Health Care Burke County had 7.3 licensed nursing home beds per 100 persons in 1999, compared with the state average of 5.5 per 100 persons. In 1999, the number of physicians in the county per 10,000 persons was 3.5, compared to the state average of 19.3. Originally organized as the Parish of St. George, Burke County was named for English political writer, member of the British Parliament and supporter of the colonies' interests, Edmond Burke. The county has five municipalities, the largest of which is Waynesboro, the county seat.
Burke County claims ten Georgia governors by birth, residence or marriage.
Lyman Hall, Georgia's signer of the Declaration of Independence and member of the Continential Congress, had a plantation in the county. County history courtesy Department of Community Affairs Georgia County Snapshots , 1996. Use this plain text version .