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Effingham County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- February 5, 1777 ; 249 years ago ( 1777 )
- Named after
- Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham
- Seat
- Springfield
- Largest city
- Rincon
- Total
- 483 sq mi (1,250 km )
- Land
- 478 sq mi (1,240 km )
- Water
- 5.2 sq mi (13 km ) 1.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 74,397
- Density
- 136/sq mi (53/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 1st , 12th
- Website
- www .effinghamcounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Contains
- Springfield
- Capital
- Springfield
- Population
- 64769
- Area
- 1250
- Shares border with
- Bulloch County
- Official website
- www.effga.com
- Image
- Effingham County Courthouse, Springfield, GA, US.jpg
- Households
- 21828
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- inception
- 1777-02-05
- water as percent of area
- 1.1
- native label
- Effingham County
- Commons category
- Effingham County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Effingham County, Georgia
- different from
- Effingham County
- per capita income
- 32608
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Effingham County (/ˈɛfɪŋhæm/ EFF-ing-ham) is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,769. The seat is Springfield.
Effingham County is included in the Savannah metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Effingham County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.