Glascock County, Georgia

Glascock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,884,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> making it the fourth-least populous county in Georgia. The county seat is Gibson.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> The county was created on December 19, 1857.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

History

The county is named after Thomas Glascock,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> a soldier in the War of 1812, general in the First Seminole War and U.S. representative.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (0.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> It is the fourth-smallest county in Georgia by area, behind Clayton, Rockdale, and Clarke counties.

The vast majority of Glascock County is located in the Upper Ogeechee River sub-basin of the Ogeechee River basin, with just the very northeastern corner of the county, northeast of State Route 80, located in the Brier Creek sub-basin of the Savannah River basin.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Major highways

• File:Georgia 80.svg State Route 80
• File:Georgia 102.svg State Route 102
• File:Georgia 123.svg State Route 123
• File:Georgia 171.svg State Route 171

Adjacent counties

• Warren County - north
• Jefferson County - southeast
• Hancock County - northwest
• Washington County - southwest

Communities

Cities

• Edge Hill
• Gibson (county seat)

Town

• Mitchell

Unincorporated communities

• Agricola
• Bastonville

Demographics

Glascock County racial composition<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	2,573	89.22%
Black or African American	196	6.8%
Asian	7	0.24%
Pacific Islander	2	0.07%
Other/Mixed	54	1.87%
Hispanic or Latino	52	1.8%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,884 people, 1,108 households, and 726 families residing in the county.

Politics

Glascock County, a rural, sparsely-populated, majority-white county, is arguably the most Republican of Georgia's 159 counties, and one of the most Republican counties in the United States, with over 90 percent of voters supporting Donald Trump in 2024. In addition, Republican percentages have been in the 80s since 2004, and the last Democrat to win the county was Georgian Jimmy Carter in 1980. This is despite being surrounded by Democratic counties. 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 Glascock County, Georgia
• List of counties in Georgia

External links

• The News and Farmer and Wadley Herald/ Jefferson Reporter, the county's weekly newspaper and the oldest weekly newspaper in Georgia
• Glascock County historical marker