| County |
County Seat |
Date Created |
Origin |
Named For |
Host |
Map |
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| Appling County |
Baxley |
1818 |
Land ceded by the Creek Indians in the Treaty of Fort Jackson in 1814 and the Treaty of the Creek Agency in 1818 |
Colonel Daniel Appling, hero of the War of 1812 |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Atkinson County |
Pearson |
1917 |
Clinch and Coffee |
William Yates Atkinson, governor of Georgia and speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Bacon County |
Alma |
1914 |
Appling, Pierce and Ware |
Augustus Octavius Bacon, US Senator; president pro tempore of the United States Senate |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Baker County |
Newton |
1825 |
Early |
Colonel John Baker, American Revolutionary War hero |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Baldwin County |
Milledgeville |
1803 |
Creek Cessations of 1802 and 1805 |
Abraham Baldwin, Founding Father, US Senator, one of the Georgia delegates who signed the US Constitution |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Banks County |
Homer |
1858 |
Franklin and Habersham |
Dr Richard Banks, a local physician |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Barrow County |
Winder |
1914 |
Gwinnett, Jackson and Walton |
"Uncle Dave" David Crenshaw Barrow Jr, chancellor of the University of Georgia |
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| Bartow County |
Cartersville |
1832 |
Created from a portion of Cherokee County in 1832 and originally called Cass County after General Lewis Cass |
General Francis S Bartow, Confederate political leader, first Confederate general killed in the American Civil War |
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| Ben Hill County |
Fitzgerald |
1906 |
Irwin and Wilcox |
Benjamin Harvey Hill, US Senator |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Berrien County |
Nashville |
1856 |
Coffee, Irwin and Lowndes |
John MacPherson Berrien, US Senator, United States Attorney General |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Bibb County |
Macon |
1822 |
Houston, Jones, Monroe and Twiggs |
Dr William Wyatt Bibb, first Governor of Alabama, US Senator |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Bleckley County |
Cochran |
1912 |
Pulaski |
Logan Edwin Bleckley, Georgia State Supreme Court Chief Justice |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Brantley County |
Nahunta |
1920 |
Charlton, Pierce and Wayne |
Either Benjamin D Brantley or William Gordon Brantley, US Senator |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Brooks County |
Quitman |
1858 |
Lowndes and Thomas |
Captain Preston S Brooks, hero of the Mexican�American War and Congressman from South Carolina |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Bryan County |
Pembroke |
1793 |
Chatham |
Jonathan Bryan, a colonial settler and famous state representative |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Bulloch County |
Statesboro |
1796 |
Bryan and Screven |
Archibald Bulloch, Revolutionary War soldier, Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, and acting governor of Georgia |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Burke County |
Waynesboro |
1777 |
Originally Organized as St Georges Parish |
Edmund Burke, British political philosopher and Member of Parliament who was sympathetic to the cause of US independence |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Butts County |
Jackson |
1825 |
Henry and Monroe |
Captain Samuel Butts, a hero of the Creek War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Calhoun County |
Morgan |
1854 |
Early and Baker |
John C Calhoun, US Representatative, Senator, and Vice President from South Carolina |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Camden County |
Woodbine |
1777 |
St Mary and St Thomas Parishes |
Sir Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain who was sympathetic to the cause of the Revolution |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Candler County |
Metter |
1914 |
Bulloch, Emanuel and Tattnall |
Allen Daniel Candler, state legislator, US Representative and Governor of Georgia |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Carroll County |
Carrollton |
1826 |
Creek Cessation 1825 |
Charles Carroll, the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Catoosa County |
Ringgold |
1853 |
Walker and Whitfield |
Chief Catoosa, a Cherokee chief |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Charlton County |
Folkston |
1854 |
Camden |
Robert Milledge Charlton, jurist, US Senator and mayor of Savannah |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Chatham County |
Savannah |
1777 |
Christ Church and St Phillip Parishes |
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, British Prime Minister sympathetic to the Revolutionary cause |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Chattahoochee County |
Cusseta |
1854 |
Muscogee and Marion |
Chattahoochee River, which forms the county's (and the state's) western border |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Chattooga County |
Summerville |
1838 |
Walker and Floyd |
Chattooga River |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Cherokee County |
Canton |
1831 |
Cherokee Cessation of 1831 |
Cherokee Nation, which controlled this part of the state autonomously until 1831 |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Clarke County |
Athens |
1801 |
Jackson |
Elijah Clarke, a Revolutionary War hero |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Clay County |
Fort Gaines |
1854 |
Randolph and Early |
Henry Clay, Secretary of State, Speaker of the House of Representatives and US Senator from Kentucky |
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| Clayton County |
