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Ben Hill County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- 1906 ; 120 years ago ( 1906 )
- Named after
- Benjamin Harvey Hill
- Seat
- Fitzgerald
- Largest city
- Fitzgerald
- Total
- 254 sq mi (660 km )
- Land
- 250 sq mi (650 km )
- Water
- 3.8 sq mi (9.8 km ) 1.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 17,099
- Density
- 69/sq mi (27/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- benhillcounty-ga.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Ben Hill County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,194. The county seat is Fitzgerald. The county was organized in 1906. It is named after Benjamin Harvey Hill, a former Confederate and United States Senator.
Ben Hill County comprises the Fitzgerald micropolitan statistical area. The Ben Hill County Courthouse and Ben Hill County Jail are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ben Hill County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.