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Colquitt County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- 1856 ; 170 years ago ( 1856 )
- Named after
- Walter Terry Colquitt
- Seat
- Moultrie
- Largest city
- Moultrie
- Total
- 557 sq mi (1,440 km )
- Land
- 544 sq mi (1,410 km )
- Water
- 12 sq mi (31 km ) 2.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 47,438
- Density
- 84/sq mi (32/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- colquittcountyga.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Colquitt County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,898. The county seat is Moultrie. The county was created on February 25, 1856, and is named for Walter Terry Colquitt, a U.S. senator. Colquitt County comprises the Moultrie, GA micropolitan statistical area.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colquitt County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.