This table shows the origin of each of the counties in Georgia. Once
created, each countys territory could and often did change over time. Disputed
boundaries, creation of new counties, improved surveys, etc. could change the boundaries
of a county. In the case of Campbell and Milton counties, an act of the General
Assembly merged these counties into Fulton County. Names of counties could also
change: Cass was changed to Bartow, Jasper was once Randolph, and Webster was
once named Kinchafoonee County.
|
Name |
Number |
Date of Act |
Created from |
|
Appling |
40 |
Dec. 15, 1818 |
Creek cessions of Aug. 9, 1814 and Jan.
22, 1818 an original county. |
|
Atkinson |
151 |
Aug. 15, 1917 |
Clinch and Coffee |
|
Bacon |
149 |
July 27, 1917 |
Appling, Pierce, and Ware |
|
Baker |
61 |
Dec. 12, 1825 |
Early |
|
Baldwin |
27 |
May 11, 1803 |
Creek cessions of June 16, 1802 and
Nov. 14, 1805 an original county. |
|
Banks |
127 |
Dec. 11, 1858 |
Franklin and Habersham |
|
Barrow |
147 |
July 7, 1914 |
Gwinnett, Jackson, and Walton |
|
Bartow |
80 |
Dec. 3, 1832 |
Cherokee originally Cass (until Dec.
6, 1861) |
|
Ben Hill |
144 |
July 31, 1906 |
Irwin and Wilcox |
|
Berrien |
114 |
Feb. 25.1856 |
Coffee, Irwin, and Lowndes |
|
Bibb |
54 |
Dec. 9, 1822 |
Houston, Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs |
|
Bleckley |
145 |
July 30, 1912 |
Pulaski |
|
Brantley |
156 |
Aug. 14, 1920 |
Charlton, Pierce, and Wayne |
|
Brooks |
128 |
Dec. 11, 1858 |
Lowndes and Thomas |
|
Bryan |
16 |
Dec. 19, 1793 |
Chatham |
|
Bulloch |
21 |
Feb. 8,1796 |
Bryan and Screven |
|
Burke |
1 |
Feb. 5, 1777 |
Creek cession of May 20, 1733 an
original county previously organized in 1758 as the Parish of St. George |
|
Butts |
64 |
Dec. 24, 1825 |
Henry and Monroe |
|
Calhoun |
111 |
Feb. 20, 1854 |
Baker and Early |
|
Camden |
2 |
Feb. 5, 1777 |
Creek cessions of Nov. 10, 1763 and
Nov. 12, 1785 an original county previously organized in 1765 as the
Parishes of St. Thomas and St. Mary |
|
Campbell |
104-C |
Dec. 20, 1828 |
Carroll, Coweta, Dekalb, and Fayette
merged into Fulton Jan. 1, 1932 |
|
Candler |
148 |
July 14, 1914 |
Bulloch, Emanuel, and Tattnall |
|
Carroll |
66 |
June 9, 1825 |
Creek cession of Jan. 24, 1826, Mar.
