*Under Names, you can see "original counties"
GEORGIA COUNTIES
Name | Number | Date of Act | Counties, Treaties or Acts Created from |
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Appling * Original County* |
40 | Dec. 15, 1818 | Creek Cessions of Aug. 9, 1814 and Jan. 22, 1818 |
Atkinson | 151 | Aug. 15, 1917 | Clinch and Coffee |
Bacon | 149 | July 27, 1917 | Appling, Pierce, and Ware |
Baker | 61 | Dec. 12, 1825 | Early |
Baldwin *original county* |
27 | May 11, 1803 & June 27, 1806 |
Creek cessions of June 16, 1802 and
Nov. 14, 1805 |
Banks | 127 | Dec. 11, 1858 | Franklin and Habersham |
Barrow | 147 | July 7, 1914 | Gwinnett, Jackson, and Walton |
Bartow | 80 | Dec. 3, 1832 | Cherokee was originally Cass until Dec. 6, 1861 |
Ben Hill | 144 | July 31, 1906 | Irwin and Wilcox |
Berrien | 114 | Feb. 25.1856 | Coffee, Irwin, and Lowndes |
Bibb | 54 | Dec. 9, 1822 | Houston, Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs |
Bleckley | 145 | July 30, 1912 | Pulaski |
Brantley | 156 | Aug. 14, 1920 | Charlton, Pierce, and Wayne |
Brooks | 128 | Dec. 11, 1858 | Lowndes and Thomas |
Bryan | 16 | Dec. 19, 1793 | Chatham |
Bulloch | 21 | Feb. 8,1796 | Bryan and Screven |
Burke *org. parish* |
1 | Feb. 5, 1777 | Creek cession of May 20, 1733 * Burke was an original county as it was previously organized in 1758 as the Parish of St. George |
Butts | 64 | Dec. 24, 1825 | Henry and Monroe |
Calhoun | 111 | Feb. 20, 1854 | Baker and Early |
Camden | 2 | Feb. 5, 1777 | Creek cessions of Nov. 10, 1763 and Nov. 12, 1785 – an original county previously organized in 1765 as the Parishes of St. Thomas and St. Mary |
Campbell | 104-C | Dec. 20, 1828 | Carroll, Coweta, DeKalb, and Fayette & merged into Fulton Jan. 1, 1932 |
Candler | 148 | July 14, 1914 | Bulloch, Emanuel, and Tattnall |
Carroll | 66 | June 9, 1825 Dec. 11, 1826 |
Creek cession of Jan. 24, 1826, Mar. 31, 1826, and Nov. 15, 1827 – an original county |
Catoosa | 99 | Dec. 5, 1853 | Walker and Whitfield |
Charlton | 110 | Feb. 18, 1854 | Camden |
Chatham | 3 | Feb. 5, 1777 | Creek cession of May 20, 1733 – an original county previously organized in 1758 as the Parishes of St. Philip and Christ Church |
Chattahoochee | 108 | Feb. 13, 1854 | Marion and Muscogee |
Chattooga | 92 | Dec. 28, 1838 | Floyd and Walker |
Cherokee *original county* |
79 | Dec. 21, 1830 Dec. 24, 1831 Dec. 26, 1831 |
Cherokee cession of Dec. 29,
1835 U.S. Treaties - See Removal Act. |
Clarke | 25 | Dec. 5, 1801 | Jackson |
Clay | 109 | Feb. 16, 1854 | Early and Randolph |
Clayton | 125 | Nov. 30, 1858 | Fayette and Henry |
Clinch | 94 | Feb. 14, 1850 | Lowndes and Ware |
Cobb | 81 | Dec. 3, 1832 | Cherokee |
Coffee | 107 | Feb. 9, 1854 | Clinch, Irwin, Telfair, and Ware |
Colquitt | 115 | Feb. 25, 1856 | Lowndes and Thomas |
Columbia | 12 | Dec. 10, 1790 | Richmond |
Cook | 153 | July 30, 1918 | Berrien |
Coweta *original County* |
67 | June 9, 1825 Dec. 11, 1826 |
Creek cessions of Jan. 24, 1826 and Mar. 31, 1826 |
Crawford | 55 | Dec. 9, 1822 | Houston |
Crisp | 136 | Aug. 17, 1905 | Dooly |
Dade | 91 | Dec. 25, 1837 | Walker |
Dawson | 118 | Dec. 3, 1857 | Gilmer and Lumpkin |
Decatur | 58 | Dec. 8, 1823 | Early |
DeKalb | 56 | Dec. 9, 1822 | Fayette, Gwinnett, and Henry |
Dodge | 134 | Oct. 26, 1870 | Montgomery, Pulaski, and Telfair |
Dooly *original county* |
48 | May 15, 1821 | Creek cession of Jan. 8, 1821 |
Dougherty | 102 | Dec. 15, 1853 | Baker |
Douglas | 131 | Oct. 17, 1870 | Campbell and Carroll |
Early *original county* |
41 | Dec. 15, 1818 | Creek cession of Aug. 9, 1814 |
