# List of counties in Georgia

The U.S. state of Georgia is divided into 159 counties, the second-highest number after Texas, which has 254 counties. Under the Georgia State Constitution, all of its counties are granted home rule to deal with problems that are purely local in nature. Also, eight consolidated city-counties have been established in Georgia: Athens–Clarke County, Augusta–Richmond County, Columbus–Muscogee County, Georgetown–Quitman County, Statenville–Echols County, Macon–Bibb County, Cusseta–Chattahoochee County, and Preston-Webster County.

## History

From 1732 until 1758, the minor civil divisions in Georgia were districts and towns. In 1758, the Province of Georgia was divided into eight parishes, and another four parishes were created in 1765. On February 5, 1777, the original eight counties of the state were created: Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Richmond, and Wilkes.
Georgia has the second-largest number of counties of any state in the United States, only behind Texas, which has 254 counties. One traditional reasoning for the creation and location of so many counties in Georgia was that a country farmer, rancher, or lumberman should be able to travel to the legal county seat town or city, and then back home, in one day on horseback or via wagon. About 25 counties in Georgia were created in the first quarter of the 20th century, after the use of the railroad, automobile, truck, and bus had become possible. Because of the County Unit System, later declared unconstitutional, new counties, no matter the population, had at least one representative in the state house, keeping political power in rural areas. The last new county to be established in Georgia was Peach County, founded in 1924.
The proliferation of counties in Georgia led to multiple state constitutional amendments attempting to limit the number of counties. The most recent such amendment, ratified in 1945, limited the number to 159 counties, although there had been 161 counties from 1924 to 1931. In a rare consolidation of counties, both Campbell County and Milton County were annexed into Fulton County in 1932 as a financial move during the Great Depression, since those two county governments were nearly bankrupt. Fulton County contains Atlanta, and it was thought that tax revenues from Atlanta and its suburbs would help to support the rural areas of the discarded counties, which had very little tax income of their own—mostly from property taxes on farms and forests, which did not amount to much.
Due to Georgia's high number of unpopulated counties, Georgia judges are able to get around a state constitutional provision prohibiting banishment "beyond the limits of this state" by banishing criminals from all but one county of the state, usually Echols County. Because the one county where the banished criminal is technically allowed to live is so unpopulated, the banished criminals will leave the state of Georgia rather than move to that county.
Georgia is the only state that still allows sole commissioner county government. As of 2021, seven of the state's 159 counties operate under that system.
During the 2022 legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly began considering reducing the number of counties in the state. Despite the state increasing in population by over one million according to the 2020 Census, 67 counties lost population, mostly in rural areas. The rationale for consolidating counties is to reduce costs for county services such as school systems, law enforcement and elections.

## Changed names of counties

A few counties in Georgia have changed their names. Jasper County was originally named "Randolph County". Later, the present-day Randolph County was founded. Webster County was once named "Kinchafoonee County", and Bartow County was originally named "Cass County".

## Defunct counties

* Christ Church, St. Andrew, St. David, St. George, St. James, St. John, St. Mary, St. Matthew, St. Patrick, St. Paul, St. Philip, and St. Thomas were all parishes that were dissolved in 1777 with the establishment of the charter counties.
* Bourbon County (1785–1788): formed out of disputed Yazoo lands in present-day Mississippi; dissolved in 1788.
* Campbell County (1828–1932): formed from Carroll and Coweta in 1828. Areas northwest of the Chattahoochee River became Douglas in 1870; the remainder of Campbell was merged into southwest Fulton in 1932.
* Milton County (1857–1932): formed from northeast Cobb, southeast Cherokee, and southwest Forsyth in 1857 (and later northern DeKalb); was merged into north Fulton in 1932.
* There was a previous Walton County in Georgia, which was actually located in what is now western North Carolina. A brief skirmish, the Walton War, was fought between North Carolina and Georgia in 1810, before Georgia relinquished its claim on that area after the 1811 survey of Ellicott Rock.

## Majority-minority counties

Per the 2020 Census, 36 of Georgia's 159 counties are majority-minority. Eighteen have African-American majorities and 18 are majority-minority with no dominant group. An influx of immigrants to the Atlanta metropolitan area and Latino workers to the Black Belt has helped to fuel the shift.

## Fictional counties

Film
* Deliverance (1972) is set in a north Georgia county marked on the sheriff's car as Aintry.
* Diggstown (1992) takes place in the fictional Olivair County, Georgia.
* Gator (1976) takes place in the fictional Dunston County, Georgia.
* Ghost Fever (1987) takes place in the fictional Greendale County, Georgia.
* Smokey Bites the Dust (1981) takes place in the fictional Paraquat County, Georgia.
* Tank (1984) takes place in the fictional Clemmons County, Georgia. (Although Clemmons supposedly borders Tennessee, filming was at or near Fort Benning, across the Chattahoochee River from Alabama.)
* The Ugly Dachshund (1966) takes place in the fictional Paraquat County, Georgia.
Television
* The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1985) takes place in Hazzard and Chickasaw counties in Georgia, both fictional.
* Family Guy (2011) names a fictional Dungarees County in Georgia where Peter Griffin gets arrested.
* The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979–1981) takes place in the fictional Orly County, Georgia.
* Rectify (2013–2016), a SundanceTV original series, takes place in the fictional Paulie County, Georgia.
* Squidbillies (2005–2021), an animated Adult Swim series about anthropomorphic cephalopods, is set in rural, fictional Dougal County (a possible reference to Douglas County) in the hills of north Georgia.
* The Walking Dead (2010–2022) names three fictional counties in Georgia: King, Linden and Mert.
* The Resident (2018-2023) makes reference to "Battle County Fire" and "Battle County Search and Rescue," though does not state whether this is where the show is taking place or if main character Conrad Hawkins, M.D., is a member of the services in a nearby county.
* The first season of Amazon Prime streaming series Reacher (2022–present), an adaptation of Lee Child's 1997 novel Killing Floor, takes place in the fictional Lawton County and its town of Margrave, somewhere near the Alabama state line.
Theater
* The Foreigner (1983), a play by Larry Shue, takes place in the fictional Tilghman County, Georgia.
Books
* Karin Slaughter's novels are often set in the fictional Grant County, Georgia.
* In Stephen King's The Green Mile, John Coffey is wrongfully arrested in the fictional Trapingus County, Georgia.
