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Georgia has the second-largest number of counties of any state in the United States, only behind Texas, which has 254 counties. [1] One traditional reasoning for the creation and location of so many counties in Georgia was that a country farmer, rancher, or lumberman should be able to travel to the legal county seat town or city, and then back ...
Pages in category "Counties in the Atlanta metropolitan area" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Some sources say that the first courthouse was built on the Salem Road near present-day Lexington and then moved to Lexington when it became the county seat in 1806. 1806: Lexington: There were possibly more courthouses between 1806 and 1887. 1887: Lexington: Oglethorpe County Courthouse: Romanesque Revival: Remodelled in 1992–1993.
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Fulton County is a county in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia.As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,066,710, [1] making it the state's most populous county. [2]
Cobb County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia, and is a core county of the Atlanta metropolitan area in the north-central portion of the state. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 766,149. It is the state's third most populous county, after Fulton and Gwinnett counties. [1] Its county seat is Marietta; its largest city is Mableton. [2]
The U.S. state of Georgia is divided into 159 counties, more than any other state except for Texas, which has 254 counties. Under the Georgia State Constitution, all of its counties are granted home rule to deal with problems that are purely local in nature. Each county has a county seat. In Georgia, county seats typically have a courthouse at ...
Gwinnett County (/ ɡ w ɪ ˈ n ɛ t / gwih-NEHT) is located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. [2] It forms part of the Atlanta metropolitan area, being located about 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Atlanta city limits.