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Lowndes County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- December 23, 1825 ; 201 years ago ( 1825 )
- Named after
- William Jones Lowndes
- Seat
- Valdosta
- Largest city
- Valdosta
- Total
- 511 sq mi (1,320 km )
- Land
- 496 sq mi (1,280 km )
- Water
- 15 sq mi (39 km ) 2.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 122,867
- Density
- 220/sq mi (85/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 1st , 8th
- Website
- lowndescounty.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Contains
- Valdosta
- Capital
- Valdosta
- Population
- 118251
- Area
- 1323
- Shares border with
- Cook County
- Official website
- www.lowndescounty.com
- Image
- Courthouse of Lowndes County, Georgia.jpg
- Households
- 42755
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lowndes County, Georgia
- Commons category
- Lowndes County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Lowndes County, Georgia
- inception
- 1825-12-23
- different from
- Lowndes County
- water as percent of area
- 2.8
- native label
- Lowndes County
- per capita income
- 24580
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Encyclopedic overview
Lowndes County (/ˈlaʊndz/) is a county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 118,251. The county seat is Valdosta. The county was created December 23, 1825.
Lowndes County is included in the Valdosta metropolitan statistical area. It is located along the border with Florida.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lowndes County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.