* John Birmingham includes a fictional Buttecracke (pronounced Beau-cray) County, Georgia, in his Dave vs. the Monsters series of novels.
* We Deserve Monuments, by Jas Hammonds, takes place in the fictional Bardell County, Georgia.

## Counties listing

| County | FIPS code | County seat | Est. | Origin | Etymology | Density | Population | Area |
| Appling County | 001 | Baxley | 1818 | Land ceded by the Creek Indians in the Treaty of Fort Jackson in 1814 and the Treaty of the Creek Agency in 1818 | Colonel Daniel Appling (1787–1818), a hero of the War of 1812 | 36.68/sq mi (14.16/km$^2$) | 18,669 | 509 sq mi (1,318 km$^2$) |
| Atkinson County | 003 | Pearson | 1917 | Clinch and Coffee counties | William Yates Atkinson (1854–99), governor of Georgia (1894–98) and speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives | 24.96/sq mi (9.64/km$^2$) | 8,435 | 338 sq mi (875 km$^2$) |
| Bacon County | 005 | Alma | 1914 | Appling, Pierce and Ware counties | Augustus Octavius Bacon (1839–1914), U.S. Senator (1895–1914); President pro tempore of the United States Senate | 38.75/sq mi (14.96/km$^2$) | 11,045 | 285 sq mi (738 km$^2$) |
| Baker County | 007 | Newton | 1825 | Early County | Colonel John Baker (died 1792), a hero of the American Revolutionary War | 7.97/sq mi (3.08/km$^2$) | 2,732 | 343 sq mi (888 km$^2$) |
| Baldwin County | 009 | Milledgeville | 1803 | Creek cessions of 1802 and 1805 | Abraham Baldwin (1754–1807), a Founding Father; U.S. Senator (1799–1807); one of the Georgia delegates who signed the U.S. Constitution | 169.16/sq mi (65.31/km$^2$) | 43,644 | 258 sq mi (668 km$^2$) |
| Banks County | 011 | Homer | 1859 | Franklin and Habersham counties | Dr. Richard Banks (1784–1850), local physician noted for treating natives with smallpox | 86.83/sq mi (33.53/km$^2$) | 20,318 | 234 sq mi (606 km$^2$) |
| Barrow County | 013 | Winder | 1914 | Gwinnett, Jackson and Walton counties | "Uncle Dave" David Crenshaw Barrow Jr. (1852–1929), chancellor of the University of Georgia (1906–29) | 594.41/sq mi (229.50/km$^2$) | 96,294 | 162 sq mi (420 km$^2$) |
| Bartow County | 015 | Cartersville | 1832 | Created from a portion of Cherokee County and originally called Cass County after General Lewis Cass | General Francis S. Bartow (1816–61), Confederate political leader; first Confederate general killed in the American Civil War | 255.45/sq mi (98.63/km$^2$) | 117,508 | 460 sq mi (1,191 km$^2$) |
| Ben Hill County | 017 | Fitzgerald | 1906 | Irwin and Wilcox counties | Benjamin Harvey Hill (1823–82), U.S. Senator (1877–82) | 67.24/sq mi (25.96/km$^2$) | 16,945 | 252 sq mi (653 km$^2$) |
| Berrien County | 019 | Nashville | 1856 | Coffee, Irwin, and Lowndes counties | John Macpherson Berrien (1781–1856), U.S. Senator; U.S. Attorney General | 41.30/sq mi (15.95/km$^2$) | 18,666 | 452 sq mi (1,171 km$^2$) |
| Bibb County | 021 | Macon | 1822 | Houston, Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs counties | Dr. William Wyatt Bibb (1780–1820), first Governor of Alabama; U.S. Senator | 628.22/sq mi (242.56/km$^2$) | 157,056 | 250 sq mi (647 km$^2$) |
| Bleckley County | 023 | Cochran | 1912 | Pulaski County | Logan Edwin Bleckley (1827–1907), Georgia State Supreme Court Chief Justice | 58.18/sq mi (22.46/km$^2$) | 12,626 | 217 sq mi (562 km$^2$) |
| Brantley County | 025 | Nahunta | 1920 | Charlton, Pierce, and Wayne counties | Benjamin Daniel Brantley (1832-91), a state legislator, local merchant and confederate soldier or William Gordon Brantley (1860–1934), U.S. Congressman | 42.33/sq mi (16.34/km$^2$) | 18,795 | 444 sq mi (1,150 km$^2$) |
| Brooks County | 027 | Quitman | 1858 | Lowndes and Thomas counties | Captain Preston S. Brooks (1819–57), a hero of the Mexican–American War; Congressman from South Carolina | 33.09/sq mi (12.78/km$^2$) | 16,344 | 494 sq mi (1,279 km$^2$) |
| Bryan County | 029 | Pembroke | 1793 | Chatham County | Jonathan Bryan (1708–88), colonial settler; famous state representative | 115.62/sq mi (44.64/km$^2$) | 51,105 | 442 sq mi (1,145 km$^2$) |
| Bulloch County | 031 | Statesboro | 1796 | Bryan and Screven counties | Archibald Bulloch (1729–77), a hero of the Revolutionary War; Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives; acting governor of Georgia (1775–77) and first governor of Georgia | 125.12/sq mi (48.31/km$^2$) | 85,454 | 683 sq mi (1,769 km$^2$) |
| Burke County | 033 | Waynesboro | 1777 | Originally organized as St. George Parish | Edmund Burke (1729–97), British-American political philosopher and Member of Parliament (MP) who sympathized with the cause of American independence | 29.45/sq mi (11.37/km$^2$) | 24,472 | 831 sq mi (2,152 km$^2$) |
| Butts County | 035 | Jackson | 1825 | Henry and Monroe counties | Captain Samuel Butts (1777–1814), a hero of the Creek War | 145.06/sq mi (56.01/km$^2$) | 27,127 | 187 sq mi (484 km$^2$) |
| Calhoun County | 037 | Morgan | 1854 | Baker and Early counties | John C. Calhoun (1782–1850), U.S. Congressman; U.S. Senator; Vice President of the United States from South Carolina | 19.43/sq mi (7.50/km$^2$) | 5,441 | 280 sq mi (725 km$^2$) |
| Camden County | 039 | Woodbine | 1777 | St. Mary and St. Thomas parishes | Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1714–94), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain who sympathized with the cause of American independence | 93.81/sq mi (36.22/km$^2$) | 59,099 | 630 sq mi (1,632 km$^2$) |
