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
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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.
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