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4 days ago · View this 1860 Historical Georgia Counties map tool. The historical Georgia counties will be displayed on the map, and you can also overlay present day counties, townships and more.
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Georgia’s population passed 1 million residents for the first time in 1860. Census figures that year indicate that more than 591,000 of those residents (56 percent) were white, and nearly 466,000 (44 percent) were Black. These figures reflect a 16.7 percent increase in the state’s 1850 population, a somewhat slower growth rate than Georgia had seen...
Georgia remained a sharply divided society in terms of wealth and resources, with a pronounced hierarchical social structure dictated by the institution of slavery. Although more than 60 percent of white families in the state did not hold people in slavery, the 37 percent who did, and especially the small tier of large planters, skewed the average ...
Nearly 75 percent of Georgia’s white male populace between the ages of twenty and seventy, and more than 90 percent of its enslaved populace were directly engaged in agricultural pursuits in 1860, and as noted above, the vast majority of the state’s productivity and wealth grew from its plantation economy. Cottonremained king. Georgia had led the w...
The most pervasive forms of industryin late antebellum Georgia remained those most closely tied to agriculture, including the gristmills and sawmills that produced the flour, cornmeal, and timber consumed both locally and in ever-widening markets within the state. The combined value of flour and meal totaled more than $4.5 million, according to the...
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On February 5, 1777, the original eight counties of the state were created: Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Richmond, and Wilkes. Georgia has the second-largest number of counties of any state in the United States, only behind Texas, which has 254 counties.
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This Interactive Map of Georgia Counties show the historical boundaries, names, organization, and attachments of every county, extinct county and unsuccessful county proposal from the creation of the Georgia territory in 1758 to 1932.
159 Counties. View Interactive Map. Maps and text covering the historical boundaries, names, organization, and attachments of every county, extinct county and unsuccessful county proposal from the creation of the first county through December 31, 2000. For help with the interactive maps, see our Using the Atlas page.
Nov 14, 2023 · By Caleb Pike. Map of Georgia county boundaries and county seats. Maps of Georgia are very helpful when it comes to family history research, particularly if you live far away from where your ancestor resided.
Antebellum Era, 1800-1860 . Sub-Topics. ... Grown in most south Georgia counties, peanuts are the official state crop. Courtesy of Explore Georgia, ...