| Candler County | 043 | Metter | 1914 | Bulloch, Emanuel and Tattnall counties | Allen Daniel Candler (1834–1910), state legislator; U.S. Congressman; Governor of Georgia (1898–1902) | 45.06/sq mi (17.40/km$^2$) | 11,130 | 247 sq mi (640 km$^2$) |
| Carroll County | 045 | Carrollton | 1826 | Lands ceded by the Creek Indians in 1825 in the Treaty of Indian Springs | Charles Carroll (1737–1832), the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence | 260.34/sq mi (100.52/km$^2$) | 129,911 | 499 sq mi (1,292 km$^2$) |
| Catoosa County | 047 | Ringgold | 1853 | Walker and Whitfield counties | Chief Catoosa, a Cherokee chief | 425.56/sq mi (164.31/km$^2$) | 68,940 | 162 sq mi (420 km$^2$) |
| Charlton County | 049 | Folkston | 1854 | Camden County | Robert Milledge Charlton (1807–54), jurist; U.S. Senator (1852–54); mayor of Savannah | 16.67/sq mi (6.44/km$^2$) | 13,021 | 781 sq mi (2,023 km$^2$) |
| Chatham County | 051 | Savannah | 1777 | Christ Church and St. Philip parishes | William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (1708–78), British Prime Minister who sympathized with the cause of American independence | 698.49/sq mi (269.69/km$^2$) | 307,336 | 440 sq mi (1,140 km$^2$) |
| Chattahoochee County | 053 | Cusseta | 1854 | Marion and Muscogee counties | Chattahoochee River, which forms the county's (and the state's) western border | 34.33/sq mi (13.25/km$^2$) | 8,548 | 249 sq mi (645 km$^2$) |
| Chattooga County | 055 | Summerville | 1838 | Floyd and Walker counties | Chattooga River | 80.59/sq mi (31.12/km$^2$) | 25,306 | 314 sq mi (813 km$^2$) |
| Cherokee County | 057 | Canton | 1831 | Cherokee Cession of 1831 | Cherokee Nation, which controlled this part of the state autonomously until 1831 | 692.25/sq mi (267.28/km$^2$) | 293,513 | 424 sq mi (1,098 km$^2$) |
| Clarke County | 059 | Athens | 1801 | Jackson County | Elijah Clarke (1733–99), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 1,074.34/sq mi (414.80/km$^2$) | 129,995 | 121 sq mi (313 km$^2$) |
| Clay County | 061 | Fort Gaines | 1854 | Early and Randolph counties | Henry Clay (1777–1852), Secretary of State; Speaker of the House of Representatives; U.S. Senator from Kentucky | 14.44/sq mi (5.58/km$^2$) | 2,815 | 195 sq mi (505 km$^2$) |
| Clayton County | 063 | Jonesboro | 1858 | Fayette and Henry counties | Augustin Smith Clayton (1783–1839), a local jurist and U.S. Congressman | 2,081.84/sq mi (803.80/km$^2$) | 297,703 | 143 sq mi (370 km$^2$) |
| Clinch County | 065 | Homerville | 1850 | Lowndes and Ware counties | General Duncan Lamont Clinch (1784–1849), a hero of the War of 1812 and the Seminole War; U.S. Congressman | 8.49/sq mi (3.28/km$^2$) | 6,871 | 809 sq mi (2,095 km$^2$) |
| Cobb County | 067 | Marietta | 1832 | Cherokee County | Colonel Thomas Willis Cobb (1784–1835), a hero of the War of 1812; U.S. Congressman | 2,316.29/sq mi (894.32/km$^2$) | 787,538 | 340 sq mi (881 km$^2$) |
| Coffee County | 069 | Douglas | 1854 | Clinch, Irwin, Telfair and Ware counties | General John E. Coffee (1782–1836), a hero of the War of 1812 | 73.21/sq mi (28.27/km$^2$) | 43,851 | 599 sq mi (1,551 km$^2$) |
| Colquitt County | 071 | Moultrie | 1856 | Lowndes and Thomas counties | Walter Terry Colquitt (1799–1855), Methodist pastor; U.S. Senator | 85.10/sq mi (32.86/km$^2$) | 46,977 | 552 sq mi (1,430 km$^2$) |
| Columbia County | 073 | Appling (de jure) and Evans (de facto) | 1790 | Richmond County | Christopher Columbus (1446–1506), explorer | 577.49/sq mi (222.97/km$^2$) | 167,472 | 290 sq mi (751 km$^2$) |
| Cook County | 075 | Adel | 1918 | Berrien County | General Philip Cook (1817–94), Confederate general; Georgia's Georgia Secretary of State | 78.53/sq mi (30.32/km$^2$) | 17,984 | 229 sq mi (593 km$^2$) |
| Coweta County | 077 | Newnan | 1826 | Created on Creek lands ceded in 1825 in the treaty of Indian Springs and Creek Cessions of 1826 | Coweta tribe of the Creek Nation and their village near Columbus | 357.19/sq mi (137.91/km$^2$) | 158,233 | 443 sq mi (1,147 km$^2$) |
| Crawford County | 079 | Knoxville | 1822 | Houston County | William Harris Crawford (1772–1834), U.S. Senator; ambassador to France; Secretary of the Treasury | 38.00/sq mi (14.67/km$^2$) | 12,349 | 325 sq mi (842 km$^2$) |
| Crisp County | 081 | Cordele | 1905 | Dooly County | Charles Frederick Crisp (1845–96), Speaker of the House of Representatives | 71.05/sq mi (27.43/km$^2$) | 19,468 | 274 sq mi (710 km$^2$) |
| Dade County | 083 | Trenton | 1837 | Walker County | Major Francis L. Dade (1793–1835), a hero of the Seminole War | 92.34/sq mi (35.65/km$^2$) | 16,068 | 174 sq mi (451 km$^2$) |
| Dawson County | 085 | Dawsonville | 1857 | Gilmer and Lumpkin counties | William Crosby Dawson (1798–1857), U.S. Senator (1849–55); state legislator | 159.94/sq mi (61.75/km$^2$) | 33,748 | 211 sq mi (546 km$^2$) |
| Decatur County | 087 | Bainbridge | 1823 | Early County | Commodore Stephen Decatur (1779–1820), a naval hero of the actions against the Barbary Pirates in the early 19th century | 49.23/sq mi (19.01/km$^2$) | 29,391 | 597 sq mi (1,546 km$^2$) |
