Editing Johnson County, Georgia

{{Short description|County in Georgia, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Johnson County
 | state                = Georgia
 | seal                 = 
 | founded              = {{start date and age|1858|12|11}}
 | seat wl              = Wrightsville
 | largest city wl      = Wrightsville
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 307
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 303
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 3.6
 | area percentage      = 1.2%
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 9189
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2023
 | population_est       = 9282 {{gain}}
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | web                  = www.johnsonco.org/
 | district             = 12th
 | named for            = [[Herschel Vespasian Johnson]]
 | ex image             = JOHNSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE.jpg
 | ex image cap         = Johnson County Courthouse in Wrightsville }}

'''Johnson County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located along the [[Oconee River]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 9,189.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Johnson County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Johnson_County,_Georgia?g=0500000US13167|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 27, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Wrightsville, Georgia|Wrightsville]].<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/20150509170006/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 9, 2015 }}</ref> Johnson County is part of the [[Dublin, Georgia|Dublin]], Georgia, [[Dublin micropolitan area|micropolitan statistical area]].

==History==
Johnson county was created by the Georgia legislature December 11, 1858, from parts of [[Emanuel County, Georgia|Emanuel]], [[Laurens County, Georgia|Laurens]], and [[Washington County, Georgia|Washington]] counties. Johnson County was named for Georgia governor, senator, and U.S. vice-presidential candidate [[Herschel Vespasian Johnson]].<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/n168 169]}}</ref>

In 1919, a deputy driving Jim Waters, a black prisoner accused of rape, out of the county was stopped by a group of 150 men at a bridge over the Ohoopee River. The men tied Waters to a tree and shot him numerous times. The case was closed without any investigation.<ref>{{cite book|last=McWhirter|first=Cameron|title=Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ogt4871j3sC&pg=PA52|date=2011|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|isbn=978-1-4299-7293-2|page=52}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|307|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|303|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|3.6|sqmi}} (1.2%) 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 Johnson County is located in the [[Ohoopee River]] sub-basin of the [[Altamaha River]] basin. Tiny portions of the northeastern borders of the county are located in the Upper [[Ogeechee River]] sub-basin of the Ogeechee River basin, while the western corner of Johnson County is located in the Lower [[Oconee River]] sub-basin of the [[Altamaha 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 20, 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===
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* [[File:US 80.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 80 in Georgia|U.S. Route 80]]
* [[File:US 221.svg|23px]] [[U.S. Route 221 in Georgia|U.S. Route 221]]
* [[File:US 319.svg|23px]] [[U.S. Route 319 in Georgia|U.S. Route 319]]
* [[File:Georgia 15.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 15|State Route 15]]
* [[File:Georgia 26.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 26|State Route 26]]
* [[File:Georgia 31.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 31|State Route 31]]
* [[File:Georgia 57.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 57|State Route 57]]
* [[File:Georgia 78.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 78|State Route 78]]
* [[File:Georgia 86.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 86|State Route 86]]
* [[File:Georgia 171.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 171|State Route 171]]
{{div col end}}

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Washington County, Georgia|Washington County]] - north
* [[Jefferson County, Georgia|Jefferson County]] - northeast
* [[Emanuel County, Georgia|Emanuel County]] - east
* [[Treutlen County, Georgia|Treutlen County]] - south
* [[Laurens County, Georgia|Laurens County]] - southwest
* [[Wilkinson County, Georgia|Wilkinson County]] - west

==Communities==

===Cities===
* [[Adrian, Georgia|Adrian]] (partly in [[Emanuel County, Georgia|Emanuel County]])
* [[Kite, Georgia|Kite]]
* [[Wrightsville, Georgia|Wrightsville]] (county seat)

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Meeks, Georgia|Meeks]]
* [[Donovan, Georgia|Donovan]]
* [[New Home, Johnson County, Georgia|New Home (Johnson County)]]
* [[Tom, Georgia|Tom]]
* [[Scott, Georgia|Scott]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 2919
|1870= 2964
|1880= 4800
|1890= 6129
|1900= 11409
|1910= 12897
|1920= 13546
|1930= 12681
|1940= 12953
|1950= 9893
|1960= 8048
|1970= 7727
|1980= 8660
|1990= 8329
|2000= 8560
|2010= 9980
|2020= 9189
|estyear=2023
|estimate=9282
|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=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

