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Pickens County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- December 5, 1853 ; 173 years ago ( 1853 )
- Named after
- Andrew Pickens
- Seat
- Jasper
- Largest city
- Jasper
- Total
- 233 sq mi (600 km )
- Land
- 232 sq mi (600 km )
- Water
- 0.7 sq mi (1.8 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 37,167
- Density
- 143/sq mi (55/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 9th , 14th
- Website
- pickenscountyga .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Contains
- Jasper
- Capital
- Jasper
- Population
- 33216
- Area
- 603
- Shares border with
- Bartow County
- Official website
- pickenscountyga.gov
- Image
- Pickens County Courthouse, Georgia 2015.JPG
- Households
- 12129
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- Commons category
- Pickens County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Pickens County, Georgia
- inception
- 1853-12-05
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pickens County, Georgia
- different from
- Pickens County
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Pickens County
- social media followers
- 1032
- per capita income
- 32501
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Encyclopedic overview
Pickens County is a county in the Northwest region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,216. The county seat is Jasper. Pickens County is part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, Georgia metropolitan statistical area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pickens County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.