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George County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- James Z. George
- Seat
- Lucedale
- Largest city
- Lucedale
- Total
- 484 sq mi (1,250 km )
- Land
- 479 sq mi (1,240 km )
- Water
- 4.9 sq mi (13 km ) 1.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 26,331
- Density
- 50.8/sq mi (19.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .georgecountyms .com /index .html
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- James Z. George
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mississippi
- Contains
- Lucedale
- Capital
- Lucedale
- Population
- 24350
- Area
- 1253
- Shares border with
- Mobile County
- Official website
- georgecountyms.com
- Image
- George County Mississippi Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 8085
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from George County, Mississippi
- Commons category
- George County, Mississippi
- topic's main category
- Category:George County, Mississippi
- inception
- 1910-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1
- native label
- George County
- per capita income
- 22333
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Encyclopedic overview
George County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,350. Its county seat is Lucedale. The county is named for James Z. George, US Senator from Mississippi. George County was included in the Pascagoula metropolitan area. The county is located adjacent to the Alabama state line.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “George County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.