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Habersham 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
- Joseph Habersham
- Seat
- Clarkesville
- Largest city
- Cornelia
- Total
- 279 sq mi (720 km )
- Land
- 277 sq mi (720 km )
- Water
- 2.3 sq mi (6.0 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 50,416
- Density
- 166/sq mi (64.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 9th
- Website
- www .habershamga .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Contains
- Clarkesville
- Capital
- Clarkesville
- Population
- 46031
- Area
- 723
- Shares border with
- Towns County
- Official website
- www.co.habersham.ga.us
- Image
- Chenocetah Mountain tower.jpg
- Households
- 15258
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- Commons category
- Habersham County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Habersham County, Georgia
- water as percent of area
- 0.8
- native label
- Habersham County
- inception
- 1818-12-15
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Habersham County, Georgia
- per capita income
- 24060
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Encyclopedic overview
Habersham County is a county in the Northeast region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,031. The county seat is Clarkesville. The county was created on December 15, 1818, and named for Colonel Joseph Habersham of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. Habersham County comprises the Cornelia, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
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