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Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,988. [1] [2] The county seat is Sandersville. [3] The county was established on February 25, 1784. It was named for Revolutionary War general and President of the United States George Washington. [4]
Washington is the county seat of Wilkes County, [4] Georgia, United States. Under its original name, Heard's Fort, it was for a brief time during the American Revolutionary War the Georgia state capital. It is noteworthy as the place where the Confederacy voted to dissolve itself, effectively ending the American Civil War.
A new Washington County Courthouse was built in 1869. The Sandersville Railroad was built in 1893 as a part of the Central of Georgia Railway, but still operates today as a privately owned shortline that connects to Norfolk Southern Railway's Georgia Division Savannah District at Tennille, Georgia, 4 miles to the south.
Map showing Washington County in Georgia This is a list of properties and districts in Washington County, Georgia that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
The Clarks’ story is integral to understanding the history of Washington County and the Miller House, home of the Washington County Historical Society. By 1870, Samuel and Amanda (Jackson) Clark ...
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Georgia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
The city's name derives from the Oconee, a Hitchiti-speaking tribe who inhabited central Georgia from 1692 until 1715. The Oconee lived in present-day Baldwin County, Georgia at a settlement known as Oconee Old Town, later moving to the Chattahoochee River in the early 18th century. The name exists in several variations, including Ocone, Oconi ...
Wilkes County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census , the population was 9,565. [ 1 ] The county seat is the city of Washington .