Creation of Georgia’s Counties
This table shows the origin of each of the counties in Georgia. Once created, each county’s 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 June 27, 1806 |
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 Jan. 1, 1932 |
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 and Warren |
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 |
Columbia, Hancock, 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 |