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Whitfield County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- December 30, 1851 ; 175 years ago ( 1851 )
- Named after
- George Whitefield
- Seat
- Dalton
- Largest city
- Dalton
- Total
- 291 sq mi (750 km )
- Land
- 290 sq mi (750 km )
- Water
- 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 106,212
- Density
- 350/sq mi (140/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 14th
- Website
- whitfieldcountyga.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Whitfield County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Capital
- Dalton
- Population
- 102864
- Area
- 751.1
- Shares border with
- Hamilton County
- Official website
- www.whitfieldcountyga.com
- Image
- Whitfield County Courthouse (Dalton, Georgia) in October 2013.jpg
- Households
- 36412
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- Commons category
- Whitfield County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Whitfield County, Georgia
- inception
- 1851-12-30
- native label
- Whitfield County
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Whitfield County, Georgia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Whitfield County, Georgia
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- per capita income
- 24361
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Whitfield County is a county in the Northwest region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census shows a population of 102,864. The county seat is Dalton. The county was created on December 30, 1851, and named after George Whitefield, Methodist evangelist. The "e" was omitted to reflect the pronunciation of his name.
Whitfield County is part of the Dalton metropolitan area, Georgia, which is also included in the Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton combined statistical area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Whitfield County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.