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Early County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- 1818 ; 208 years ago ( 1818 )
- Named after
- Peter Early
- Seat
- Blakely
- Largest city
- Blakely
- Total
- 516 sq mi (1,340 km )
- Land
- 513 sq mi (1,330 km )
- Water
- 3.8 sq mi (9.8 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 10,455
- Density
- 21/sq mi (8.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- earlycountyga.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Peter Early
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Capital
- Blakely
- Population
- 10854
- Area
- 1337
- Shares border with
- Henry County
- Official website
- earlycounty.georgia.gov
- Image
- Early County Courthouse in Blakely Georgia.jpg
- Households
- 4196
Show 8 more facts
- described at URL
- georgia.gov/cities-counties/early-county
- Commons category
- Early County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Early County, Georgia
- water as percent of area
- 0.7
- native label
- Early County
- inception
- 1818-00-00
- per capita income
- 21992
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Early County, Georgia
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Encyclopedic overview
Early County is a county located on the southwest border of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,854. The county seat is Blakely, where the Early County Courthouse is located. Created on December 15, 1818, it was named for Peter Early, 28th Governor of Georgia. The county is bordered on the west by the Chattahoochee River, forming the border with Alabama.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Early County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.