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Milton County was a county of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1857 (168 years ago) () to 1931 (94 years ago) (). It was created on December 18, 1857, from parts of northeastern Cobb, southeastern Cherokee, and southwestern Forsyth counties. The county was named for John Milton, Secretary of State of Georgia from 1777 to 1799. [1]
Ray was instrumental in encouraging him to publish a collection of his stories of farm life in South Georgia, and in 2001 his book In One Place: The Natural History of a Georgia Farmer [6] was issued to great reviews. In 2001 he also published Around Fitzgerald, Georgia, In Vintage Picture Postcards, part of Arcadia's Postcard History Series. [7]
Pages in category "Former counties of Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Known as the town of Milton through July 1858, the city of Alpharetta was chartered on December 11, 1858, with boundaries extending in a 0.5-mile (0.8 km) radius from the city courthouse. [6] It served as the county seat of Milton County until 1931, when Milton County merged with Fulton County to avoid bankruptcy during the Great Depression. [6]
John Milton's legacy as a Georgia founding father led to the naming of a county after him. Milton County, Georgia was formed in 1857, with a population of 6,730 in 1930, merged with Fulton County on January 1, 1932, through an act of the state legislature. [11] In 2010 there was an effort to revive Milton County by separating portions of Fulton ...
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