Georgia County Creation Dates and Parent Counties
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| 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 |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ [http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Georgia/viewer.htm Georgia Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor; Gordon DenBoer, Historical Compiler; Douglas Knox, Book Digitizing Director and Digital Compiler; Emily Kelley, Research Associate; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant. Copyright The Newberry Library 2008.