 worth county is a county located in the southwestern part of the u.s. state of georgia. as of the 2010 census, the population was 21,679. the county seat is sylvester. worth county is included in the albany, ga metropolitan statistical area. the county is called the "peanut capital" because of its massive peanut industry. ==history==  worth county was created from dooly and irwin counties on december 20, 1853, by an act of the georgia general assembly, becoming georgia's 106th county. it was named for major general william j. worth of new york. in 1905, portions of worth county were used to create tift and turner counties. ==geography== according to the u.s. census bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (0.7%) is water. ===major highways===  * 20px u.s. route 82 * 20px state route 32 * 20px state route 33 * 23px state route 112 * 23px state route 133 * 23px state route 256 * 23px state route 300 * 23px state route 313 * 23px state route 520  ===adjacent counties=== *crisp county - nort
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