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The city of Blackshear is the county seat [4] of Pierce County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 3,506. Blackshear is part of the Waycross Micropolitan Statistical Area .
The northeastern third of Pierce County, bordered by a line from just west of Mershon to just south of Bristol, then south to just north of Blackshear, and then heading due east, is located in the Little Satilla River sub-basin of the St. Marys River-Satilla River basin. The southern two-thirds of the county is located in the Satilla River sub ...
Blackshear: Destroyed by fire on 11 March 1875. [61] 1875: Blackshear: Two-story wooden structure. Still in existence. Sold in 1902 and moved a few blocks away to be used as a private residence. [62] 1902: Blackshear: Pierce County Courthouse: Neoclassical: Remodeled in the 1970s. NRHP-listed (refnum 80001220).
The Blackshear Depot, at 200 S. Central Ave. in Blackshear in Pierce County, Georgia, was built in 1917 by the Savannah, Florida & Western Railway It was used for passenger service into the 1950s and freight service into the 1970s. It is adjacent to the city hall and city park. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...
The Pierce County Courthouse is located in Blackshear, Georgia, on US 84. It was built in 1902 at a cost of $20,000. It is made of several shades of red brick with pink and white mortar. It has fluted columns made of metal. There is a brick addition in the rear of the building. The interior has a small rotunda.
An old wooden jail burned in 1880 and a jail made of wood and metal was built in 1882. In 1894 a new two-story brick jail was built, with room for the jail keeper to live on the first floor. It was used as a jail from then until 1926. The building was then used as a city hall and police headquarters until 1976. [2]
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Map of the United States with Georgia highlighted. Georgia is a state located in the Southern United States.According to the 2010 United States census, Georgia was the 8th most populous state with 9,688,681 inhabitants and the 21st largest by land area spanning 57,513.49 square miles (148,959.3 km 2) of land. [1]