{"id":22792,"date":"2020-01-21T19:43:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T00:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=22792"},"modified":"2023-08-16T18:09:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T23:09:38","slug":"georgia-counties-visited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/georgia-counties-visited\/","title":{"rendered":"Counties in Georgia that I have Visited"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"there-are-159-counties-in-georgia-the-peach-state\">There are 159 Counties in Georgia &#8211; &#8220;<em>The Peach State<\/em>&#8220;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Also be sure to see my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">United States County Counting Page<\/a> for the rest of the states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/counties\/georgia.jpg\" alt=\"Georgia Counties Visited\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"i-have-visited-39-counties-24-5-of-counties-in-georgia\">I have visited <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">78 Counties<\/span> = 49.1% of Counties in Georgia<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank.&nbsp; Map created using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mob-rule.com\/home\">Mob Rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"articles\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"twelve-mile-circle-articles-featuring-places-in-georgia\">Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Georgia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=12dzzmi02YW5qwcAeHZLLVps2CzUWVdJj\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Markers designate the Georgia locations featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twelvemilecircle.com\">Twelve Mile Circle<\/a> articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"counties-in-georgia\">Counties in Georgia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/tybee-island-light\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51961477369_52d114ece8_b.jpg\" alt=\"Providence Canyon State Outdoor Recreation in Georgia. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Providence Canyon near Lumpkin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the 159 counties in Georgia. Although infrequent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">counties sometimes do change<\/a> so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are highlighted in <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Red<\/b><\/span>. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn&#8217;t working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Appling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atkinson: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14544\">Georgia&#8217;s Enigma<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bacon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Baldwin<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14227\">Georgia Capitals<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Banks<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Barrow<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12006\">Bought the Town<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13215\">Quad County Towns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Bartow<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ben Hill: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14848\">Full Names<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=1095\">Reconciliation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Berrien: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14544\">Georgia&#8217;s Enigma<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bleckley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brantley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brooks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Bryan<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bulloch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Burke: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=668\">Mobley Swamp<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Butts<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Calhoun<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Camden<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15102\">Saint Marys River<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Candler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Carroll<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Catoosa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Charlton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Chatham<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=21864\">Fort Pulaski National Monument<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/moon-river-brewing.html\">Moon River Brewing Company<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15944\">Nimby Lane<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=22777\">Savannah<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=22132\">Tybee Island Light Station<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16409\">Savannah Globe Mural<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Chattahoochee<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chattooga<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Cherokee<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Clarke<\/b><\/span>: Smallest county in Georgia (121 square miles), <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=29341\">Tree That Owns Itself<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Clay<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=29248\">Frontier Village<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Clayton<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clinch: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14436\">Ampersand<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Cobb<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6446\">The Impossible 5K<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coffee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colquitt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Columbia<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cook: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16455\">State Nickname Streets<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Coweta<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Crawford<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6715\">Cut the Corner<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Crisp<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31341\">Titan I Missile<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Dade<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=59\">Georgia-Tennessee Boundary Dispute<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=3925\">It Enters then Exits<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Dawson<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>De Kalb<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=22780\">Stone Mountain<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=3811\">The Long Drive<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Decatur<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dodge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Dooly<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Dougherty<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=10087\">Radioactive<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Douglas<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Early<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=29248\">Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=29248\">Kolomoki Mounds<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Echols<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Effingham<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15405\">Jasper and Newton<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elbert<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emanuel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fanin: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6917\">Springer Mountain<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Fayette<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Floyd: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17284\">Misplaced Romans<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Forsyth<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Franklin<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=29341\">Cromer&#8217;s Mill Covered Bridge<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Fulton<\/b><\/span>: Largest county population in Georgia (816,006 people in 2000 Census); <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16999\">Zero Mile Post<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31066\">Fourth Ward Skatepark<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31066\">Krog Street Tunnel<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31358\">Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12696\">Pick a Lane. Any Lane<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31066\">Ponce Street Market<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17467\">Where the Stadium Once Stood<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31358\">Zoo Atlanta<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gilmer: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6917\">Springer Mountain<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glascock: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13342\">Triple Letter<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Glynn<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gordon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Grady<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Greene<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Gwinnett<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12006\">Bought the Town<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13215\">Quad County Towns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Habersham<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17495\">Young Lick Knob<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=29443\">Tallulah Gorge<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Hall<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12006\">Bought the Town<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13215\">Quad County Towns<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=10046\">Smokey and the Bandit Route<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=29443\">Dipsy the Cow<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hancock<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Haralson<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Harris<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Hart<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Henry<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Houston<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Irwin: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=668\">Vanishing South Georgia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Jackson<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16820\">Literal Roads to Nowhere<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12006\">Bought the Town<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13215\">Quad County Towns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jasper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeff Davis: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13070\">Jeff