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Oconee County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census , the population was 41,799. [ 1 ] The county seat is Watkinsville .
Watkinsville is the largest city and county seat of Oconee County, Georgia, United States.As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 2,896. It served as the seat of Clarke County until 1872 when the county seat of that county was moved to Athens, a move which ultimately led to the creation of Oconee County in 1875.
County seat moved to Milledgeville in 1807. County courts held in the state capitol until 1808. 1814: Milledgeville: 1847: Milledgeville: Destroyed by fire on 24 February 1861. [15] County court held in various locations afterwards. 1887: Milledgeville: Baldwin County Courthouse: Remodeled in 1937 and 1965. Still in existence.
He noted that the education marketing website Niche.com ranked Oconee County as the No. 1 county in Georgia to live and the No. 2 county in the entire nation.
Watkinsville was the county seat of Clarke County from 1802 to 1871 when it was replaced by Athens, and then became the county seat of Oconee in 1875 when it was created. On three occasions, the creation of new counties has put a current county seat completely outside of the new boundaries of a county:
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Born in Hawkinsville, Georgia, in 1941, [1] Lawson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory University in 1963 and a Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law in 1964. He was in private practice in Hawkinsville from 1965 to 1979. He was a judge of the Superior Court of Georgia, Oconee Judicial Circuit of Georgia from 1979 to 1995.
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