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The proliferation of counties in Georgia led to multiple state constitutional amendments attempting to limit the number of counties. The most recent such amendment, ratified in 1945, limited the number to 159 counties, although there had been 161 counties from 1924 to 1931.
The ten oldest of Georgia's county courthouses still in existence are: [10] Old Government House Richmond County, Georgia, completed in 1801. Columbia County Courthouse, completed 1812 with extensive additions made in 1856. Putnam County Courthouse, completed in 1824. Fayette County Courthouse, completed in 1825.
Under the Georgia State Constitution, all of its counties are granted home rule to deal with problems that are purely local in nature. Each county has a county seat. In Georgia, county seats typically have a courthouse at a town square. Of the current 159 counties and two historic counties, 47 counties have changed their county seat at least once.
Georgia State Courts [5] Georgia Magistrate Courts [6] Georgia Juvenile Courts [7] Georgia Probate Courts [8] Georgia Municipal Courts [9] Federal courts located in Georgia. United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (headquartered in Atlanta, having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Alabama, Florida, and ...
Georgia Superior Courts (49 judicial circuits) [5] Georgia State Courts [6] Georgia Magistrate Courts [7] Georgia Juvenile Courts [8] Georgia Probate Courts [9] Georgia Municipal Courts [10] The highest judiciary power in Georgia is the Supreme Court, which is composed of nine justices. [11] The state also has a Court of Appeals made of 15 ...
A list of courthouses in Georgia may refer to: List of county courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state), county courthouses in the American state of Georgia; List of United States federal courthouses in Georgia, federal courthouses in the American state of Georgia; List of courthouses in Georgia (country), courthouses in the country of Georgia
Former county courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state) (24 P) Pages in category "County courthouses in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 87 pages are in this category, out of 87 total.
The following is a list of the 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia sorted by U.S. state, plus an additional 100 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories sorted by territory.