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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.

Wilkinson County, Georgia

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

County Seat: Irwinton
Year Organized: 1803
Square Miles: 447

Court House:

P.O. Box 161
County Courthouse
Irwinton, GA 31042-0161

Etymology - Origin of County Name

The county was named for General James Wilkinson, an officer of the Revolutionary War and native of Maryland.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Wilkinson County, the 29th county formed in Georgia, was created in 1803. The county was named for General James Wilkinson, an officer of the Revolutionary War and native of Maryland.

Irwinton was named for Georgia governor Jared Irwin. Gordon was named for the first president of the Central Georgia Railroad, William Washington Gordon (for whom Gordon County is also named). Allentown is situated at the junction of four counties: Wilkinson, Twiggs, Laurens and Bleckley.

Wilkinson county has lost courthouses to fire in 1829, 1854, 1864 and 1924.

Points of Interest

Wilkinson County has substantial kaolin deposits, which are important to the local economy.

Wilkinson County shares the Beaver Dam with Laurens County, to the southeast. This was once a Wildlife Management Area owned and operated by DNR, but now is privately owned. The Oconee River forms the county's eastern border.

Several interesting attractions include the Swampland Opera House in Toomsboro, and Beaver Creek at Ivy Station, which has a restored caboose, a cane mill and Civil War memorabilia.

Neighboring Counties:

Northeast: Washington County
East: Johnson County
Southeast: Laurens County
Southwest: Bleckley County; Twiggs County
Northwest: Jones County; Baldwin County

Cities and Towns:

- Allentown	city	Incorporated Area
- Gordon	city	Incorporated Area
- Irwinton (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Ivey	town	Incorporated Area
- McIntyre	town	Incorporated Area
- Toomsboro	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

County http://www.wilkinsoncounty.net/

Chamber of Commerce

Additional County Info http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp?FIPS=13319

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."