===2020 Census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Johnson County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br /><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Johnson County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=050XX00US13167|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Johnson County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13167&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Johnson County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13167&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|5,307
|6,219
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,800
|62.00%
|62.31%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |63.12%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|3,131
|3,461
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,017
|36.58%
|34.68%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |32.83%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|11
|17
|style='background: #ffffe6; |23
|0.13%
|0.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.25%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|10
|22
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28
|0.12%
|0.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.30%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|1
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15
|0.01%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.16%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|1
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14
|0.01%
|0.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|21
|65
|style='background: #ffffe6; |175
|0.25%
|0.65%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.90%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|78
|186
|style='background: #ffffe6; |117
|0.91%
|1.86%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.27%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''8,560'''
|'''9,980'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''9,189'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 9,189 people, 3,393 households, and 2,208 families residing in the county.

==Government==
The county is governed by a five-member board of commissioners. A county manager handles the daily operation of the county.

The county is part of the Dublin Judicial Circuit along with Twiggs County, Treutlen County, and Laurens County.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="3" | Board of commissioners
|-
! District
! Commissioner
!Party
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| District 1
| Felice Pullen
|Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| District 2
| James McAfee Jr. [CHAIR]
|Republican
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| District 3
| Jerronney Darrisaw
|Democratic
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| District 4
| Brian Lindsey
|Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| District 5
| Mike Keene
|Republican
|}
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.johnsonco.org/commissioners | title=County Commissioners }}</ref>

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{{PresRow|2016|Republican|2,519|1,136|31|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,440|1,305|31|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|2,426|1,198|26|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|2,279|1,263|13|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,797|1,065|21|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|815|1,194|246|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,314|1,473|508|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|1,567|927|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|1,733|1,199|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|1,123|1,854|52|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|698|2,210|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,201|417|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|381|446|2,041|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|1,940|682|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|488|1,298|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|179|1,607|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|344|1,808|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|67|685|504|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|304|978|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|306|2,386|12|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|334|1,861|10|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|18|1,314|8|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|284|632|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|194|1,058|116|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|74|306|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|150|715|20|Georgia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|92|285|23|Georgia}}

==Education==
In 1970, Johnson County schools integrated peacefully due to careful planning by the county's board of education and firm management by superintendent Buren Claxton.

The county's public schools are located in Wrightsville. The school mascot is the Trojan, and the school colors are blue and white. The school fight song is the theme from the movie [[Hang 'Em High]].

==Sports==
[[Herschel Walker]], a Johnson County native, played on the county's only state championship football team in 1979.
Walker went on to play for the [[University of Georgia]] and won the [[Heisman Trophy]]. In 2004 Johnson County High School named its football field for Walker.

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.jocotrojans.com Official Athletics Site]
* [http://www.johnson.k12.ga.us/system/index.htm Johnson County Public Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208162029/http://www.johnson.k12.ga.us/system/index.htm |date=February 8, 2011 }}

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Johnson County, Georgia
|North     = [[Washington County, Georgia|Washington County]]
|Northeast = [[Jefferson County, Georgia|Jefferson County]]
|East      = [[Emanuel County, Georgia|Emanuel County]]
|Southeast =
|South     = [[Treutlen County, Georgia|Treutlen County]]
|Southwest = [[Laurens County, Georgia|Laurens County]]
|West      = [[Wilkinson County, Georgia|Wilkinson County]]
|Northwest =
}}
{{Johnson County, Georgia}}
{{Georgia (U.S. state)}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Coord|32.70|-82.66|display=title|type:adm2nd_region:US-GA_source:UScensus1990}}

[[Category:Johnson County, Georgia| ]]
[[Category:Georgia (U.S. state) counties]]
[[Category:1858 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Dublin, Georgia micropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1858]]