| DeKalb County | 089 | Decatur | 1822 | Henry, Fayette, and Gwinnett counties | "Baron" Johann DeKalb (1721–80) a German who accompanied Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, and was inspector general of the Colonial Army | 2,874.28/sq mi (1,109.77/km$^2$) | 770,307 | 268 sq mi (694 km$^2$) |
| Dodge County | 091 | Eastman | 1870 | Montgomery, Pulaski and Telfair counties | William Earle Dodge (1805–1883), temperance leader; businessman from New York; a co-founder of Phelps, Dodge, and Company, a mining and metals company | 39.18/sq mi (15.13/km$^2$) | 19,630 | 501 sq mi (1,298 km$^2$) |
| Dooly County | 093 | Vienna | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821 | Colonel John Dooly (1740–80), a hero of the American Revolution | 28.46/sq mi (10.99/km$^2$) | 11,186 | 393 sq mi (1,018 km$^2$) |
| Dougherty County | 095 | Albany | 1853 | Baker County | Charles Dougherty (1801–53), judge from Athens, Georgia | 249.75/sq mi (96.43/km$^2$) | 82,418 | 330 sq mi (855 km$^2$) |
| Douglas County | 097 | Douglasville | 1870 | The former Campbell County and Carroll County | Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813–61), an Illinois Democratic Congressman who ran against Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 United States presidential election and lost | 763.25/sq mi (294.69/km$^2$) | 151,887 | 199 sq mi (515 km$^2$) |
| Early County | 099 | Blakely | 1818 | Creek Cession of 1814 | Peter Early (1773–1817), tenth governor of Georgia | 20.44/sq mi (7.89/km$^2$) | 10,444 | 511 sq mi (1,323 km$^2$) |
| Echols County | 101 | Statenville | 1858 | Clinch and Lowndes counties | General Robert M. Echols (1798–1847), a state legislator and a hero of the Mexican–American War | 9.15/sq mi (3.53/km$^2$) | 3,698 | 404 sq mi (1,046 km$^2$) |
| Effingham County | 103 | Springfield | 1777 | St. Matthew and St. Philip parishes | Thomas Howard, Earl of Effingham (1746–1791), who sympathized with the cause of American independence | 152.39/sq mi (58.84/km$^2$) | 73,148 | 480 sq mi (1,243 km$^2$) |
| Elbert County | 105 | Elberton | 1790 | Wilkes County | Samuel Elbert (1740–88), a general in the Revolutionary War; became Governor of Georgia in 1785 | 54.61/sq mi (21.09/km$^2$) | 20,152 | 369 sq mi (956 km$^2$) |
| Emanuel County | 107 | Swainsboro | 1812 | Bulloch and Montgomery counties | Colonel David Emanuel (1744–1808), became the governor of Georgia in 1801 | 33.85/sq mi (13.07/km$^2$) | 23,224 | 686 sq mi (1,777 km$^2$) |
| Evans County | 109 | Claxton | 1914 | Bulloch and Tattnall counties | General Clement Anselm Evans (1832–1911), a hero of the American Civil War; the commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans | 58.75/sq mi (22.68/km$^2$) | 10,869 | 185 sq mi (479 km$^2$) |
| Fannin County | 111 | Blue Ridge | 1854 | Gilmer and Union counties | Colonel James Walker Fannin Jr. (1809–36), a hero of the Texas Revolution | 66.98/sq mi (25.86/km$^2$) | 25,854 | 386 sq mi (1,000 km$^2$) |
| Fayette County | 113 | Fayetteville | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821 | Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), a French hero of the Revolutionary War | 635.06/sq mi (245.20/km$^2$) | 125,107 | 197 sq mi (510 km$^2$) |
| Floyd County | 115 | Rome | 1832 | Cherokee County | General John Floyd (1769–1839), soldier, U.S. Congressman | 197.64/sq mi (76.31/km$^2$) | 101,390 | 513 sq mi (1,329 km$^2$) |
| Forsyth County | 117 | Cumming | 1832 | Cherokee County | John Forsyth (1780–1841), Secretary of State under President Martin Van Buren | 1,239.36/sq mi (478.52/km$^2$) | 280,096 | 226 sq mi (585 km$^2$) |
| Franklin County | 119 | Carnesville | 1784 | Cherokee and Creek Cessions of 1783 | Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), writer, inventor, philosopher, publisher, and a Founding Father of the United States | 95.85/sq mi (37.01/km$^2$) | 25,208 | 263 sq mi (681 km$^2$) |
| Fulton County | 121 | Atlanta | 1853 | DeKalb County + the former Campbell and Milton counties and a portion of Cobb County | Robert Fulton (1765–1815), the inventor who built the Clermont, the first commercially successful steamboat. | 2,061.16/sq mi (795.82/km$^2$) | 1,090,354 | 529 sq mi (1,370 km$^2$) |
| Gilmer County | 123 | Ellijay | 1832 | Cherokee County | George Rockingham Gilmer (1780–1859), 16th governor of Georgia | 78.05/sq mi (30.14/km$^2$) | 33,327 | 427 sq mi (1,106 km$^2$) |
| Glascock County | 125 | Gibson | 1857 | Warren County | General Thomas Glascock (1780–1841), a hero of the War of 1812 and the Seminole War of 1817; U.S. Congressman | 20.89/sq mi (8.07/km$^2$) | 3,008 | 144 sq mi (373 km$^2$) |
| Glynn County | 127 | Brunswick | 1777 | St. David and St. Patrick parishes | John Glynn (1722–79), British Member of Parliament and Serjeant-at-law, who sympathized with the cause of American independence | 205.07/sq mi (79.18/km$^2$) | 86,540 | 422 sq mi (1,093 km$^2$) |
| Gordon County | 129 | Calhoun | 1850 | Cass (now Bartow) and Floyd counties | William Washington Gordon (1796–1842), first president of the Central of Georgia Railroad | 171.17/sq mi (66.09/km$^2$) | 60,765 | 355 sq mi (919 km$^2$) |
| Grady County | 131 | Cairo | 1905 | Decatur and Thomas counties | Henry Woodfin Grady (1850–89), orator; managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution | 57.36/sq mi (22.15/km$^2$) | 26,271 | 458 sq mi (1,186 km$^2$) |