Davis<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jefferson: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14227\">Georgia Capitals<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jenkins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Johnson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Jones<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Lamar<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lanier<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laurens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Lee<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Liberty<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lincoln<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Long<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lowndes: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=9029\">Mmm&#8230; Doughnut<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lumpkin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Macon<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17063\">Brought Home from the Mexican War<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Macon-Bibb<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=736\">Bibb-Monroe Border War in Georgia<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=3424\">Bibb-Monroe Revisited<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17261\">No, It&#8217;s Not There<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=29290\">Ocmulgee Mounds<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=29290\">Bass Pro<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Madison<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Marion<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>McDuffie<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=3811\">Dueling Waffle Houses<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>McIntosh<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Meriwether<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miller<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Mitchell<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Monroe<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=736\">Bibb-Monroe Border War in Georgia<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=3424\">Bibb-Monroe Revisited<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=29290\">Bass Pro<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Montgomery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Morgan<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Murray<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Muscogee<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14768\">Label Me Elmo<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=29196\">Kadie the Cow<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=29196\">RiverWalk<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=29196\">National Civil War Naval Museum<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Newton<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12198\">The Chunk That Got Away<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Oconee<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7908\">County Counter Extraordinaire<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oglethorpe: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7908\">County Counter Extraordinaire<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paulding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Peach<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pickens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pierce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pike<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Polk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pulaski<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Putnam<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=29341\">Uncle Remus Museum<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Quitman<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Rabun<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17495\">Lickety-Split<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=29443\">Foxfire Museum<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=29443\">Goats On The Roof<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=29443\">Tallulah Gorge<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Randolph<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Richmond<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14296\">Finding the Original Purpose<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Rockdale<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Schley<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Screven: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12995\">Shaped Like it Sounds<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminole<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Spalding<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Stephens<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Stewart<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=29290\">Providence Canyon<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sumter: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=10099\">Victory<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talbot<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Taliaferro<\/b><\/span>: Smallest county population in Georgia (2,077 people in 2000 Census).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tattnall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Taylor<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Telfair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Terrell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thomas: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=10640\">First Name, Surname Symmetry<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tift<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Toombs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Towns: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17495\">Lickety-Split<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Treutlen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Troup<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Twiggs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Union<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upson: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15191\">What the?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Walker: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14086\">Goin&#8217; Down to Garland<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Walton<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11930\">Flip-Flopping<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12346\">Life is Hard<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12198\">The Chunk That Got Away<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ware: Largest county in Georgia (903 square miles).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Warren<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Washington<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wayne<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Webster<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wheeler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>White<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whitfield<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wilcox<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wilkes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wilkinson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Worth<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"quick-facts-about-georgia\">Quick Facts About Georgia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Location:<\/b> Southeast United States. See map above.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Size<sup>(<a href=\"#Footnote-1\">1<\/a>)<\/sup>:<\/b> 57,513 square miles. Georgia is the 21st largest state. The next larger state is Washington and the next smaller state is Michigan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Population<sup>(<a href=\"#Footnote-2\">2<\/a>)<\/sup>:<\/b> 10,519,475 people. Georgia is the 8th most populous state. The next more populous state is Ohio and the next less populous state is North Carolina.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Population Density:<\/b> 156.68 people per square mile. Georgia is the 17th most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is Indiana and the next less densely populated state is South Carolina.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Bordering States:<\/b> Georgia shares a border with 5 states: South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Admission to the Union:<\/b> January 2, 1788. Georgia was the 4th state admitted to the Union, after New Jersey and before Connecticut.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Capital:<\/b> Atlanta.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Highest Point:<\/b> 4,784 feet at Brasstown Bald. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitpost.org\/brasstown-bald\/152987\">SummitPost&#8217;s Brasstown Bald page<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Lowest Point:<\/b> Sea Level at the Gulf of Mexico.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Government website:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/georgia.gov\/\">georgia.gov &#8211; Online access to Georgia government<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Official Tourism website:<\/b>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.exploregeorgia.org\/\">Explore Georgia<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Still not enough?<\/b> See <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgia%2C_U.S.\">Wikipedia&#8217;s Georgia page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"Footnote-1\"><\/a>(1) Wikipedia: <span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;List of U.S. states and territories by area&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1055233,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;Linux Libertine\\&quot;, Georgia, Times, serif&quot;,&quot;23&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=HYPERLINK(&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area&quot;,&quot;List of U.S. states and territories by area&quot;)\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">List of U.S. states and territories by area<\/a><\/span>. Land area only.<br><a name=\"Footnote-2\"><\/a>(2) Wikipedia: <span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;List of states and territories of the United States by population&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1055233,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;Linux Libertine\\&quot;, Georgia, Times, serif&quot;,&quot;23&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=HYPERLINK(&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population&quot;,&quot;List of states and territories of the United States by population&quot;)\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">List of states and territories of the United States by population<\/a><\/span>. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are 159 Counties in Georgia &#8211; &#8220;The Peach State&#8220; Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states. I have visited 78 Counties = 49.1% of Counties in Georgia Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank.&nbsp; Map created using Mob Rule. 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