Georgia County Creation Dates and Parent Counties

Name of County	Date Formed	Boundary Changes	Parent County	Counties Created by Boundary Changes
Appling	1818 Dec 15	Details	Creek Indian Cession	Jeff Davis 1905, Pierce 1857, Bacon 1914, Charleton 1854, Coffee 1854, Echols 1858
Atkinson	1917 Aug 19	Details	Coffee, Clinch	none
Bacon	1914 Jul 27	Details	Appling, Pierce	none
Baker	1825 Dec 12	Details	Early	Dougherty 1853, Miller 1856, Mitchell 1857
Baldwin	1803 May 11	Details	Creek Indian lands	Jasper 1812, Jones 1807, Morgan 1807, Newton 1821, Putnam 1807
Banks	1858 Dec 11	Details	Franklin, Habersham	none
Barrow	1914 Jul 07	Details	Jackson, Walton	none
Bartow	1861 Dec 06	Details	renamed from Cass	none
Ben Hill	1906 Jul 31	Details	Irwin, Wilcox	none
Berrien	1856 Feb 25	Details	Lowndes	Cook 1918, Lanier 1919, Tift 1905
Bibb	1822 Dec 09	Details	Jones, Monroe	none
Bleckley	1912 Oct 02	Details	Pulaski	none
Bourbon	1785 Jul 17	Details	Indian lands	extinct, never functioned
Brantley	1920 Aug 14	Details	Chalton, Pierce	none
Brooks	1858 Dec 11	Details	Lowndes, Thomas	none
Bryan	1793 Dec 19	Details	Effingham, Liberty	none
Bulloch	1796 Feb 08	Details	Creek Indian lands	Candler 1914, Emanuel 1812, Evans 1914, Jenkins 1905
Burke	1777 Feb 05	Details	St. George Parish	Jefferson 1796, Jenkins 1905, Screven 1793
Butts	1825 Dec 24	Details	Henry, Monroe	none
Calhoun	1854 Feb 20	Details	Early	none
Camden	1777 Feb 05	Details	St. Mary Parish	Wayne 1803
Campbell	1828 Dec 20	Details	Carroll, Cowta	merged with Fulton 1932
Candler	1914 Jul 17	Details	Bullock, Emanuel	none
Carroll	1826 Dec 11	Details	Indian lands	Campbell 1828, Douglas 1870, Heard 1830, Haralson 1856
Cass	1832 Dec 03	Details	Cherokee	Gordon 1850, renamed Bartow 1861
Catoosa	1853 Dec 05	Details	Walker, Cherokee	none
Charlton	1854 Feb 18	Details	Wayne, Appling	Brantley 1920
Chatham	1777 Feb 05	Details	St. Phillip Parish	none
Chattahoochee	1854 Feb 13	Details	Muscogee, Randolph	none
Chattooga	1838 Dec 28	Details	Floyd, Walker, Cherokee	none
Cherokee	1831 Dec 26	Details	Cherokee Indian lands	Bartow 1832, Catoosa 1853, Chattooga 1838, Cobb 1832, Floyd 1832, Milton 1857, Paulding 1832, Pickens 1853
Christ Church Parish	1758 Mar 15	Details	Savannah, Fredreica	none
Clarke	1801 Dec 05	Details	Jackson	Madison 1811, Oconee 1875
Clay	1854 Feb 16	Details	Early, Randolph	none
Clayton	1858 Nov 30	Details	Fayette, Henry	none
Clinch	1850 Feb 14	Details	Wayne	Atkinson 1917
Cobb	1832 Dec 03	Details	Cherokee	Milton 1857
Coffee	1854 Feb 09	Details	Appling, Irwin, Telfair	Atkinson 1917, Jeff Davis 1905
Colquitt	1856 Feb 25	Details	Irwin, Thomas	none
Columbia	1790 Dec 10	Details	Richmond	McDuffie 1870, Warren 1793
Cook	1918 Jul 30	Details	Berrien	none
Coweta	1926 Dec 11	Details	Indian lands	Campbell 1828, Heard 1830
Crawford	1822 Dec 09	Details	Houston, Macon, Talbot	Taylor 1853, Upson 1824
Crisp	1905 Aug 17	Details	Dooly	none
