encyclopedia|access-date=March 20, 2017|ref=newgeorgiaencyc}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|251|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|249|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|2.4|sqmi}} (1.0%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

The vast majority of Chattahoochee County is located in the Middle [[Chattahoochee River]]-[[Walter F. George Lake]] subbasin of the [[ACF River Basin]] (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The very small southeastern corner of the county is located in the [[Kinchafoonee Creek|Kinchafoonee]]-[[Muckalee Creek|Muckalee]] subbasin of the same larger ACF Basin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The county forms part of the [[West Georgia (region)|West Georgia]] region.

===Major highways===
* [[File:US 27.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 27 in Georgia|U.S. Route 27]]
* [[File:US 280.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 280 in Georgia|U.S. Route 280]]
* [[File:Georgia 1.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 1|State Route 1]]
* [[File:Georgia 26.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 26|State Route 26]]
* [[File:Georgia 355.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 355|State Route 355]]
* [[File:Georgia 520.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 520|State Route 520]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Muscogee County, Georgia|Muscogee County]] (north)
* [[Talbot County, Georgia|Talbot County]] (northeast)
* [[Marion County, Georgia|Marion County]] (east)
* [[Stewart County, Georgia|Stewart County]] (south)
* [[Russell County, Alabama]] (which is west of the border of Central Standard Time border except for [[Phenix City, Alabama]], a part of the Columbus Metropolitan Area)

==Communities==
===Cities===
* [[Cusseta, Georgia|Cusseta]]

===Former census-designated places===
* [[Fort Benning South, Georgia|Fort Benning South]] (now part of [[Cusseta, Georgia|Cusseta]])

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Ida Vesper, Georgia|Ida Vesper]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 5797
|1870= 6059
|1880= 5670
|1890= 4902
|1900= 5790
|1910= 5586
|1920= 5266
|1930= 8894
|1940= 15138
|1950= 12149
|1960= 13011
|1970= 25813
|1980= 21732
|1990= 16934
|2000= 14882
|2010= 11267
|2020= 9565
|estyear=2023
|estimate=8661
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 31, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br>1790-1880<ref name=1880CensusGACty>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800 |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-08.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1910|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref><br> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1930-1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1940-1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia - |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960-1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1980-2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13053.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208175247/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13053.html|archive-date=December 8, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Chattahoochee County racial and ethnic composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US13053&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 9, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
|5,403
|56.49%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]]
|1,463
|15.3%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|35
|0.37%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|304
|3.18%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|104
|1.09%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|646
|6.75%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|1,610
|16.83%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 9,565 people, 2,570 households, and 1,886 families residing in the county.

==Education==
The [[Chattahoochee County School District]] holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of one elementary school, a middle school, and a high school.<ref>[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=626&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Retrieved June 3, 2010.</ref> The district has 85 full-time teachers and over 1000 students.<ref>[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/CHATTAHOOCHEE/CHATTAHOOCHEE_COUNTY.html School Stats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224074439/http://www.school-stats.com/GA/CHATTAHOOCHEE/CHATTAHOOCHEE_COUNTY.html |date=February 24, 2012 }}, Retrieved June 3, 2010.</ref>
*Chattahoochee County Education Center
*Chattahoochee County Middle School
*Chattahoochee County High School

All parts of the county except [[Fort Benning]] are zoned to county schools for all grades. Fort Benning children are zoned to [[Department of Defense Education Activity]] (DoDEA) schools for grades K-8.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st13_ga/schooldistrict_maps/c13053_chattahoochee/DC20SD_C13053.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705190631/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st13_ga/schooldistrict_maps/c13053_chattahoochee/DC20SD_C13053.pdf |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Chattahoochee County, GA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 4, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st13_ga/schooldistrict_maps/c13053_chattahoochee/DC20SD_C13053_SD2MS.txt Text list] - "Fort Benning Schools" refers to the DoDEA schools on Fort Benning. The document states that the county schools have high school zoning.</ref> However Fort Benning high school students attend the public high schools in the respective counties they are located in.<ref name=SchoolsonFortBenning>{{cite web|url=https://www.dodea.edu/Americas/southeast/FortBenning/index.cfm|title=Fort Benning Schools|publisher=[[Department of Defense Education Activity]]|accessdate=July 4, 2022}} - The document states that the county schools have high school zoning.</ref>

==Politics==
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{{PresRow|1984|Republican|459|428|0|Georgia}}
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{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|178|506|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|345|121|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|70|148|303|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|246|191|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|66|190|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|43|107|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|73|116|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Dixiecrat|1|46|69|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|19|100|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|20|204|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|20|206|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1|186|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|18|141|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|14|208|5|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|5|87|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|4|156|5|Georgia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|11|137|1|Georgia}}

==See also==
{{Portal|State of Georgia}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Chattahoochee County, Georgia]]
*[[List of counties in Georgia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/enquirer ''Columbus Enquirer'' archive] at Digital Library of Georgia
* [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/chattahoochee/chattahoochee-county Chattahoochee County] historical marker

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Chattahoochee County, Georgia
|North     = [[Muscogee County, Georgia|Muscogee County]]
|Northeast = [[Talbot County, Georgia|Talbot County]]
|East      = [[Marion County, Georgia|Marion County]]
|Southeast =
|South     = [[Stewart County, Georgia|Stewart County]]
|Southwest =
|West      = [[Russell County, Alabama]]
|Northwest =
}}

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