| Greene County | 133 | Greensboro | 1786 | Washington County | General Nathanael Greene (1742–86), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 54.36/sq mi (20.99/km$^2$) | 21,091 | 388 sq mi (1,005 km$^2$) |
| Gwinnett County | 135 | Lawrenceville | 1818 | Cherokee Cession of 1817 and Creek Cession of 1818 | Button Gwinnett (1735–1777), one of Georgia's delegates to the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence | 2,318.40/sq mi (895.14/km$^2$) | 1,003,869 | 433 sq mi (1,121 km$^2$) |
| Habersham County | 137 | Clarkesville | 1818 | Cherokee Cessions of 1817 and 1819 | Colonel Joseph Habersham (1751–1815), a hero of the Revolutionary War; U.S. Postmaster General in the Cabinet of George Washington | 178.65/sq mi (68.98/km$^2$) | 49,665 | 278 sq mi (720 km$^2$) |
| Hall County | 139 | Gainesville | 1818 | Cherokee Cessions of 1817 and 1819 | Dr. Lyman Hall (1724–90), one of Georgia's delegates to the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence; became the governor of Georgia in 1783 | 562.80/sq mi (217.30/km$^2$) | 221,745 | 394 sq mi (1,020 km$^2$) |
| Hancock County | 141 | Sparta | 1793 | Greene and Washington counties | John Hancock (1737–93), President of the Continental Congress; first signer of the Declaration of Independence | 18.36/sq mi (7.09/km$^2$) | 8,683 | 473 sq mi (1,225 km$^2$) |
| Haralson County | 143 | Buchanan | 1856 | Carroll and Polk counties | General Hugh Anderson Haralson (1805–54), U.S. Congressman | 114.91/sq mi (44.37/km$^2$) | 32,404 | 282 sq mi (730 km$^2$) |
| Harris County | 145 | Hamilton | 1827 | Muscogee and Troup counties | Charles Harris (1772–1827), prominent attorney from Savannah | 79.59/sq mi (30.73/km$^2$) | 36,929 | 464 sq mi (1,202 km$^2$) |
| Hart County | 147 | Hartwell | 1853 | Elbert and Franklin counties | Nancy Morgan Hart (1735–1830), a heroine of the Revolutionary War | 120.91/sq mi (46.68/km$^2$) | 28,052 | 232 sq mi (601 km$^2$) |
| Heard County | 149 | Franklin | 1830 | Carroll, Coweta and Troup counties | Stephen Heard (1740–1815), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 40.94/sq mi (15.81/km$^2$) | 12,119 | 296 sq mi (767 km$^2$) |
| Henry County | 151 | McDonough | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821 | Patrick Henry (1736–99), prominent lawyer, orator, and a Founding Father of the United States | 802.83/sq mi (309.97/km$^2$) | 259,315 | 323 sq mi (837 km$^2$) |
| Houston County | 153 | Perry | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821 | John Houstoun (1744–1796), member of the Continental Congress; became governor of Georgia in 1778 | 463.92/sq mi (179.12/km$^2$) | 174,897 | 377 sq mi (976 km$^2$) |
| Irwin County | 155 | Ocilla | 1818 | Creek Cessions of 1814 and 1818 | Jared Irwin (1751–1818), the governor who rescinded the Yazoo Act in 1796 | 25.64/sq mi (9.90/km$^2$) | 9,155 | 357 sq mi (925 km$^2$) |
| Jackson County | 157 | Jefferson | 1796 | Franklin County | General James Jackson (1757–1806), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 274.34/sq mi (105.92/km$^2$) | 93,825 | 342 sq mi (886 km$^2$) |
| Jasper County | 159 | Monticello | 1807 | Baldwin (FKA Randolph County 1807–12) | Sergeant William Jasper (1750–1779), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 46.54/sq mi (17.97/km$^2$) | 17,219 | 370 sq mi (958 km$^2$) |
| Jeff Davis County | 161 | Hazlehurst | 1905 | Appling and Coffee counties | Jefferson Davis (1808–89), the first and only President of the Confederate States of America | 45.40/sq mi (17.53/km$^2$) | 15,119 | 333 sq mi (862 km$^2$) |
| Jefferson County | 163 | Louisville | 1796 | Burke and Warren counties | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third President of the United States | 28.45/sq mi (10.98/km$^2$) | 15,019 | 528 sq mi (1,368 km$^2$) |
| Jenkins County | 165 | Millen | 1905 | Bulloch, Burke, Emanuel, and Screven counties | Charles Jones Jenkins (1805–83), governor of Georgia, who was the author of the famous Georgia Platform of 1850 | 25.25/sq mi (9.75/km$^2$) | 8,836 | 350 sq mi (906 km$^2$) |
| Johnson County | 167 | Wrightsville | 1858 | Emanuel, Laurens and Washington counties | Herschel Vespasian Johnson (1812–80), U.S. Senator; Governor of Georgia | 30.19/sq mi (11.66/km$^2$) | 9,178 | 304 sq mi (787 km$^2$) |
| Jones County | 169 | Gray | 1807 | Baldwin County | James Jones (1769–1801), U.S. Congressman | 73.72/sq mi (28.46/km$^2$) | 29,047 | 394 sq mi (1,020 km$^2$) |
| Lamar County | 171 | Barnesville | 1920 | Monroe and Pike counties | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825–93), U.S. Senator; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court | 111.84/sq mi (43.18/km$^2$) | 20,690 | 185 sq mi (479 km$^2$) |
| Lanier County | 173 | Lakeland | 1920 | Berrien, Clinch and Lowndes counties | Sidney Lanier (1842–1881), attorney, linguist, mathematician, and musician | 55.96/sq mi (21.61/km$^2$) | 10,464 | 187 sq mi (484 km$^2$) |
| Laurens County | 175 | Dublin | 1807 | Wilkinson County | Colonel John Laurens (1754–82), aide to George Washington during the Revolutionary War | 61.85/sq mi (23.88/km$^2$) | 50,287 | 813 sq mi (2,106 km$^2$) |
| Lee County | 177 | Leesburg | 1826 | Creek Cessions of 1826 | Lieutenant Colonel Henry Lee III (1732–1794), a hero of the Revolutionary War, who attained the nickname "Light-Horse Harry" | 95.71/sq mi (36.95/km$^2$) | 34,073 | 356 sq mi (922 km$^2$) |
