Jefferson County, Georgia

Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,709.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The county seat and largest city is Louisville.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> The county was created on February 20, 1796, and named for Thomas Jefferson, the main author of the Declaration of Independence who became the third president of the United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Geography

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The small northern portion of Jefferson County, defined by a line running from Stapleton southeast and just south of State Route 80, is located in the Brier Creek sub-basin of the Savannah River basin. The entire rest of the county is located in the Upper Ogeechee River sub-basin of the Ogeechee River basin.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Adjacent counties

• McDuffie County - north
• Richmond County - northeast
• Burke County - east
• Emanuel County - south
• Johnson County - southwest
• Glascock County - northwest
• Washington County - west
• Warren County - northwest

Communities

Cities

• Avera
• Louisville (county seat)
• Stapleton
• Wadley
• Wrens

Towns

• Bartow

Census-designated place

• Matthews

Demographics

Jefferson County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref>	Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Partial<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref>	% 2000	% 2010	Template:Partial
White alone (NH)	7,215	7,015	6,834	41.79%	41.44%	43.50%
Black or African American alone (NH)	9,663	9,187	7,970	55.97%	54.26%	50.74%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	21	18	21	0.12%	0.11%	0.13%
Asian alone (NH)	27	64	70	0.16%	0.38%	0.45%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)	1	2	0	0.01%	0.01%	0.00%
Other race alone (NH)	16	13	25	0.09%	0.08%	0.16%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	64	114	327	0.37%	0.67%	2.08%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	259	517	462	1.50%	3.05%	2.94%
Total	17,266	16,930	15,709	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 15,709 people, 5,664 households, and 3,598 families residing in the county.

Politics

The county has been depopulating since 1980, and Democratic vote share has fluctuated since then.

Jefferson County leans Democratic in presidential elections; it voted for Democrats in every presidential election from 1992 to 2020. In 2024, Donald Trump became the first Republican since George H. W. Bush in 1988 to carry the county. It is now a Democratic-leaning swing county. Template:PresHead Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresFoot

See also

• Central Savannah River Area
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Georgia
• List of counties in Georgia

External links

• The Jefferson County Information Center Website
• The Friends of Historic Downtown Louisville Website
• The Fire House Gallery Website - Contemporary art in Jefferson County
• Videos about life in Jefferson County by Fire Team Productions
• A genealogy table for Jefferson County, Georgia ←Broken link, December 2015.
• USA Today Q&A with Jefferson County High principal Molly Howard
• The News and Farmer and Wadley Herald/ Jefferson Reporter, the county's weekly newspaper and the oldest weekly in Georgia
• The Official Jefferson County Economic Development Website
• General Wood's Fort historical marker
• Old Savannah Road historical marker
• Old Town Plantation historical marker
• Rocky Comfort Creek historical marker
• Yazoo Fraud historical marker