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Wilkinson County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- May 11, 1803 ; 223 years ago ( 1803 )
- Named after
- James Wilkinson
- Seat
- Irwinton
- Largest city
- Gordon
- Total
- 452 sq mi (1,170 km )
- Land
- 447 sq mi (1,160 km )
- Water
- 4.6 sq mi (12 km ) 1.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 8,650
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- www .wilkinsoncounty .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- James Wilkinson
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Capital
- Irwinton
- Population
- 8877
- Area
- 452
- Shares border with
- Jones County
- Official website
- www.wilkinsoncounty.net
- Image
- Elam-Camp house, Gordon, GA, US (05).jpg
- Households
- 3301
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- Commons category
- Wilkinson County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Wilkinson County, Georgia
- inception
- 1803-05-11
- different from
- Wilkinson County
- water as percent of area
- 1
- native label
- Wilkinson County
- per capita income
- 22987
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Encyclopedic overview
Wilkinson County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,877. The county seat is Irwinton. The county was created on May 11, 1803, and named for General James Wilkinson (1757–1825).
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wilkinson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.