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Jeff Davis County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- August 18, 1905 ; 121 years ago ( 1905 )
- Named after
- Jefferson Davis
- Seat
- Hazlehurst
- Largest city
- Hazlehurst
- Other cities
- Denton, Georgia
- Total
- 335 sq mi (870 km )
- Land
- 331 sq mi (860 km )
- Water
- 4.7 sq mi (12 km ) 1.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 15,219
- Density
- 45/sq mi (17/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
- Website
- jeffdaviscountyga.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Jefferson Davis
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Capital
- Hazlehurst
- Population
- 14779
- Area
- 869
- Shares border with
- Coffee County
- Official website
- www.hazlehurst-jeffdavis.com
- Image
- Jeff Davis County courthouse, Hazlehurst, GA, US.jpg
- Households
- 5139
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- Commons category
- Jeff Davis County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Jeff Davis County, Georgia
- water as percent of area
- 1.4
- native label
- Jeff Davis County
- inception
- 1905-08-18
- different from
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- per capita income
- 18452
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Encyclopedic overview
Jeff Davis County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,779. The county seat is Hazlehurst. The county was created on August 18, 1905, and named for Jefferson Davis, the only Confederate president.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jeff Davis County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.