| Liberty County | 179 | Hinesville | 1777 | St Andrew, St James, and St John Parishes | Named in honor of the noted patriotism of the citizens of Midway in their support of the cause of colonial independence | 132.19/sq mi (51.04/km$^2$) | 68,607 | 519 sq mi (1,344 km$^2$) |
| Lincoln County | 181 | Lincolnton | 1796 | Wilkes County | General Benjamin Lincoln (1733–1810), a hero of the Revolutionary War; was later assigned to the suppression of Shays' Rebellion | 38.15/sq mi (14.73/km$^2$) | 8,049 | 211 sq mi (546 km$^2$) |
| Long County | 183 | Ludowici | 1920 | Liberty County | Dr. Crawford Williamson Long (1815–78), in 1842 the first man to use diethyl ether as an anesthetic for dental surgery | 50.97/sq mi (19.68/km$^2$) | 20,439 | 401 sq mi (1,039 km$^2$) |
| Lowndes County | 185 | Valdosta | 1825 | Irwin County | William Jones Lowndes (1782–1822), prominent figure in the affairs of South Carolina throughout the formative years of the United States | 242.23/sq mi (93.53/km$^2$) | 122,082 | 504 sq mi (1,305 km$^2$) |
| Lumpkin County | 187 | Dahlonega | 1832 | Cherokee, Habersham, and Hall counties | Wilson Lumpkin (1783–1870), Governor of Georgia; U.S. Senator | 126.82/sq mi (48.97/km$^2$) | 36,016 | 284 sq mi (736 km$^2$) |
| Macon County | 193 | Oglethorpe | 1837 | Houston and Marion counties | General Nathaniel Macon (1758–1837), Speaker of the House of Representatives; U.S. Senator | 29.36/sq mi (11.34/km$^2$) | 11,831 | 403 sq mi (1,044 km$^2$) |
| Madison County | 195 | Danielsville | 1811 | Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Jackson and Oglethorpe counties | James Madison (1751–1836), fourth President of the United States; chief writer of the U.S. Constitution | 115.39/sq mi (44.55/km$^2$) | 32,771 | 284 sq mi (736 km$^2$) |
| Marion County | 197 | Buena Vista | 1827 | Lee and Muscogee counties | General Francis Marion (1732–95), the "Swamp Fox"; a hero of the Revolutionary War | 20.80/sq mi (8.03/km$^2$) | 7,635 | 367 sq mi (951 km$^2$) |
| McDuffie County | 189 | Thomson | 1870 | Columbia and Warren counties | George McDuffie (1790–1851), orator and governor of South Carolina | 83.71/sq mi (32.32/km$^2$) | 21,764 | 260 sq mi (673 km$^2$) |
| McIntosh County | 191 | Darien | 1793 | Liberty County | General Lachlan McIntosh (1727–1806), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 27.19/sq mi (10.50/km$^2$) | 11,800 | 434 sq mi (1,124 km$^2$) |
| Meriwether County | 199 | Greenville | 1827 | Formed from Troup County | General David Meriwether (1755–1822), a hero of the Revolutionary War; U.S. Congressman | 42.62/sq mi (16.46/km$^2$) | 21,439 | 503 sq mi (1,303 km$^2$) |
| Miller County | 201 | Colquitt | 1856 | Baker and Early counties | Andrew Jackson Miller (1806–56), president of the Medical College of Georgia | 20.58/sq mi (7.95/km$^2$) | 5,824 | 283 sq mi (733 km$^2$) |
| Mitchell County | 205 | Camilla | 1857 | Baker County | Gen. Henry Mitchell (1760–1839), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 39.71/sq mi (15.33/km$^2$) | 20,329 | 512 sq mi (1,326 km$^2$) |
| Monroe County | 207 | Forsyth | 1821 | Creek Cession of 1821 | James Monroe (1758–1831), the fifth President of the United States and the creator of the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 | 79.39/sq mi (30.65/km$^2$) | 31,437 | 396 sq mi (1,026 km$^2$) |
| Montgomery County | 209 | Mount Vernon | 1793 | Washington County | General Richard Montgomery (1738–75), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 34.96/sq mi (13.50/km$^2$) | 8,566 | 245 sq mi (635 km$^2$) |
| Morgan County | 211 | Madison | 1807 | Baldwin County | General Daniel Morgan (1736–1802), a hero of the Revolutionary War; U.S. Congressman | 62.69/sq mi (24.20/km$^2$) | 21,940 | 350 sq mi (906 km$^2$) |
| Murray County | 213 | Chatsworth | 1832 | Cherokee County | Thomas W. Murray (1790–1832), famous state legislator | 120.10/sq mi (46.37/km$^2$) | 41,316 | 344 sq mi (891 km$^2$) |
| Muscogee County | 215 | Columbus | 1826 | Creek Cession of 1826 | Muskogee ethnic group, to which the Creek and Seminole Nations belong | 934.40/sq mi (360.77/km$^2$) | 201,830 | 216 sq mi (559 km$^2$) |
| Newton County | 217 | Covington | 1821 | Henry, Jasper, and Walton counties | Sergeant John Newton (1755–80), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 449.31/sq mi (173.48/km$^2$) | 124,010 | 276 sq mi (715 km$^2$) |
| Oconee County | 219 | Watkinsville | 1875 | Clarke County | Oconee River, which forms its eastern boundary | 240.60/sq mi (92.90/km$^2$) | 44,751 | 186 sq mi (482 km$^2$) |
| Oglethorpe County | 221 | Lexington | 1793 | Wilkes County | General James Edward Oglethorpe (1696–1785), the founder of the Colony of Georgia | 36.67/sq mi (14.16/km$^2$) | 16,172 | 441 sq mi (1,142 km$^2$) |
| Paulding County | 223 | Dallas | 1832 | Cherokee County | John Paulding (1759–1818), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 600.47/sq mi (231.84/km$^2$) | 188,549 | 314 sq mi (813 km$^2$) |
| Peach County | 225 | Fort Valley | 1924 | Houston and Macon counties | Its location in Central Georgia is one of the richest peach-producing regions in the country. | 193.46/sq mi (74.70/km$^2$) | 29,213 | 151 sq mi (391 km$^2$) |
