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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.

Jasper County, Georgia

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

County Seat: Monticello
Year Organized: 1807
Square Miles: 370

Court House:

Courthouse On The Square
County Courthouse
Monticello, GA 31064

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Sergeant William Jasper, a Revolutionary War hero who died trying to retrieve his country's flag during the siege of Savannah.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Jasper County was created in 1807 from a part of Baldwin County. Georgia's 34th county was named for Sergeant William Jasper, a Revolutionary War hero who died trying to retrieve his country's flag during the siege of Savannah.

Jasper County was created in 1807 from a part of Baldwin County. Georgia's 34th county was named for Sergeant William Jasper, a Revolutionary War hero who died trying to retrieve a flag during the siege of Savannah.

Monticello, the county seat, was named for Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia. At that time, there were a large number of Virginian transplants in the Jasper County area.

Points of Interest

Parts of Lake Jackson and the Oconee National Forest are located in Jasper County.

There are several homes in the county on the National Register of Historic Places including the Hitchcock-Roberts Home (circa 1817), the Jordan-Bellew House (circa 1838), and Reese Hall (circa 1820).

Notable Citizens

Benjamin Harvey Hill was both a US Congressman and US Senator. He also served in the Confederate Senate and was a staunch supporter of Jefferson Davis.

Trisha Yearwood, the multi-Plantinum and multi-Grammy-winning recording star, is a native of Monticello.

Neighboring Counties:

Northeast: Morgan County
East: Putnam County
Southeast: Jones County
Southwest: Monroe County
West: Butts County
Northwest: Newton County

Cities and Towns:

- Mansfield	city	Incorporated Area
- Monticello (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Shady Dale	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

County http://www.jaspercountyga.org

Chamber of Commerce http://www.historicmonticello.com/

Additional County Info http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp?FIPS=13159

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."