Echols | 130 | Dec. 13, 1858 | Clinch and Lowndes |
Effingham *original Parish* |
4 | Feb 5, 1777 | Creek cession of May 20, 1733 E'ham was previously organized in 1758 as the Parishes of St. Matthew and St. Philip |
Elbert | 13 | Dec. 10, 1790 | Wilkes |
Emanuel | 39 | Dec. 10, 1812 | Bulloch and Montgomery |
Evans | 150 | Aug. 11, 1914 | Bulloch and Tattnall |
Fannin | 106 | Jan. 21, 1854 | Gilmer and Union |
Fayette | 49 | May 15, 1821 | Creek cession of Jan. 8, 1821 – an original county |
Floyd | 82 | Dec. 3, 1832 | Cherokee |
Forsyth | 83 | Dec. 3, 1832 | Cherokee |
Franklin | 9 | Feb. 25, 1784 | Cherokee cession of May 31, 1783 and Creek cession of Nov. 1, 1783 – an original county |
Fulton | 104 | Dec. 20, 1853 Jan. 1, 1932 |
DeKalb, Campbell, and Milton |
Gilmer | 84 | Dec. 3, 1832 | Cherokee |
Glascock | 120 | Dec. 19, 1857 | Warren |
Glynn | 5 | Feb. 5, 1777 | Creek cessions of Nov. 10, 1763 and Nov. 12, 1785 – an original county previously organized in 1765 as the Parishes of St. David and St. Patrick |
Gordon | 93 | Feb. 13, 1850 | Bartow (Cass) and Floyd |
Grady | 137 | Aug. 17, 1905 | Decatur and Thomas |
Greene | 11 | Feb. 3, 1786 | Washington |
Gwinnett | 42 | Dec. 15, 1818 Dec. 19, 1818 |
Cherokee cession of July 8, 1817 and Creek cession of Jan. 22, 1818 – an original county |
Habersham | 43 | Dec. 15, 1818 Dec. 19, 1818 |
Cherokee cessions of July 8, 1817 and Feb. 27, 1819 – an original county |
Hall | 44 | Dec. 15, 1818 Dec. 19, 1818 |
Cherokee cessions of July 8, 1817 and Feb. 27, 1819 – an original county |
Hancock | 15 | Dec. 17, 1793 | Greene and Washington |
Haralson | 112 | Jan. 26, 1856 | Carroll and Polk |
Harris | 71 | Dec. 14, 1827 | Muscogee and Troup |
Hart | 101 | Dec. 7, 1853 | Elbert and Franklin |
Heard | 76 | Dec. 22, 1830 | Carroll, Coweta, and Troup |
Henry | 50 | May 15, 1821 | Creek cession of Jan. 8, 1821 – an original county |
Houston | 51 | May 15, 1821 | Creek cession of Jan. 8, 1821 – an original county |
Irwin | 45 | Dec. 15, 1818 | Creek cession of Aug. 9, 1814 and Jan. 22, 1818 – an original county |
Jackson | 22 | Feb. 11, 1796 | Franklin |
Jasper | 34 | Dec. 10, 1807 | Baldwin – originally Randolph (until 1812) |
Jeff Davis | 140 | Aug. 18, 1905 | Appling and Coffee |
Jefferson | 23 | Feb. 20, 1796 | Burke, Montgomery, Warren, and Washington |
Jenkins | 138 | Aug. 17, 1905 | Bullock, Burke, Emanuel, and Screven |
Johnson | 129 | Dec. 11, 1858 | Emanuel, Laurens, and Washington |
Jones | 30 | Dec. 10, 1807 | Baldwin |
Lamar | 158 | Aug. 17, 1920 | Monroe and Pike |
Lanier | 155 | Aug. 7, 1920 | Berrien, Clinch, and Lowndes |
Laurens | 31 | Dec. 10, 1807 | Wilkinson |
Lee | 68 | June 9, 1825 Dec. 11, 1826 |
Creek cessions of Jan. 24, 1826 and Mar. 31,1826 – an original county |
Liberty | 6 | Feb. 5, 1777 | Creek cession of May 20, 1733 – an original county previously organized in 1758 as the Parishes of St. John, St. Andrew, and St. James |
Lincoln | 24 | Feb. 20, 1796 | Wilkes |
Long | 157 | Aug. 14, 1920 | Liberty |
Lowndes | 62 | Dec. 23, 1825 | Irwin |
Lumpkin | 85 | Dec. 3, 1832 | Cherokee, Habersham, and Hall |
McDuffie | 132 | Oct. 18, 1870 | Columbia and Warren |
McIntosh | 17 | Dec. 19, 1793 | Liberty |
Macon | 90 | Dec. 14, 1837 | Houston and Marion |
Madison | 38 | Dec. 5, 1811 | Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Jackson, and Oglethorpe |
Marion | 72 | Dec. 14, 1827 | Lee and Muscogee |
Meriwether | 73 | Dec. 14, 1827 | Troup |
Miller | 116 | Feb. 26, 1856 | Baker and Early |
Milton | 104-M | Dec. 18, 1857 | Cherokee, Cobb, and Forsyth – merged into Fulton Jan. 1, 1932 |