Jonesboro |
1858 |
Fayette and Henry |
Augustin Smith Clayton, a local jurist and Congressman |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Clinch County |
Homerville |
1850 |
Lowndes and Ware |
General Duncan Lamont Clinch, a hero of the War of 1812 and the Seminole War and US Representative |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Cobb County |
Marietta |
1832 |
Cherokee |
Colonel Thomas Willis Cobb, a hero of the War of 1812 and US Congressman |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Coffee County |
Douglas |
1854 |
Clinch, Irwin, Telfair and Ware |
General John E Coffee, a hero of the War of 1812 |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Colquitt County |
Moultrie |
1856 |
Thomas and Lowndes |
Walter Terry Colquitt, Methodist preacher and US Senator |
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| Columbia County |
Apling |
1790 |
Richmond |
Christopher Columbus, explorer |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Cook County |
Adel |
1918 |
Berrien |
General Philip Cook, Confederate general and secretary of state |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Coweta County |
Newnan |
1826 |
Created on Creek lands ceded in 1825 in the treaty of Indian Springs and Creek Cessions of 1826 |
Coweta Tribe of the Creek Nation |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Crawford County |
Knoxville |
1822 |
Houston |
William Harris Crawford, US Senator, minister to France and Secretary of the Treasury |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Crisp County |
Cordele |
1905 |
Dooley |
Charles Frederick Crisp, speaker of the US House of Representatives |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Dade County |
Trenton |
1837 |
Walker |
Major Francis L Dade, hero of the Seminole War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Dawson County |
Dawsonville |
1857 |
Gilmer and Lumpkin |
William Crosby Dawson, US Senator and state legislator |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Decatur County |
Bainbridge |
1823 |
Early |
Commodore Stephen Decatur, a War of 1812 naval hero |
ADOPTABLE |
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| DeKalb County |
Decatur |
1822 |
Henry, Gwinnett and Fayette |
"Baron" Johann DeKalb a German who accompanied the Marquis de Lafayette and was inspector general of the Colonial Army |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Dodge County |
Eastman |
1870 |
Montgomery, Pulaski and Telfair |
William Earle Dodge, a New York temperance leader, businessman, and cofounder of Phelps, Dodge and Company, a mining and metals company |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Dooly County |
Vienna |
1821 |
Creek Cessation of 1821 |
Colonel John Dooly, a hero of the American Revolution |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Dougherty County |
Albany |
1853 |
Baker |
Charles Dougherty, a noted Athens judge |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Douglas County |
Douglasville |
1870 |
Campbell and Carroll |
Stephen Arnold Douglas, an Illinois Democratic Congressman who ran against Abraham Lincoln in the United States presidential election, 1860 and lost |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Early County |
Blakely |
1818 |
Creek Cessation of 1814 |
Peter Early, tenth governor of Georgia |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Echols County |
Statenville |
1858 |
Clinch and Lowndes |
General Robert M Echols, state legislator and hero of the Mexican-American War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Effingham County |
Springfield |
1777 |
St Matthew and St Phillip Parishes |
Thomas Howard, Third Earl of Effingham, who was sympathetic to the independence movement |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Elbert County |
Elberton |
1790 |
Wilkes |
Samuel Elbert a General in the Revolutionary War, who became the governor of Georgia in 1785 |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Emanuel County |
Swainsboro |
1808 |
Bulloch and Montgomery |
Colonel David Emanuel, who became governor of Georgia in 1801 |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Evans County |
Claxton |
1914 |
Bulloch and Tattnall |
General Clement Anselm Evans, hero of the Civil War and commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Fannin County |
Blue Ridge |
1854 |
Gilmer and Union |
Colonel James Walker Fannin Jr, hero of the Texas Revolution. |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Fayette County |
Fayetteville |
1821 |
Creek Cessation of 1821 |
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French hero of the Revolutionary War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Floyd County |
Rome |
1832 |
Cherokee |
General John Floyd, Indian fighter and U.S. Representative |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Forsyth County |
Cumming |
1832 |
Cherokee |
John Forsyth, Secretary of State under President Martin Van Buren |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Franklin County |
Carnesville |
1784 |
Cherokee and Creek Cessations of 1783 |
Benjamin Franklin, First US ambassador to France |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Fulton County |
Atlanta |
1853 |
Campbell, Cobb, DeKalb and Milton |
Robert Fulton, engineer and inventor, or Hamilton Fulton, Chief Engineer of the State of Georgia in 1853 |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Gilmer County |
Ellijay |
1832 |
Cherokee |
George Rockingham Gilmer, 16th governor of Georgia |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Glascock |
Gibson |
1857 |
Warren |
General Thomas Glascock, hero of the War of 1812 and the Seminole War of 1817, and U.S. Representative |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Glynn County |
Brunswick |
1777 |
