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Schley County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- December 22, 1857 ; 169 years ago ( 1857 )
- Named after
- William Schley
- Seat
- Ellaville
- Largest city
- Ellaville
- Total
- 168 sq mi (440 km )
- Land
- 167 sq mi (430 km )
- Water
- 0.9 sq mi (2.3 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 4,593
- Density
- 27/sq mi (10/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- schleycountyga .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- William Schley
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Capital
- Ellaville
- Population
- 4547
- Area
- 435
- Shares border with
- Marion County
- Official website
- schleycountyga.us
- Image
- Schley County Courthouse, Ellaville.JPG
- Households
- 1861
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- Commons category
- Schley County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Schley County, Georgia
- inception
- 1857-12-22
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Schley County
- per capita income
- 21857
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Schley County, Georgia
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Encyclopedic overview
Schley County (/slaɪ/ SLY) is a county located in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 U.S. census, its population was 4,547. The county seat is Ellaville.
Schley County is part of the Americus, GA micropolitan statistical area. It is named in honor of Governor William Schley.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schley County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.