Mitchell | 121 | Dec. 21, 1857 | Baker |
Monroe | 52 | May 15, 1821 | Creek cession of Jan. 8, 1821 – an original county |
Montgomery | 18 | Dec. 19, 1793 | Washington |
Morgan | 32 | Dec. 10, 1807 | Baldwin |
Murray | 86 | Dec. 3, 1832 | Cherokee |
Muscogee | 69 | June 9, 1825 Dec. 11, 1826 |
Creek cession of Jan. 24, 1826 and Mar. 31, 1826 – an original county |
Newton | 53 | Dec. 24, 1821 | Henry, Jasper, and Walton |
Oconee | 135 | Feb. 25, 1875 | Clarke |
Oglethorpe | 19 | Dec. 19, 1793 | Wilkes |
Paulding | 87 | Dec. 3, 1832 | Cherokee |
Peach | 159 | July 18, 1924 | Houston and Macon |
Pickens | 100 | Dec. 5, 1853 | Cherokee and Gilmer |
Pierce | 119 | Dec. 18, 1857 | Appling and Ware |
Pike | 57 | Dec. 9, 1822 | Monroe |
Polk | 95 | Dec. 20, 1851 | Floyd and Paulding |
Pulaski | 36 | Dec. 13, 1808 | Laurens |
Putnam | 33 | Dec. 10, 1807 | Baldwin |
Quitman | 126 | Dec. 10, 1858 | Randolph and Stewart |
Rabun | 47 | Dec. 21, 1819 | Cherokee cession of Feb. 27, 1819 – an original county |
Randolph | 75 | Dec. 20, 1828 | Lee |
Richmond | 7 | Feb. 5, 1777 | Creek cession of May 20, 1733 – an original county previously organized in 1758 as the Parish of St. Paul |
Rockdale | 133 | Oct. 18, 1870 | Henry and Newton |
Schley | 122 | Dec. 22, 1857 | Marion and Sumter |
Screven | 14 | Dec. 14, 1793 | Burke and Effingham |
Seminole | 154 | July 8, 1920 | Decatur and Early |
Spalding | 96 | Dec. 20, 1851 | Fayette, Henry, and Pike |
Stephens | 141 | Aug. 18, 1905 | Franklin and Habersham |
Stewart | 77 | Dec. 23, 1830 | Randolph |
Sumter | 78 | Dec. 26, 1831 | Lee |
Talbot | 74 | Dec. 14, 1827 | Muscogee |
Taliaferro | 65 | Dec. 24, 1825 | Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren, and Wilkes |
Tattnall | 26 | Dec. 5, 1801 | Montgomery |
Taylor | 98 | Jan. 15, 1852 | Macon, Marion, and Talbot |
Telfair | 35 | Dec. 10, 1807 | Wilkinson |
Terrell | 113 | Feb. 16, 1856 | Lee and Randolph |
Thomas | 63 | Dec. 23, 1825 | Decatur & Irwin |
Tift | 139 | Aug. 17, 1905 | Berrien, Irwin, and Worth |
Toombs | 142 | Aug. 18, 1905 | Emanuel, Montgomery, & Tattnall |
Towns | 117 | Mar. 6, 1856 | Rabun and Union |
Treutlen | 152 | Aug. 21,1917 | Emanuel and Montgomery |
Troup | 70 | June 9, 1825 Dec. 11, 1826 |
Creek cessions of Jan. 24, 1826 and Mar. 31, 1826 – an original county |
Turner | 143 | Aug. 18, 1905 | Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox, and Worth |
Twiggs | 37 | Dec. 14, 1809 | Wilkinson |
Union | 88 | Dec. 3, 1832 | Cherokee |
Upson | 59 | Dec. 15, 1824 | Crawford and Pike |
Walker | 89 | Dec. 18, 1833 | Murray |
Walton *original county* |
46 | Dec. 15, 1818 Dec. 19, 1818 |
Creek cession of Jan. 22, 1818 |
Ware | 60 | Dec. 15, 1824 | Appling |
Warren | 20 | Dec. 19, 1793 | Burke; Columbia;Richmond; & Wilkes |
Washington *original county* |
10 | Feb. 25, 1784 | Creek cession of Nov. 1, 1783 |
Wayne *original county* |
28 | May 11, 1803 | Creek cession of June 16, 1802 |
Webster | 103 | Dec. 16, 1853 | Stewart – originally Kinchafoonee until Feb. 21, 1856 |
Wheeler | 146 | Aug. 14, 1912 | Montgomery |
White | 123 | Dec. 22, 1857 | Habersham |
Whitfield | 97 | Dec. 30, 1851 | Murray |
Wilcox | 124 | Dec. 22, 1857 | Dooly - Irwin - Pulaski |
Wilkes *original county* |
8 | Feb. 5, 1777 | Cherokee and Creek cessions of June 1, 1773 |
Wilkinson *original county* |
29 | May 11, 1803 June 26, 1806 |
Creek cessions of June 16, 1802 & Nov. 14, 1805 |
Worth | 105 | Dec. 20, 1853 | Dooly and Irwin |
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