Dade	1837 Dec 25	Details	Walker	none
Dawson	1857 Dec 03	Details	Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin	none
Decatur	1823 Dec 08	Details	Early	Grady 1905, Seminole 1920, Thomas 1825
DeKalb	1922 Dec 09	Details	Fayette, Henry	Fulton 1853
Dodge	1870 Oct 26	Details	Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair	none
Dooly	1821 May 15	Details	Indian lands	Crisp 1905, Macon 1857, Turner 1905, Wilcox 1857, Worth 1852
Dougherty	1853 Dec 15	Details	Baker	none
Douglas	1870 Oct 17	Details	Carroll	none
Early	1818 Dec 15	Details	Creek Land Cession	Baker 1825, Calhoun 1854, Clay 1854, Decatur 1857, Miller 1856, Seminole 1920
Echols	1858 Dec 13	Details	Appling, Irwin	none
Effingham	1777 Feb 05	Details	St. Matthew Parish	Bryan 1793, Screvan 1893
Elbert	1790 Dec 10	Details	Wilkes	Hart 1853, Madison 1811
Emanuel	1812 Dec 10	Details	Montgomery, Bullock	Treulton 1917, Candler 1914, Toombs 1905, Jenkins 1905, Johnson 1858
Evans	1914 Aug 11	Details	Bullock, Tattnall	none
Fannin	1854 Jan 21	Details	Gilmer, Union	none
Fayette	1821 May 15	Details	Indian land cession	Clayton 1858, DeKalb 1822
Floyd	1832 Dec 03	Details	Cherokee	Chattooga 1838, Gordon 1850
Forsyth	1832 Dec 03	Details	Cherokee	Dawson 1857, Milton 1857
Franklin	1784 Feb 23	Details	Cherokee land cession	Banks 1858, Hart 1784, Jackson 1796, Madison 1811, Stephens 1905
Fredrick	1741 Apr 15	Details	Provincial Georgia	none
Fulton	1853 Dec 20	Details	DeKalb	none
Gilmer	1832 Dec 03	Details	Cherokee Cession	Dawson 1857, Fannin 1854, Pickens 1853
Glascock	1857 Dec 19	Details	Warren	none
Glynn	1777 Feb 05	Details	St. David, St. Patrick Parishes	Wayne 1803
Gordon	1850 Feb 13	Details	Cass, Floyd	none
Grady	1905 Aug 17	Details	Decatur, Thomas	none
Greene	1786 Feb 03	Details	Washington	Hancock 1793, Taliaferro 1825
Gwinnett	1818 Dec 15	Details	Cherokee lands	none
Habersham	1818 Dec 15	Details	Cherokee Land Strip	Banks 1858, Stephens 1905, White 1857
Hall	1818 Dec 15	Details	Cherokee Cession	none
Hancock	1793 Dec 17	Details	Greene, Washington	Taliaferro 1825
Haralson	1856 Jan 26	Details	Carroll, Polk	none
Harris	1827 Dec 14	Details	Muscogee, Troup	none
Hart	1853 Dec 07	Details	Elbert, Franklin, Madison	none
Heard	1830 Dec 22	Details	Carroll, Coweta, Troup	none
Houston (old)	1784 Feb 23	Details	Indian lands	dissolved
Houston	1821 May 15	Details	Indian land cession	Crawford 1822, Macon 1857, Peach 1924
Irwin	1818 Dec 15	Details	Cherokee land	Worth 152, Wilcox 1857, Ben Hill 1906, Coffee 1854, Colquitt 1856, Echols 1858, Lowndes 1835, Thomas 1825, Turner 1905, Ware 1824
Jackson	1796 Feb 11	Details	Franklin	Barrow 1914, Clarke 1801, Madison 1811
Jasper	1812 Dec 10	Details	Baldwin	Newton 1821
Jeff Davis	1905 Aug 18	DAVIS Details	Appling, Coffee	none
Jefferson	1796 Feb 20	Details	Burke, Warren	none
Jenkins	1905 Aug 17	Details	Bullock, Burke, Emanuel	none
Johnson	1858 Dec 11	Details	Emanuel, Laurens	none
