Banks County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- February 1, 1859 ; 167 years ago ( 1859-02-01 )
- Named after
- Richard Banks
- Seat
- Homer
- Largest city
- Commerce
- Total
- 234 sq mi (610 km )
- Land
- 232 sq mi (600 km )
- Water
- 1.8 sq mi (4.7 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 21,273
- Density
- 77.7/sq mi (30.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 9th
- Website
- www .bankscountyga .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Banks County is a county in the Northeast region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,035, down from 18,395 in 2010. The county seat is Homer. The Old Banks County Courthouse is located in Homer and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A new county courthouse was constructed adjacent to the old one in 1983.
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