31, 1826, and Nov. 15, 1827 an original county |
|
Catoosa |
99 |
Dec. 5, 1853 |
Walker and Whitfield |
|
Charlton |
110 |
Feb. 18, 1854 |
Camden |
|
Chatham |
3 |
Feb. 5, 1777 |
Creek cession of May 20, 1733 an
original county previously organized in 1758 as the Parishes of St. Philip
and Christ Church |
|
Chattahoochee |
108 |
Feb. 13, 1854 |
Marion and Muscogee |
|
Chattooga |
92 |
Dec. 28, 1838 |
Floyd and Walker |
|
Cherokee |
79 |
Dec. 21, 1830 |
An original county; Cherokee cession of
Dec. 29, 1835 U.S. Treaty (Act pert. to actual removal) |
|
Clarke |
25 |
Dec. 5, 1801 |
Jackson |
|
Clay |
109 |
Feb. 16, 1854 |
Early and Randolph |
|
Clayton |
125 |
Nov. 30, 1858 |
Fayette and Henry |
|
Clinch |
94 |
Feb. 14, 1850 |
Lowndes and Ware |
|
Cobb |
81 |
Dec. 3, 1832 |
Cherokee |
|
Coffee |
107 |
Feb. 9, 1854 |
Clinch, Irwin,
Telfair, and Ware |
|
Colquitt |
115 |
Feb. 25, 1856 |
Lowndes and Thomas |
|
Columbia |
12 |
Dec. 10, 1790 |
Richmond |
|
Cook |
153 |
July 30, 1918 |
Berrien |
|
Coweta |
67 |
June 9, 1825 |
Creek cessions of Jan. 24, 1826 and
Mar. 31, 1826 an original county |
|
Crawford |
55 |
Dec. 9, 1822 |
Houston |
|
Crisp |
136 |
Aug. 17, 1905 |
Dooly |
|
Dade |
91 |
Dec. 25, 1837 |
Walker |
|
Dawson |
118 |
Dec. 3, 1857 |
Gilmer and Lumpkin |
|
Decatur |
58 |
Dec. 8, 1823 |
Early |
|
Dekalb |
56 |
Dec. 9, 1822 |
Fayette, Gwinnett, and Henry |
|
Dodge |
134 |
Oct. 26, 1870 |
Montgomery, Pulaski, and Telfair |
|
Dooly |
48 |
May 15, 1821 |
Creek cession of Jan. 8, 1821 an
original county |
|
Dougherty |
102 |
Dec. 15, 1853 |
Baker |
|
Douglas |
131 |
Oct. 17, 1870 |
Campbell and Carroll |
|
Early |
41 |
Dec. 15, 1818 |
Creek cession of Aug. 9, 1814 an
original county |
|
Echols |
130 |
Dec. 13, 1858 |
Clinch and Lowndes |
|
Effingham |
4 |
Feb 5, 1777 |
Creek cession of May 20, 1733 an
original county previously organized in 1758 as the Parishes of St. Matthew
and St. Philip |
|
Elbert |
13 |
Dec. 10, 1790 |
Wilkes |
|
Emanuel |
39 |
Dec. 10, 1812 |
Bulloch and Montgomery |
|
Evans |
150 |
Aug. 11, 1914 |
Bulloch and Tattnall |
|
Fannin |
106 |
Jan. 21, 1854 |
Gilmer and Union |
|
Fayette |
49 |
May 15, 1821 |
Creek cession of Jan. 8, 1821 an
original county |
|
Floyd |
82 |
Dec. 3, 1832 |
Cherokee |
|
Forsyth |
83 |
Dec. 3, 1832 |
Cherokee |
|
Franklin |
9 |
Feb. 25, 1784 |
Cherokee cession of May 31, 1783 and
Creek cession of Nov. 1, 1783 an original county |
|
Fulton |
104 |
Dec. 20, 1853 |
Dekalb, Campbell, and Milton |
|
Gilmer |
84 |
Dec. 3, 1832 |
Cherokee |
|
Glascock |
120 |
Dec. 19, 1857 |
Warren |
|
Glynn |
5 |
Feb. 5, 1777 |
Creek cessions of Nov. 10, 1763 and
Nov. 12, 1785 an original county previously organized in 1765 as the
Parishes of St. David and St. Patrick |
|
Gordon |
93 |
Feb. 13, 1850 |
Bartow (Cass) and Floyd |
|
Grady |
137 |
Aug. 17, 1905 |
Decatur and Thomas |
|
Greene |
11 |
Feb. 3, 1786 |
Washington |
|
Gwinnett |
42 |
Dec. 15, 1818 |
Cherokee cession of July 8, 1817 and
Creek cession of Jan. 22, 1818 an original county |
|
Habersham |
43 |
Dec. 15, 1818 |
Cherokee cessions of July 8, 1817 and
Feb. 27, 1819 an original county |
|
Hall |
44 |
Dec. 15, 1818 |
Cherokee cessions of July 8, 1817 and
Feb. 27, 1819 an original county |
|
Hancock |
15 |
Dec. 17, 1793 |
Greene and Washington |
|
Haralson |
112 |
Jan. 26, 1856 |
Carroll and Polk |
|
Harris |
71 |
Dec. 14, 1827 |
Muscogee and Troup |
|
Hart |
101 |
Dec. 7, 1853 |
Elbert and Franklin |
|
Heard |
76 |
Dec. 22, 1830 |
Carroll, Coweta, and Troup |
|
Henry |
50 |
May 15, 1821 |
Creek cession of Jan. 8, 1821 an
original county |
|
Houston |
51 |
May 15, 1821 |
Creek cession of Jan. 8, 1821 an
original county |
|
Irwin |
45 |
Dec. 15, 1818 |
Creek cession of Aug. 9, 1814 and Jan.
