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Clayton County is located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 297,595 by the U.S. Census Bureau. [1] The county seat is Jonesboro. [2] Clayton County is one of the core counties of the Atlanta metropolitan area, and it is the fifth most
Leah Ward Sears (1980): [17] [19] First African American female (and African American in general) judge in Clayton County, Georgia; Jewel Scott: [28] First Jamaican American (female) appointed as a Judge of the Clayton County Superior Court (2020). She was also the first (Caribbean-American) female District Attorney for Clayton County.
The United States District Court for the District of Georgia was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789. [1] The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on August 11, 1848, by 9 Stat. 280 .
Clayton County Courthouse. The Clayton County Courthouse in Jonesboro, Georgia is a historic courthouse.. It was designed by J.W. Golucke. [1]This or a predecessor courthouse was designed by Maximilien van den Corput (c. 1825 – 1911), also known as Max Corput, a Belgian-American architect.
The Old Bartow County Courthouse, 1869 Clayton County Courthouse, Floyd County Courthouse, and the Old Spalding County Courthouse are examples of such courthouses. The only surviving courthouse from a town that is not the current county seat is the Old Marion County Courthouse in Tazewell, Georgia. [9]
Jonesboro (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ n z b ʌ r ə /) is a city in and the county seat of Clayton County, Georgia, United States. [4] The population was 4,235 in 2020. The city's name was originally spelled Jonesborough.
Georgia officials say police arrested four people for allegedly using a "sex slave" for prostitution. Officials in Clayton County, Georgia, say three adults and one juvenile are facing charges for ...
Waynesville was the county seat of Wayne County for several nonconsecutive periods in the mid-1800s; Three county seats have later become the county seats of other counties: Pond Town was the temporary county seat of Lee County, Georgia when the county was first established from Muscogee (Creek) Nation lands in 1826. The county was very large ...