St David and St Patrick Parishes |
John Glynn, British Member of Parliament and Sergeant-at-law, who was sympathetic to the cause of American independence |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Gordon County |
Calhoun |
1850 |
Cass and Floyd |
William Washington Gordon, first president of the Central of Georgia Railroad |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Grady County |
Cairo |
1905 |
Decatur and Thomas |
Henry Woodfin Grady, famous orator and managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Greene County |
Greensboro |
1786 |
Washington |
General Nathanael Greene, hero of the Revolutionary War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Gwinnett County |
Lawrenceville |
1818 |
Cherokee Cessation of 1817 and Creek Cessation of 1818 |
Button Gwinnett, one of Georgia's delegates to the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Habersham County |
Clarkesville |
1818 |
Cherokee Cessations of 1817 and 1819 |
Colonel Joseph Habersham, hero of the Revolutionary War and Postmaster General in the Cabinet of George Washington |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Hall County |
Gainesville |
1818 |
Cherokee Cessations of 1817 and 1819 |
Dr Lyman Hall, one of Georgia's delegates to the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence. He became governor of Georgia in 1783 |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Hancock County |
Sparta |
1793 |
Greene and Washington |
John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress and the first signer of the Declaration of Independence |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Haralson County |
Buchanan |
1856 |
Carroll and Polk |
General Hugh Anderson Haralson, US Congressman |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Harris County |
Hamilton |
1827 |
Muscogee and Troup |
Charles Harris, a prominent Savannah attorney |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Hart County |
Hartwell |
1853 |
Elbert and Franklin |
Nancy Morgan Hart, heroine of the Revolutionary War. |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Heard County |
Franklin |
1830 |
Carroll, Coweta and Troup |
Stephen Heard, hero of the Revolutionary War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Henry County |
McDonough |
1821 |
Creek Cessation of 1821 |
Patrick Henry, prominent lawyer, orator, and patriot |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Houston County |
Perry |
1821 |
Creek Cessation of 1821 |
John Houstoun, member of the Continental Congress who became governor of Georgia in 1778 |
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| Irwin County |
Ocilla |
1818 |
Creek Cessations of 1814 and 1818 |
Jared Irwin, governor who rescinded the Yazoo Act in 1796 |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Jackson County |
Jefferson |
1796 |
Franklin |
General James Jackson, hero of the Revolutionary War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Jasper County |
Monticello |
1807 |
Randolph |
Sergeant William Jasper, hero of the Revolutionary War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Jeff Davis County |
Hazlehurst |
1905 |
Appling and Coffee |
Jefferson Davis, first and only President of the Confederate States of America |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Jefferson County |
Louisville |
1797 |
Burke and Washington |
Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Jenkins County |
Millen |
1905 |
Bulloch, Burke, Emanuel and Screven |
Charles Jones Jenkins, governor of Georgia, who was the author of the famous Georgia Platform of 1850 |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Johnson County |
Wrightsville |
1858 |
Emanuel, Laurens and Washington |
Herschel Vespasian Johnson, US Senator and Georgia governor |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Jones County |
Gray |
1807 |
Baldwin |
James Jones, US Congressman |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Lamar County |
Barnesville |
1920 |
Monroe and Pike |
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, US Senator and justice of the US Supreme Court |
Peggy McSwain |
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| Lanier County |
Lakeland |
1920 |
Berrien, Clinch and Lowndes |
Sidney Lanier, famous attorney, linguist, mathematician, and musician |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Laurens County |
Dublin |
1807 |
Wilkinson |
Colonel John Laurens, aide to George Washington during the Revolutionary War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Lee County |
Leesburg |
1826 |
Creek Cessation of 1826 |
General Richard Henry Lee, hero of the Revolutionary War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Liberty County |
Hinesville |
1777 |
St Andrew, St James and St John Parishes |
Named in honor of the noted patriotism of the citizens of Midway in their support of the cause of colonial independence |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Lincoln County |
Lincolnton |
1796 |
Wilkes |
General Benjamin Lincoln, hero of the Revolutionary War who was later assigned to the suppression of Shays' Rebellion |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Long County |
Ludowici |
1920 |
Liberty |
Dr Crawford Williamson Long, in 1842 the first man to use diethyl ether as an anesthetic for surgery |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Lowndes County |
Valdosta |
1825 |
Irwin |
William Jones Lowndes, a prominent figure in the affairs of South Carolina throughout the formative years of the United States |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Lumpkin County |
Dahlonega |
1832 |
Cherokee, Habersham and Hall |
Wilson Lumpkin, governor of Georgia and US Senator |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Macon County |
Oglethorpe |
1837 |
Houston and Marion |
