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Georgia Counties

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Georgia Counties

Georgia is divided into 159 counties. Under the Georgia Constitution, Counties are granted home rule to deal with issues that are local in nature. Four consolidated city-Counties — Athens (Clarke County), Augusta (Richmond County), Columbus (Muscogee County), and Cusseta (Chattahoochee County) — exist.

Georgia has the second-highest number of Counties of any state in the United States, behind Texas (254). A few Georgia Counties have changed names over time. Jasper County was originally known as Randolph County. Later, the current Randolph County came into being. Webster County was once known as Kinchafoonee County, and Bartow County was formerly known as Cass County.

Harris County, Georgia

Harris County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Hamilton
Year Organized: 1827
Square Miles: 464

Court House:

P.O. Box 365
County Courthouse
Hamilton, GA 31811-0365

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Charles Harris, a lawyer who served as mayor of Savannah.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Harris County was created in 1827 from portions of Muscogee and Troup counties. Georgia's 71st county was named for Charles Harris, a lawyer who served as mayor of Savannah.

Points of Interest

Franklin Delano Roosevelt State Park is located on Pine Mountain in Harris County. This 10,000-acre park features two lakes, hiking and backpacking trails, an FDR Museum, and warm springs famous for their curative powers.

The 500-acre Pine Mountain Animal Park allows visitors the opportunity to observe giraffes, camels, zebras, llamas, buffalo, elk and antelopes in natural habitats. Other attractions at the animal park include a monkey house, a serpentorium and an alligator pit.

The nationally known Callaway Gardens Resort is located in the county. The 12,000-acre resort features 63 holes of golf, a 1,000-acre hunting preserve and one of the largest botanical gardens in the world. The Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center, featuring more than 50 species of tropical butterflies, and the John A. Sibley Horticultural Center are located within the resort.

Neighboring Counties:

Northeast: Meriwether County
East: Talbot County
South: Muscogee County
Southwest: Lee County, Ala.
Northwest: Chambers County, Ala.; Troup County

Cities and Towns:

- Hamilton (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Pine Mountain	town	Incorporated Area
- Shiloh	city	Incorporated Area
- Waverly Hall	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

Chamber of Commerce http://www.harriscountychamber.org/ Additional County Info http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp?FIPS=13145

County Resources

The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."