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Clarke County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- 1801 ; 225 years ago ( 1801 )
- Named after
- Elijah Clarke
- Seat
- Athens
- Largest city
- Athens
- Total
- 121 sq mi (310 km )
- Land
- 119 sq mi (310 km )
- Water
- 1.8 sq mi (4.7 km ) 1.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 129,921
- Density
- 1,080/sq mi (417/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 9th , 10th
- Website
- accgov.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
Clarke County is located in the East Central region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 128,671. Its county seat is Athens, with which it is a consolidated city-county. Clarke County is included in the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clarke County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.