General Nathaniel Macon, Speaker of the House of Representatives and US Senator |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Madison County |
Danielsville |
1811 |
Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Jackson and Oglethorpe |
James Madison, fourth President of the United States and chief drafter of the Constitution |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Marion County |
Buena Vista |
1827 |
Lee and Muscogee |
General Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox," hero of the Revolutionary War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| McDuffie County |
Thomson |
1870 |
Columbia and Warren |
George McDuffie, famous orator and governor of South Carolina |
ADOPTABLE |
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| McIntosh County |
Darien |
1793 |
Liberty |
General Lachlan McIntosh, hero of the Revolutionary War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Meriwether County |
Greenville |
1827 |
Troup |
General David Meriwether, a hero of the Revolutionary War and a US Representative |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Miller County |
Colquitt |
1856 |
Baker and Early |
Andrew Jackson Miller, president of the Medical College of Georgia |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Mitchell County |
Camilla |
1857 |
Baker |
Gen Henry Mitchell, hero of the Revolutionary War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Monroe County |
Forsyth |
1821 |
Creek Cessation of 1821 |
James Monroe, fifth President of the United States and author of the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Montgomery County |
Mount Vernon |
1793 |
Washington |
General Richard Montgomery, hero of the Revolutionary War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Morgan County |
Madison |
1807 |
Baldwin |
General Daniel Morgan, hero of the Revolutionary War and US Representative |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Murray County |
Chatsworth |
1832 |
Cherokee |
Thomas W Murray, famous state legislator |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Muscogee County |
Columbus |
1826 |
Creek Cessation of 1826 |
Muskogee ethnic group, to which the Creek and Seminole Nations belong |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Newton County |
Covington |
1821 |
Henry, Jasper and Walton |
Sergeant John Newton, hero of the Revolutionary War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Oconee County |
Watkinsville |
1875 |
Clarke |
Oconee River, which forms its eastern boundary |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Oglethorpe County |
Lexington |
1793 |
Wilkes |
General James Edward Oglethorpe, the founder of the colony of Georgia |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Paulding County |
Dallas |
1832 |
Cherokee |
John Paulding, hero of the Revolutionary War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Peach County |
Fort Valley |
1924 |
Houston and Macon |
Its location in Central Georgia is one of the richest peach producing regions in the state |
Fran Smith |
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| Pickens County |
Jasper |
1853 |
Cherokee and Gilmer |
General Andrew Pickens, hero of the Revolutionary War and US Representative |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Pierce County |
Blackshear |
1857 |
Appling and Ware |
Franklin Pierce, fourteenth President of the United States |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Pike County |
Zebulon |
1822 |
Monroe |
General Zebulon Pike, explorer and hero of the War of 1812 |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Polk County |
Cedartown |
1851 |
Floyd and Paulding |
James Knox Polk, eleventh President of the United States |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Pulaski County |
Hawkinsville |
1808 |
Laurens |
Count Kazimierz Pulaski of Poland, hero of the Revolutionary War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Putnam |
Eatonton |
1807 |
Baldwin |
General Israel Putnam, hero of the Revolutionary War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Quitman |
Georgetown |
1858 |
Randolph and Stewart |
General John Anthony Quitman, hero of the Mexican-American War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Rabun |
Clayton |
1819 |
Cherokee Cessation of 1819 |
William Rabun, governor of Georgia |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Randolph County |
Cuthbert |
1828 |
Lee |
John Randolph of Roanoke, US Representative |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Richmond County |
Augusta |
1777 |
St Paul Parish |
Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, who was sympathetic to the cause of colonial independence |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Rockdale County |
Conyers |
1870 |
Henry and Newton |
Rockdale Church, which was so named for the subterranean bed of granite that underlies this region of the state |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Schley County |
Ellaville |
1857 |
Marion and Sumter |
William Schley, governor of Georgia |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Screven County |
Sylvania |
1793 |
Burke and Effingham |
General James Screven, hero of the Revolutionary War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Seminole County |
Donalson |
1920 |
Decatur and Early |
Seminole Nation |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Spalding County |
Griffin |
1851 |
Fayette, Henry and Pike |
Thomas Spalding, US Representative; Georgia delegate to the Constitutional convention of 1798 |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Stephens County |
Toccoa |
1905 |
Franklin and Habersham |
Alexander Stephens, US Representative; governor of Georgia; first and only Vice President of the Confederate States of America |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Stewart County |
