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Randolph County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- December 20, 1828 ; 197 years ago ( 1828-12-20 )
- Named after
- John Randolph of Roanoke
- Seat
- Cuthbert
- Largest city
- Cuthbert
- Total
- 431 sq mi (1,120 km )
- Land
- 428 sq mi (1,110 km )
- Water
- 2.6 sq mi (6.7 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,156
- Density
- 15/sq mi (5.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- randolphcountyga.com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Randolph County is a county located in the western portion of the U.S. state of Georgia and is considered part of the Black Belt, historically an area of plantations. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,425, roughly one-third of its peak population in 1910, when there were numerous agricultural workers. The county seat is Cuthbert.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Randolph County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.