| Pickens County | 227 | Jasper | 1853 | Cherokee and Gilmer counties | General Andrew Pickens (1739–1817), a hero of the Revolutionary War; U.S. Congressman | 157.67/sq mi (60.88/km$^2$) | 36,580 | 232 sq mi (601 km$^2$) |
| Pierce County | 229 | Blackshear | 1857 | Appling and Ware counties | Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), fourteenth President of the United States | 60.26/sq mi (23.27/km$^2$) | 20,669 | 343 sq mi (888 km$^2$) |
| Pike County | 231 | Zebulon | 1822 | Monroe County | General Zebulon Pike (1779–1813), explorer and a hero of the War of 1812 | 94.81/sq mi (36.61/km$^2$) | 20,669 | 218 sq mi (565 km$^2$) |
| Polk County | 233 | Cedartown | 1851 | Floyd and Paulding counties | James Knox Polk (1795–1849), eleventh President of the United States | 143.44/sq mi (55.38/km$^2$) | 44,610 | 311 sq mi (805 km$^2$) |
| Pulaski County | 235 | Hawkinsville | 1808 | Laurens County | Count Kazimierz Pułaski of Poland (1748–79), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 41.21/sq mi (15.91/km$^2$) | 10,180 | 247 sq mi (640 km$^2$) |
| Putnam County | 237 | Eatonton | 1807 | Baldwin County | General Israel Putnam (1718–90), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 67.97/sq mi (26.24/km$^2$) | 23,383 | 344 sq mi (891 km$^2$) |
| Quitman County | 239 | Georgetown | 1858 | Randolph and Stewart counties | General John Anthony Quitman (1799–1858), a hero of the Mexican-American War | 15.28/sq mi (5.90/km$^2$) | 2,323 | 152 sq mi (394 km$^2$) |
| Rabun County | 241 | Clayton | 1819 | Cherokee Cession of 1819 | William Rabun (1771–1819), Governor of Georgia (1817–19) | 47.74/sq mi (18.43/km$^2$) | 17,711 | 371 sq mi (961 km$^2$) |
| Randolph County | 243 | Cuthbert | 1828 | Lee County | John Randolph of Roanoke (1773–1833), U.S. Congressman | 14.18/sq mi (5.47/km$^2$) | 6,085 | 429 sq mi (1,111 km$^2$) |
| Richmond County | 245 | Augusta | 1777 | St Paul Parish | Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond (1735–1806), who sympathized with the cause of American independence | 636.74/sq mi (245.85/km$^2$) | 206,303 | 324 sq mi (839 km$^2$) |
| Rockdale County | 247 | Conyers | 1870 | Henry and Newton counties | Rockdale Church, which was so named for the subterranean bed of granite that underlies this region of the state | 745.11/sq mi (287.69/km$^2$) | 97,610 | 131 sq mi (339 km$^2$) |
| Schley County | 249 | Ellaville | 1857 | Marion and Sumter counties | William Schley (1786–1858), governor of Georgia (1835–37) | 26.80/sq mi (10.35/km$^2$) | 4,503 | 168 sq mi (435 km$^2$) |
| Screven County | 251 | Sylvania | 1793 | Burke and Effingham counties | General James Screven (1744–1778), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 22.11/sq mi (8.54/km$^2$) | 14,325 | 648 sq mi (1,678 km$^2$) |
| Seminole County | 253 | Donalsonville | 1920 | Decatur and Early counties | Seminole Nation | 38.97/sq mi (15.05/km$^2$) | 9,274 | 238 sq mi (616 km$^2$) |
| Spalding County | 255 | Griffin | 1851 | Fayette, Henry, and Pike counties | Thomas Spalding (1774–1851), U.S. Congressman, state legislator, and agriculturalist | 355.01/sq mi (137.07/km$^2$) | 70,292 | 198 sq mi (513 km$^2$) |
| Stephens County | 257 | Toccoa | 1905 | Franklin and Habersham counties | Alexander Stephens (1812–83), U.S. Congressman; Governor of Georgia; first and only Vice President of the Confederate States of America | 153.62/sq mi (59.31/km$^2$) | 27,498 | 179 sq mi (464 km$^2$) |
| Stewart County | 259 | Lumpkin | 1830 | Randolph County | General Daniel Stewart (1759–1829), a hero of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 | 10.48/sq mi (4.05/km$^2$) | 4,809 | 459 sq mi (1,189 km$^2$) |
| Sumter County | 261 | Americus | 1831 | Lee County | General Thomas Sumter (1734–1832), the "Fighting Gamecock," a hero of the Revolutionary War | 59.74/sq mi (23.07/km$^2$) | 28,972 | 485 sq mi (1,256 km$^2$) |
| Talbot County | 263 | Talbotton | 1827 | Muscogee County | Matthew Talbot (1762–1827), served in the Georgia State Senate for 15 years, including two years as the President of the Senate, and Governor of Georgia for two weeks in 1819 | 14.64/sq mi (5.65/km$^2$) | 5,755 | 393 sq mi (1,018 km$^2$) |
| Taliaferro County | 265 | Crawfordville | 1825 | Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren, and Wilkes counties | Colonel Benjamin Taliaferro (1750–1821), U.S. Congressman; a hero of the Revolutionary War | 8.31/sq mi (3.21/km$^2$) | 1,620 | 195 sq mi (505 km$^2$) |
| Tattnall County | 267 | Reidsville | 1801 | Montgomery County | Josiah Tattnall (1764–1803), U.S. Senator; Governor of Georgia | 50.15/sq mi (19.36/km$^2$) | 24,275 | 484 sq mi (1,254 km$^2$) |
| Taylor County | 269 | Butler | 1852 | Macon, Marion and Talbot counties | Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), the twelfth President of the United States | 20.59/sq mi (7.95/km$^2$) | 7,783 | 378 sq mi (979 km$^2$) |
| Telfair County | 271 | McRae-Helena | 1807 | Wilkinson County | Edward Telfair (1735–1807), the second Governor of Georgia following the establishment of the United States | 24.94/sq mi (9.63/km$^2$) | 11,000 | 441 sq mi (1,142 km$^2$) |
| Terrell County | 273 | Dawson | 1856 | Lee and Randolph counties | Dr. William Terrell (1778–1855), U.S. Congressman | 25.89/sq mi (10.00/km$^2$) | 8,698 | 336 sq mi (870 km$^2$) |