Jones	1807 Dec 10	Details	Baldwin	Bibb 1822
Kinchafoonee	1856 Feb 21	Details	Randolph	renamed Webster 1856
Lamar	1920 Aug 17	Details	Monroe	none
Lanier	1919 Aug 11	Details	Berrien, Lowndes	none
Laurens	1807 Dec 10	Details	Washington, Wilkinson	Johnson 1858, Pulaski 1808
Lee	1827 Dec 11	Details	Indian land cession	Macon 1857, Marion 1827, Randolph 1828, Sumter 1831, Terrell 1856
Liberty	1777 Feb 05	Details	St. Andrew, St. James Parishes	Bryan 1793, Long 1920, McIntosh 1793
Lincoln	1796 Feb 20	Details	Wilkes	none
Long	1920 Aug 14	Details	Liberty	none
Lowndes	1835 Dec 23	Details	Irwin	Berrien 1856, Brooks 1858, Lanier 1919
Lumpkin	1832 Dec 03	Details	Cherokee Land	Dawson 1857, White 1857
McDuffie	1870 Oct 18	Details	Columbia, Warren	none
McIntosh	1793 Dec 19	Details	Liberty	none
Macon	1857 Dec 14	Details	Dooly, Houston, Lee, Muscogee	Crawford 1822, Peach 1924, Schley 1857, Taylor 1853
Madison	1811 Dec 11	Details	Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Jackson, Ogelthorpe	Hart 1853
Marion	1827 Dec 14	Details	Lee, Muscogee	Schley 1857, Taylor 1853
Meriwether	1827 Dec 14	Details	Troup	none
Miller	1856 Feb 26	Details	Baker, Early	none
Milton	1857 Dec 18	Details	Cobb, Cherokee, Forsyth	merged with Fulton County 1932
Mitchell	1857 Dec 21	Details	Baker	none
Monroe	1821 May 15	Details	Indian lands	Bibb 1822, Butts 1825, Pike 1822, Lamar 1920, Taylor 1853
Montgomery	1793 Dec 19	Details	Washington, Wilkinson	Dodge 1870, Emanuel 1812, Tattnall 1801, Toombs 1905, Treulten 1917, Wheeler 1912
Morgan	1807 Dec 10	Details	Baldwin	none
Murray	1832 Dec 03	Details	Cherokee	Walker 1833, Whitfield 1851
Muscogee	1826 Dec 11	Details	Creek Indian lands	Chattahoochee 1854, Macon 1857, Harris 827, Talbot 1827
Newton	1821 Dec 24	Details	Baldwin, Walton, Henry, Jasper	none
Oconee	1875 Feb 25	Details	Clark	none
Oglethorpe	1783 Dec 19	Details	Wilkes	Madison 1811
Paulding	1832 Dec 03	Details	Cherokee	Polk 1851
Peach	1924 4 19	Details	Houston, Macon	none
Pickens	1853 Dec	Details	Cherokee, Gilmer	none
Pierce	1857 Dec 18	Details	Appling, Ware	Bacon 1914, Blickley 1912, Brantley 1920
Pike	1822 Dec 09	Details	Monroe	Spaulding 1851, Upson 1824
Polk	1851 Dec 20	Details	Paulding	Haralson 1856
Pulaski	1808 Dec 13	Details	Laurens	Blickley 1912, Pulaski 1870, Wilcox 1857
Putnam	1807 Dec 10	Details	Baldwin	none
Quitman	1858 Dec 10	Details	Randolph, Stewart	none
Rabun	1819 Dec 21	Details	Cherokee Land Cession	Towns 1856
Randolph	1828 Dec 20	Details	Lee	Webster 1856, Chattahoochee 1854, Clay 1854, Quitman 1858, Stewart 1830, Terrell 1856, Kinchafoonee 1856
Richmond	1777 Feb 05	Details	St. Paul\'s Parish	Columbia 1790, Warren 1793
Rockdale	1870 Oct 18	Details	Henry	none
Savannah	1741 Apr 15	Details	Provincial Georgia	none
St. Andrew Parish	1758 Mar 15	Details	Savannah, Frederica	Liberty 1777
St. David Parish	1765 Mar 25	Details	Savannah, Frederica	Glynn 1777
St. George Parish	1758 Mar 15	Details	Savannah, Frederica	Burke 1777
