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Richmond County
Also known as Richmond County, Georgia, Richmond County, GA
county in Georgia, United States
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Richmond County is a county located in Georgia in the United States. It serves as a unit of local government and administration within the state.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- February 5, 1777 ; 249 years ago ( 1777 )
- Named after
- Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond
- Seat
- Augusta
- Largest city
- Augusta
- Total
- 329 sq mi (850 km )
- Land
- 324 sq mi (840 km )
- Water
- 4.3 sq mi (11 km ) 1.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 206,559
- Density
- 638/sq mi (246/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
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Richmond County is located in the state of Georgia in the U.S. As of the 2020 census, the population was 206,607. It is one of the original counties of Georgia, created on February 5, 1777. Following an election in 1995, Augusta (the county seat) consolidated governments with Richmond County. The consolidated entity is known as Augusta-Richmond County, or simply Augusta. Exempt are the cities of Hephzibah and Blythe, in southern Richmond County, which voted to remain separate. Richmond County is included in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metropolitan statistical area.
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