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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.

Laurens County, Georgia

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

County Seat: Dublin
Year Organized: 1807
Square Miles: 813

Court House:

P.O. Box 2011
County Courthouse
Dublin, GA 31040-2011

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named in honor of Colonel John Laurens, an aide-de-camp to General George Washington.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Taken from Wilkinson County in 1807 and absorbing part of Washington County in 1811, Laurens County was named in honor of Colonel John Laurens, an aide-de-camp to General George Washington.

Dublin was named at the request of an Irishman, Jonathan Sawyer, who donated the land for the town after stipulating its name. He wanted to please his wife, who was from Dublin.

The Ocute Indian Mounds at Blackshear's Ferry date back to 1000 B.C.

Points of Interest

In the Oconee River, on the Laurens County border, government biologists have discovered what seems to be a new species of fish.

Higher Education

Heart of Georgia Institute

Neighboring Counties:

Northeast: Johnson County
East: Emanuel County; Treutlen County
Southeast: Wheeler County
Southwest: Dodge County
West: Bleckley County
Northwest: Twiggs County; Wilkinson County

Cities and Towns:

- Cadwell	town	Incorporated Area
- Dexter	town	Incorporated Area
- Dublin (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Dudley	city	Incorporated Area
- East Dublin	city	Incorporated Area
- Montrose	town	Incorporated Area
- Rentz	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

County http://www.laurenscoga.org/

Chamber of Commerce http://www.dublin-georgia.com/

Additional County Info http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp?FIPS=13175

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."