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Lincoln County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- February 20, 1796 ; 230 years ago ( 1796-02-20 )
- Named after
- Benjamin Lincoln
- Seat
- Lincolnton
- Largest city
- Lincolnton
- Total
- 257 sq mi (670 km )
- Land
- 210 sq mi (540 km )
- Water
- 47 sq mi (120 km ) 18.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 8,112
- Density
- 37/sq mi (14/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 10th
- Website
- www .lincolncountyga .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Benjamin Lincoln
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Contains
- Lincolnton
- Capital
- Lincolnton
- Population
- 7690
- Area
- 666
- Shares border with
- Wilkes County
- Official website
- www.lincolncountyga.com
- Image
- Lincoln County Courthouse; Lincolnton, Georgia; November 2, 2012.JPG
- Households
- 3277
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- Commons category
- Lincoln County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Lincoln County, Georgia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lincoln County, Georgia
- inception
- 1796-02-20
- water as percent of area
- 18.2
- native label
- Lincoln County
- different from
- Lincoln
- per capita income
- 24074
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Encyclopedic overview
Lincoln County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,690. The county seat is Lincolnton. The county was created on February 20, 1796. Lincoln County is included in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metropolitan statistical area, the Savannah River forming its northeastern border. Located above the fall line, it is part of the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) and a member of the CSRA Regional Development Center.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lincoln County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.