22, 1818 an original county |
|
Jackson |
22 |
Feb. 11, 1796 |
Franklin |
|
Jasper |
34 |
Dec. 10, 1807 |
Baldwin originally Randolph (until
1812) |
|
Jeff Davis |
140 |
Aug. 18, 1905 |
Appling and Coffee |
|
Jefferson |
23 |
Feb. 20, 1796 |
Burke, Montgomery, Warren, and
Washington |
|
Jenkins |
138 |
Aug. 17, 1905 |
Bullock, Burke, Emanuel, and Screven |
|
Johnson |
129 |
Dec. 11, 1858 |
Emanuel, Laurens, and Washington |
|
Jones |
30 |
Dec. 10, 1807 |
Baldwin |
|
Lamar |
158 |
Aug. 17, 1920 |
Monroe and Pike |
|
Lanier |
155 |
Aug. 7, 1920 |
Berrien, Clinch, and Lowndes |
|
Laurens |
31 |
Dec. 10, 1807 |
Wilkinson |
|
Lee |
68 |
June 9, 1825 |
Creek cessions of Jan. 24, 1826 and
Mar. 31,1826 an original county |
|
Liberty |
6 |
Feb. 5, 1777 |
Creek cession of May 20, 1733 an
original county previously organized in 1758 as the Parishes of St. John, St.
Andrew, and St. James |
|
Lincoln |
24 |
Feb. 20, 1796 |
Wilkes |
|
Long |
157 |
Aug. 14, 1920 |
Liberty |
|
Lowndes |
62 |
Dec. 23, 1825 |
Irwin |
|
Lumpkin |
85 |
Dec. 3, 1832 |
Cherokee, Habersham, and Hall |
|
McDuffie |
132 |
Oct. 18, 1870 |
Columbia and Warren |
|
McIntosh |
17 |
Dec. 19, 1793 |
Liberty |
|
Macon |
90 |
Dec. 14, 1837 |
Houston and Marion |
|
Madison |
38 |
Dec. 5, 1811 |
Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Jackson, and
Oglethorpe |
|
Marion |
72 |
Dec. 14, 1827 |
Lee and Muscogee |
|
Meriwether |
73 |
Dec. 14, 1827 |
Troup |
|
Miller |
116 |
Feb. 26, 1856 |
Baker and Early |
|
Milton |
104-M |
Dec. 18, 1857 |
Cherokee, Cobb, and Forsyth merged
into Fulton Jan. 1, 1932 |
|
Mitchell |
121 |
Dec. 21, 1857 |
Baker |
|
Monroe |
52 |
May 15, 1821 |
Creek cession of Jan. 8, 1821 an
original county |
|
Montgomery |
18 |
Dec. 19, 1793 |
Washington |
|
Morgan |
32 |
Dec. 10, 1807 |
Baldwin |
|
Murray |
86 |
Dec. 3, 1832 |
Cherokee |
|
Muscogee |
69 |
June 9, 1825 |
Creek cession of Jan. 24, 1826 and Mar.
