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Clarke County is located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census , the population was 128,671. [1] Its county seat is Athens , [2] with which it is a consolidated city-county .
- Winterville
Winterville is a village in Clarke County, Georgia, United...
- Athens–Clarke County metropolitan area
The Athens-Clarke County Metropolitan Statistical Area, as...
- Winterville
Mar 31, 2006 · Clarke County, in northeast Georgia, is the state’s twenty-sixth county. It was originally inhabited by members of the Cherokee and Creek Indian nations, but the first white settlers arrived very soon after the end of the American Revolution (1775-83).
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Athens-Clarke County Designated as First Gold Level BioReady County in Georgia. Athens-Clarke County has been designated as a gold level BioReady® Community by the state’s leading life sciences membership organization, Georgia Bio. Athens-Clarke County is the first county in Georgia to receive this certification.
Clarke County is a county in the American state of Georgia. The county seat of Clarke County is Athens, Georgia. Clarke county was formed on December 5, 1801 and named after Revolutionary War hero Elijah Clarke. The University of Georgia is in Clarke County.
About Us. History. Clarke County. Early History. Clarke County was created by an Act of the Georgia General Assembly on December 5, 1801. The county was named after Revolutionary War hero Elijah Clarke and included 250 square miles of land that was originally part of Jackson County.
Clarke County was established in 1801 and named after Elijah Clarke, a Revolutionary War hero, and Athens was established as a town in 1805. Athens was named by John Milledge, later governor of Georgia, after Athens, Greece, the center of learning in the classical world and home to the academies of Plato and Aristotle.
