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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 .
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.
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Washington: A National Historic Landmark and a Georgia state historic site 22: Tupper-Barnett House: Tupper-Barnett House: April 11, 1972 : 101 W. Robert Toombs Ave. Washington: National Historic Landmark: 23: Washington Commercial Historic District
At Washington Highway, SR 44 splits off to the northeast and then curves to a mostly eastern routing. It has crossings of the South Fork Little River and North Fork Little River. The latter one marks the Greene–Taliaferro county line. A little while later, SR 44 has a second intersection with SR 22. Almost immediately, it enters Wilkes County.
SR 80 begins at an intersection with US 78/SR 10/SR 17, southeast of Washington in Wilkes County. It heads south-southeast and crosses over the Little River at the meeting point of Wilkes, Warren, and McDuffie counties. For approximately 2 miles (3.2 km), the highway runs along the Warren–McDuffie county line, then enters Warren County proper.
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 Wilkes County Courthouse is a historic government building and clock tower located in the city of Washington, Georgia, the seat of Wilkes County. [2] The latest in a series of courthouses in the county's history, the current building was completed in 1904 and since that date has been the official home of Wilkes County's Superior Court, and the base of the county's government.