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In Stephen King's The Green Mile, John Coffey is wrongfully arrested in the fictional Trapingus County, Georgia. John Birmingham includes a fictional Buttecracke (pronounced Beau-cray) County, Georgia, in his Dave vs. the Monsters series of novels. We Deserve Monuments, by Jas Hammonds, takes place in the fictional Bardell County, Georgia.
Walker County is a county in the Northwest region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census , the population was 67,654, [ 1 ] down from 68,756 in 2010. [ 2 ] The county seat is LaFayette . [ 3 ]
Towns County is an outlier in Presidential politics in Georgia. Lifelong Georgian Jimmy Carter was the last Democrat to carry the county; the last one to get over 40% of the vote was Bill Clinton in 1992 , but George H. W. Bush won a plurality, unlike in many other counties where Clinton was the only candidate to come in over 40%.
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 and otherwise lacked European-American settlement. It was replaced in 1828.
Warren County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 5,215, a decrease from 2010. The county seat is Warrenton. [1] The county was created on December 19, 1793, and is named after General Joseph Warren, who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill. [2]
Cherokee County is located in the US state of Georgia. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 266,620. [1] [2] The county seat is Canton. [3] The county Board of Commissioners is the governing body, with members elected to office. Cherokee County is included in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area.
Hancock County is a county located in the East Central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,735. [1] The county seat is Sparta. [2] The county was created on December 17, 1793, and named for John Hancock, a Founding Father of the American Revolution. [3] [4]
Marion County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 7,498. [1] The county seat is Buena Vista. [2] The county was created on December 14, 1827. The county was named for General Francis Marion of South Carolina. [3]