St. James Parish	1758 Mar 15	Details	Savannah, Frederica	Liberty 1777
St. John Parish	1758 Mar 15	Details	Savannah, Frederica	dissoluted
St. Mary Parish	1765 Mar 25	Details	Savannah, Frederica	Camden 1777
St. Mathew Parish	1758 Mar 17	Details	Savannah, Frederica	Effingham 1777
St. Patrick Parish	1765 Mar 25	Details	Savannah, Frederica	Glynn 1777
St. Paul Parish	1758 Mar 17	Details	Savannah, Frederica	Richmond 1777
St. Philip Parish	1758 Mar 17	Details	Savannah, Frederica	Chatham 1777
St. Thomas Parish	1765 Mar 25	Details	Savannah, Frederica	dissoluted
Schley	1857 Dec 22	Details	Macon, Marion, Sumter	none
Screven	1793 Dec 14	Details	Burke, Effingham	none
Seminole	1920 Jul 08	Details	Decatur, Early	none
Spalding	1851 Dec 20	Details	Henry, Pike	none
Stephens	1905 Aug 18	Details	Franklin, Habersham	none
Stewart	1830 Dec 23	Details	Randolph	Quitman 1858
Sumter	1831 Dec 26	Details	Lee	Schley 1857
Talbot	1827 Dec 14	Details	Muscogee, Troup	Crawford 1822, Taylor 1853, Taliaferro 1825
Tattnall	1801 Dec 05	Details	Montgomery	Evans 1914, Toombs 1905
Taylor	1853 Jan 15	Details	Crawford, Macon, Talbot, Monroe, Marion	none
Telfair	1807 Dec 10	Details	Wilkinson	Coffee 1854, Dodge 1870
Thomas	1825 Dec 23	Details	Decatur, Irwin	Brooks 1858, Colquitt 1856, Grady 1905
Tift	1905 Aug 17	Details	Berrien, Worth	none
Toombs	1905 Aug 17	Details	Emanuel, Tattnall, Montgomery	none
Towns	1856 Mar 06	Details	Rabun, Union	none
Treutlen	1917 Mar 21	Details	Emanuel, Montgomery	none
Troup	1826 Dec 11	Details	Indian Land Cession	Harris 1827, Heard 1830, Meriwether 1827, Talbot 1827
Turner	1905 Aug 18	Details	Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox, Worth	none
Twiggs	1809 Dec 14	Details	Wilkinson	none
Union	1832 Dec 03	Details	Cherokee	Fannin 1854, Towns 1856
Upson	1824 Dec 15	Details	Crawford, Pike	none
Walker	1833 Dec 18	Details	Murray	Catoosa 1853, Chattooga 1838, Dade 1837
Walton	1818 Dec 15	Details	Cherokee Indian lands	Barrow 1914, Newton 1821
Ware	1824 Dec 15	Details	Irwin	Pierce 1857
Warren	1793 Dec 19	Details	Wilkes, Richmond, Columbia	Glascock 1857, Jefferson 1796, McDuffie 1870, Taliaferro 1825
Washington	1784 Feb 25	Details	Indian Land Cession	Greene 1786, Hancock 1793, Laurens 1807, Montgomery 1793
Wayne	1803 May 11	Details	Creek Indian lands, Charlton, Glynn, Camden	Charlton 1854, Clinch 1850
Webster	1856 Feb 21	Details	reamed from Kinchafoonee	none
Wheeler	1912 Nov 14	Details	Montgomery	none
White	1857 Dec 22	Details	Habersham, Lumpkin	none
Whitfield	1851 Dec 30	Details	Murray	none
Wilcox	1857 Dec 22	Details	Dooly, Irwin, Pulaski	Ben Hill 1906, Turner 1905
Wilkes	1777 Feb 05	Details	Indian lands	Warren 1793, Elbert 1790, Lincoln 1796, Taliaferro 1825, Ogelthorpe 1783
Wilkinson	1803 May 11	Details	Creek Indian lands	Laurens 1807, Montgomery 1793, Telfair 1807, Twiggs 1809
Worth	1852 Dec 20	Details	Dooly, Irwin	Tift 1905, Turner 1905