| Thomas County | 275 | Thomasville | 1825 | Decatur and Irwin counties | General Jett Thomas (1776–1817), a hero of the War of 1812 | 84.04/sq mi (32.45/km$^2$) | 46,054 | 548 sq mi (1,419 km$^2$) |
| Tift County | 277 | Tifton | 1905 | Berrien, Irwin and Worth counties | Colonel Nelson Tift (1810–91), a captain in the Confederate States Navy; U.S. Congressman | 157.39/sq mi (60.77/km$^2$) | 41,708 | 265 sq mi (686 km$^2$) |
| Toombs County | 279 | Lyons | 1905 | Emanuel, Montgomery, and Tattnall counties | General Robert Toombs (1810–85), U.S. Senator; Confederate States Secretary of State | 74.90/sq mi (28.92/km$^2$) | 27,488 | 367 sq mi (951 km$^2$) |
| Towns County | 281 | Hiawassee | 1856 | Rabun and Union counties | George Washington Towns (1801–54), governor of Georgia during the antebellum period | 79.42/sq mi (30.66/km$^2$) | 13,184 | 166 sq mi (430 km$^2$) |
| Treutlen County | 283 | Soperton | 1918 | Emanuel and Montgomery counties | John A. Treutlen (1726–82), the first elected Governor of Georgia (1777–78) | 31.94/sq mi (12.33/km$^2$) | 6,420 | 201 sq mi (521 km$^2$) |
| Troup County | 285 | LaGrange | 1826 | Creek Cession of 1826 | George M. Troup (1780–1856), Governor of Georgia (1823–27); U.S. Senator | 172.74/sq mi (66.70/km$^2$) | 71,513 | 414 sq mi (1,072 km$^2$) |
| Turner County | 287 | Ashburn | 1905 | Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox and Worth counties | Captain Henry G. Turner (1839–1904), U.S. Congressman; a hero of the American Civil War | 31.55/sq mi (12.18/km$^2$) | 9,023 | 286 sq mi (741 km$^2$) |
| Twiggs County | 289 | Jeffersonville | 1809 | Wilkinson County | General John Twiggs (1750–1816), a hero of the Revolutionary War; Governor of Georgia | 21.47/sq mi (8.29/km$^2$) | 7,728 | 360 sq mi (932 km$^2$) |
| Union County | 291 | Blairsville | 1832 | Cherokee County | Federal union of the states | 85.45/sq mi (32.99/km$^2$) | 27,601 | 323 sq mi (837 km$^2$) |
| Upson County | 293 | Thomaston | 1824 | Crawford and Pike counties | Stephen Upson (1786–1824), state legislator | 86.99/sq mi (33.59/km$^2$) | 28,358 | 326 sq mi (844 km$^2$) |
| Walker County | 295 | LaFayette | 1833 | Murray County | Major Freeman Walker (1780–1827), U.S. Senator (1819–1821) | 155.47/sq mi (60.03/km$^2$) | 69,340 | 446 sq mi (1,155 km$^2$) |
| Walton County | 297 | Monroe | 1818 | Creek Cession of 1818 | George Walton (1749–1804), one of Georgia's delegates to the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence | 333.71/sq mi (128.85/km$^2$) | 109,792 | 329 sq mi (852 km$^2$) |
| Ware County | 299 | Waycross | 1824 | Appling County | Nicholas Ware (1769–1824), U.S. Senator (1821–24) | 40.11/sq mi (15.49/km$^2$) | 36,222 | 903 sq mi (2,339 km$^2$) |
| Warren County | 301 | Warrenton | 1793 | Columbia, Hancock, Richmond, and Wilkes counties | General Joseph Warren (1741–75), a hero of the Revolutionary War | 18.00/sq mi (6.95/km$^2$) | 5,148 | 286 sq mi (741 km$^2$) |
| Washington County | 303 | Sandersville | 1784 | Creek Cession of 1783 | George Washington (1732–99), the first President of the United States, although named after him as a general | 29.17/sq mi (11.26/km$^2$) | 19,834 | 680 sq mi (1,761 km$^2$) |
| Wayne County | 305 | Jesup | 1803 | Creek Cession of 1802 | General Anthony Wayne (1745–96), known as "Mad Anthony Wayne"; U.S. Congressman; a hero of the Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War | 49.82/sq mi (19.24/km$^2$) | 32,132 | 645 sq mi (1,671 km$^2$) |
| Webster County | 307 | Preston | 1853 | Stewart County (Formally Kinchafoonee) | Daniel Webster (1782–1852), U.S. Secretary of State; supported Henry Clay's Compromise of 1850 | 11.02/sq mi (4.25/km$^2$) | 2,315 | 210 sq mi (544 km$^2$) |
| Wheeler County | 309 | Alamo | 1912 | Montgomery County | General Joseph Wheeler (1836–1906), U.S. Congressman; a hero of the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War | 23.74/sq mi (9.17/km$^2$) | 7,076 | 298 sq mi (772 km$^2$) |
| White County | 311 | Cleveland | 1857 | Habersham County | Colonel John White, a hero of the Revolutionary War | 122.60/sq mi (47.34/km$^2$) | 29,668 | 242 sq mi (627 km$^2$) |
| Whitfield County | 313 | Dalton | 1851 | Murray County | George Whitefield (1714–70), pastor; established the Bethesda Orphanage near Savannah | 362.31/sq mi (139.89/km$^2$) | 105,070 | 290 sq mi (751 km$^2$) |
| Wilcox County | 315 | Abbeville | 1857 | Dooly, Irwin, and Pulaski counties | General Mark Wilcox (1800–50), a noted soldier and state legislator | 23.43/sq mi (9.05/km$^2$) | 8,904 | 380 sq mi (984 km$^2$) |
| Wilkes County | 317 | Washington | 1777 | Cherokee and Creek Cessions of 1773 | John Wilkes (1727–97), a British Member of Parliament who sympathized with the cause of American independence | 20.31/sq mi (7.84/km$^2$) | 9,567 | 471 sq mi (1,220 km$^2$) |
| Wilkinson County | 319 | Irwinton | 1803 | Creek Cessions of 1802 and 1805 | General James Wilkinson (1757–1825), a hero of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812; Senior Officer of the U.S. Army; turned out to be an agent of the Spanish government | 19.39/sq mi (7.49/km$^2$) | 8,667 | 447 sq mi (1,158 km$^2$) |
| Worth County | 321 | Sylvester | 1853 | Dooly and Irwin counties | General William J. Worth (1794–1849), a hero of the Mexican–American War | 35.55/sq mi (13.73/km$^2$) | 20,262 | 570 sq mi (1,476 km$^2$) |