Lumpkin |
1830 |
Randolph |
General Daniel Stewart, hero of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Sumter County |
Americus |
1831 |
Lee |
General Thomas Sumter, the "Fighting Gamecock," hero of the Revolutionary War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Talbot County |
Talbotton |
1827 |
Muscogee |
Matthew Talbot, served in the Georgia State Senate for 15 years, including two as Senate President; governor of Georgia for two weeks |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Taliaferro County |
Crawfordville |
1825 |
Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren and Wilkes |
Colonel Benjamin Taliaferro, US Representative and hero of the Revolutionary War |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Tattnall County |
Reidsville |
1801 |
Montgomery |
Josiah Tattnall, US Senator and governor of Georgia |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Taylor County |
Butler |
1852 |
Macon, Marion and Talbot |
Zachary Taylor, twelfth President of the United States |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Telfair County |
McRae |
1807 |
Wilkinson |
Edward Telfair, second governor of Georgia after the establishment of the United States |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Terrell County |
Dawson |
1856 |
Lee and Randolph |
Dr William Terrell, US Representative |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Thomas County |
Thomasville |
1825 |
Decatur and Irwin |
General Jett Thomas, hero of the War of 1812 |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Tift County |
Tifton |
1905 |
Berrien, Irwin and Worth |
Colonel Nelson Tift, Confederate States Navy captain; US Representative |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Toombs County |
Lyons |
1905 |
Emanuel, Montgomery and Tattnall |
General Robert Toombs, US Senator; Confederate States Secretary of State |
ADOPTABLE |
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| Towns County |
Hiawassee |
1857 |
Rabun and Union |
George Washington Towns, governor of Georgia during the antebellum period |
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| Treutlen County |
Soperton |
1917 |
Emanuel and Montgomery |
John A Treutlen, first elected governor of Georgia |
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| Troup County |
Lagrange |
1826 |
Creek Cessation of 1826 |
George M Troup, governor of Georgia and US Senator |
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| Turner County |
Ashburn |
1905 |
Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox and Worth |
Captain Henry Gray Turner, US Representative and hero of the Civil War |
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| Twiggs County |
Jeffersonville |
1809 |
Wilkinson |
General John Twiggs, hero of the Revolutionary War, governor of Georgia |
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| Union County |
Blairsville |
1832 |
Cherokee |
Federal Union |
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| Upson County |
Thomaston |
1824 |
Crawford and Pike |
Stephen Upson, famous state legislator |
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| Walker County |
Lafayett |
1833 |
Murray |
Major Freeman Walker, US Senator |
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| Walton County |
Monroe |
1818 |
Creek Cessation of 1818 |
George Walton, one of Georgia's delegates to the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence |
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| Ware County |
Waycross |
1824 |
Appling |
Nicholas Ware, US Senator |
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| Warren County |
Warrenton |
1793 |
Columbia, Hancock, Richmond and Wilkes |
General Joseph Warren, hero of the Revolutionary War |
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| Washington County |
Sandersville |
1784 |
Creek Cessation of 1783 |
George Washington, first President of the United States |
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| Wayne County |
Jesup |
1803 |
Creek Cessation of 1802 |
General Anthony Wayne; known as "Mad Anthony"; US Representatives; hero of the Revolutionary and Northwest Indian Wars |
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| Webster County |
Preston |
1853 |
Stewart |
Daniel Webster (1782�1852), United States Secretary of State, supported Clay's Compromise of 1850 |
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| Wheeler County |
Alamo |
1912 |
Montgomery |
General Joseph Wheeler, US Representative; hero of the Civil War and the Spanish�American War |
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| White County |
Cleveland |
1857 |
Habersham |
David T White or Colonel John White, hero of the Revolutionary War |
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| Whitfield County |
Dalton |
1851 |
Murray |
George Whitefield, famous preacher who established Bethesda Orphanage near Savannah |
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| Wilcox County |
Abbeville |
1857 |
Dooly, Irwin and Pulaski |
General Mark Wilcox, a famous soldier and legislator from Telfair County |
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| Wilkes County |
Washington |
1777 |
Cherokee and Creek Cessations of 1773 |
John Wilkes, distinguished British Member of Parliament who sympathized with the cause of American independence |
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| Wilkinson County |
Irwinton |
1803 |
Creek Cessations of 1802 and 1805 |
General James Wilkinson, hero of the Revolution and the War of 1812 |
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| Worth County |
Sylvester |
1853 |
Dooly and Irwin |
General William J Worth, hero of the Mexican-American War |
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