31, 1826 an original county |
|
Newton |
53 |
Dec. 24, 1821 |
Henry, Jasper, and Walton |
|
Oconee |
135 |
Feb. 25, 1875 |
Clarke |
|
Oglethorpe |
19 |
Dec. 19, 1793 |
Wilkes |
|
Paulding |
87 |
Dec. 3, 1832 |
Cherokee |
|
Peach |
159 |
July 18, 1924 |
Houston and Macon |
|
Pickens |
100 |
Dec. 5, 1853 |
Cherokee and Gilmer |
|
Pierce |
119 |
Dec. 18, 1857 |
Appling and Ware |
|
Pike |
57 |
Dec. 9, 1822 |
Monroe |
|
Polk |
95 |
Dec. 20, 1851 |
Floyd and Paulding |
|
Pulaski |
36 |
Dec. 13, 1808 |
Laurens |
|
Putnam |
33 |
Dec. 10, 1807 |
Baldwin |
|
Quitman |
126 |
Dec. 10, 1858 |
Randolph and Stewart |
|
Rabun |
47 |
Dec. 21, 1819 |
Cherokee cession of Feb. 27, 1819 an
original county |
|
Randolph |
75 |
Dec. 20, 1828 |
Lee |
|
Richmond |
7 |
Feb. 5, 1777 |
Creek cession of May 20, 1733 an
original county previously organized in 1758 as the Parish of St. Paul |
|
Rockdale |
133 |
Oct. 18, 1870 |
Henry and Newton |
|
Schley |
122 |
Dec. 22, 1857 |
Marion and Sumter |
|
Screven |
14 |
Dec. 14, 1793 |
Burke and Effingham |
|
Seminole |
154 |
July 8, 1920 |
Decatur and Early |
|
Spalding |
96 |
Dec. 20, 1851 |
Fayette, Henry, and Pike |
|
Stephens |
141 |
Aug. 18, 1905 |
Franklin and Habersham |
|
Stewart |
77 |
Dec. 23, 1830 |
Randolph |
|
Sumter |
78 |
Dec. 26, 1831 |
Lee |
|
Talbot |
74 |
Dec. 14, 1827 |
Muscogee |
|
Taliaferro |
65 |
Dec. 24, 1825 |
Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren,
and Wilkes |
|
Tattnall |
26 |
Dec. 5, 1801 |
Montgomery |
|
Taylor |
98 |
Jan. 15, 1852 |
Macon, Marion, and Talbot |
|
Telfair |
35 |
Dec. 10, 1807 |
Wilkinson |
|
Terrell |
113 |
Feb. 16, 1856 |
Lee and Randolph |
|
Thomas |
63 |
Dec. 23, 1825 |
Decatur and Irwin |
|
Tift |
139 |
Aug. 17, 1905 |
Berrien, Irwin, and Worth |
|
Toombs |
142 |
Aug. 18, 1905 |
Emanuel, Montgomery, and Tattnall |
|
Towns |
117 |
Mar. 6, 1856 |
Rabun and Union |
|
Treutlen |
152 |
Aug. 21,1917 |
Emanuel and Montgomery |
|
Troup |
70 |
June 9, 1825 |
Creek cessions of Jan. 24, 1826 and
Mar. 31, 1826 an original county |
|
Turner |
143 |
Aug. 18, 1905 |
Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox, and Worth |
|
Twiggs |
37 |
Dec. 14, 1809 |
Wilkinson |
|
Union |
88 |
Dec. 3, 1832 |
Cherokee |
|
Upson |
59 |
Dec. 15, 1824 |
Crawford and Pike |
|
Walker |
89 |
Dec. 18, 1833 |
Murray |
|
Walton |
46 |
Dec. 15, 1818 |
Creek cession of Jan. 22, 1818 an
original county |
|
Ware |
60 |
Dec. 15, 1824 |
Appling |
|
Warren |
20 |
Dec. 19, 1793 |
Burke, Columbia, Richmond, and Wilkes |
|
Washington |
10 |
Feb. 25, 1784 |
Creek cession of Nov. 1, 1783 an
original county |
|
Wayne |
28 |
May 11, 1803 |
Creek cession of June 16, 1802 an
original county |
|
Webster |
103 |
Dec. 16, 1853 |
Stewart originally Kinchafoonee
(until Feb. 21, 1856) |
|
Wheeler |
146 |
Aug. 14, 1912 |
Montgomery |
|
White |
123 |
Dec. 22, 1857 |
Habersham |
|
Whitfield |
97 |
Dec. 30, 1851 |
Murray |
|
Wilcox |
124 |
Dec. 22, 1857 |
Dooly, Irwin, and Pulaski |
|
Wilkes |
8 |
Feb. 5, 1777 |
Cherokee and Creek cessions of June 1,
1773 an original county |
|
Wilkinson |
29 |
May 11, 1803 |
Creek cessions of June 16, 1802 and
Nov. 14, 1805 an original county |
|
Worth |
105 |
Dec. 20, 1853 |
Dooly and Irwin |