 schley county is a county located in the u.s. state of georgia. (schley is properly pronounced "sly", as this is the correct pronunciation of gov. william schley, for whom the county is named). as of the 2010 census, the county's population was 5,010. the county seat is ellaville. schley county is part of the americus, ga micropolitan statistical area. ==history== the county was created by an act of the georgia general assembly on december 22, 1857, and is named for william schley, united states representative and thirty-sixth governor of georgia. the first county courthouse was built in 1858. the present schley county courthouse dates from 1899. ==geography== according to the u.s. census bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (0.5%) is water. ===major highways=== * 20px u.s. route 19 * 20px state route 3 * 20px state route 26 * 23px state route 153 * 23px state route 228 * 23px state route 240 * 23px state route 271 ===adjacent counties=== *taylor county (north) *macon county (east) *[[sumter county, geo
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