Editing Heard County, Georgia

{{Short description|County in Georgia, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
| county = Heard County
| state = Georgia
| seal =
| founded = {{start date and age|1830|12|22}}
| seat wl= Franklin
| largest city wl= Franklin
| area_total_sq_mi = 301
| area_land_sq_mi = 296
| area_water_sq_mi = 5.1
| area percentage = 1.7%
| census yr = 2020 
| pop = 11412 
| density_sq_mi =38  
| time zone = Eastern
| web = HeardCountyGA.com
| ex image = Heard County Courthouse (Georgia).JPG
| ex image cap = Heard County courthouse in Franklin
| district = 3rd
| named for = [[Stephen Heard]]
}}

'''Heard County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the west central portion of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 11,412, down from 11,834 in 2010.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13149.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 16, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607130020/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13149.html|archive-date=June 7, 2011}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Franklin, Georgia|Franklin]].<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}}</ref> The county was created on December 22, 1830.

Heard County is included in the [[Atlanta metropolitan area|Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA]].

==History==
Heard County was created by [[Georgia General Assembly|Act of the Legislature]] on December 22, 1830.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/h.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030917110312/http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/h.pdf |archive-date=September 17, 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=106 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> It was named for [[Stephen Heard]],<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/n152 153]}}</ref> elected President of the Council on February 18, 1781, thus, in the absence of Governor Howley, becoming Governor ''de facto''. Heard moved to [[Wilkes County, Georgia|Wilkes County]] from [[Hanover County, Virginia]], and fought in the [[American Revolutionary War]] where he distinguished himself at [[Battle of Kettle Creek|Kettle Creek]]. The first sheriff, Jonathan Mewsick, was commissioned in 1832.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|301|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|296|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|5.1|sqmi}} (1.7%) 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 Heard County is located in the Middle [[Chattahoochee River]]-[[Lake Harding]] sub-basin of the [[ACF River Basin]] (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin), with just a very small northwestern corner of the county, west of [[Ephesus, Georgia|Ephesus]], located in the Upper [[Tallapoosa River]] sub-basin of the [[ACT River Basin]] (Coosa-Tallapoosa River 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 19, 2015 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Major highways===
* [[File:US 27.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 27 in Georgia|U.S. Route 27]]
* [[File:Georgia 1.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 1|State Route 1]]
* [[File:Georgia 34.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 34|State Route 34]]
* [[File:Georgia 100.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 100|State Route 100]]
* [[File:Georgia 219.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 219|State Route 219]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Carroll County, Georgia|Carroll County]] (north)
* [[Coweta County, Georgia|Coweta County]] (east)
* [[Troup County, Georgia|Troup County]] (south)
* [[Randolph County, Alabama|Randolph County]], [[Alabama]] (west/Central Time border)

==Communities==
===Cities===
* [[Ephesus, Georgia|Ephesus]]
* [[Franklin, Georgia|Franklin]] (county seat)

===Towns===
* [[Centralhatchee, Georgia|Centralhatchee]]

===Census-designated places===
* [[Glenn, Georgia|Glenn]]

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Corinth, Georgia|Corinth]] (part)
* [[Texas, Georgia|Texas]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1840 = 5329
| 1850 = 6923
| 1860 = 7805
| 1870 = 7866
| 1880 = 8769
| 1890 = 9557
| 1900 = 11177
| 1910 = 11189
| 1920 = 11126
| 1930 = 9102
| 1940 = 8610
| 1950 = 6975
| 1960 = 5333
| 1970 = 5354
| 1980 = 6520
| 1990 = 8628
| 2000 = 11012
| 2010 = 11834
| 2020 = 11412
|estyear=2023
|estimate=12034
|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=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref><br>1790-1880<ref name=1880CensusGACty>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800 |publisher=United States 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  |publisher=United States 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  |publisher=United States 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  |publisher=United States 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 - |publisher=United States 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  |publisher=United States 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  |publisher=United States 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"/> 2020<ref>US 2020 Census Bureau report, Heard County, Georgia</ref>
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Heard County racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US13149&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 18, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|9,589
|84.03%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|930
|8.15%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|33
|0.29%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|53
|0.46%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|4
|0.04%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|550
|4.82%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|253
|2.22%
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 11,412 people, 4,502 households, and 3,254 families residing in the county.

==Politics==
{{PresHead|place=Heard County, Georgia|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 20, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|5,335|859|31|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|4,519|824|51|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|3,370|743|131|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|3,160|948|70|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|3,133|1,042|56|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|2,788|1,148|20|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,947|1,178|73|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,170|1,248|426|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,190|1,456|627|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|1,551|874|7|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|1,492|810|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|875|1,348|60|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|433|1,593|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,239|276|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|303|356|1,153|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|807|1,061|1|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|181|1,224|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|194|1,106|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|184|1,189|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|77|670|53|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|185|557|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|221|647|2|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|155|725|3|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|24|989|3|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|390|493|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|35|327|7|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|14|461|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|11|439|62|Georgia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|11|526|65|Georgia}}

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/heard/heard-county Heard County] historical marker
* [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/heard/heard-county-jail Heard County Jail] historical marker

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Heard County, Georgia
|North     = [[Carroll County, Georgia|Carroll County]]
|Northeast =
|East      = [[Coweta County, Georgia|Coweta County]]
|Southeast =
|South     = [[Troup County, Georgia|Troup County]]
|Southwest =
|West      = [[Randolph County, Alabama]]
|Northwest =
}}
{{Heard County, Georgia}}
{{Atlanta Metro}}
{{Georgia (U.S. state)}}
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{{Coord|33.30|-85.13|display=title|type:adm2nd_region:US-GA_source:UScensus1990}}

[[Category:Heard County, Georgia| ]]
[[Category:Georgia (U.S. state) counties]]
[[Category:1830 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1830]]
[[Category:Counties in the Atlanta metropolitan area|Heard]]