Elbert County is a

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located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,637. The

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is Elberton. The county was established on December 10, 1790, and was named for

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Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (6.2%) is water. The county is located in the

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region of the state. The northern half of Elbert County, north of a line made by following State Route 17 from Bowman southeast to Elberton, and then following State Route 72 east to just before the

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border, and then heading south along the shores of Lake Richard B. Russell & Clarkes Hill to the county's southeastern tip, is located in the Upper

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sub-basin of the larger Savannah River basin. The portion of the county south of this line is located in the Broad River sub-basin of the Savannah River basin.

Major highways

State Route 17 * Georgia 72

State Route 72 * Georgia 77

State Route 77 * Georgia 77 Connector

State Route 77 Connector * Georgia 79

State Route 79 * Georgia 172

State Route 172 * Georgia 368

State Route 368

Adjacent counties

* Anderson County, South Carolina (northeast) *

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, South Carolina (east) * McCormick County, South Carolina (southeast) * Lincoln County (southeast) * Wilkes County (south) * Oglethorpe County (southwest) * Madison County (west) * Hart County (north) * Franklin County (northwest)

Communities

Cities

* Bowman * Elberton

Census-designated place

* Dewy Rose

Unincorporated communities

* Beverly * Centerville * Coldwater * Hard Cash * Heardmont *

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* Rice Town * Rock Branch * Ruckersville

Ghost town

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* Petersburg

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 19,637 people, 7,559 households, and 5,065 families residing in the county.

Judiciary and government

Elbert County is part of the Northern Judicial Circuit of Georgia, which also includes the counties of Hart, Franklin, Madison, and Oglethorpe. Elbert County's governing authority, the Elbert County Board of Commissioners, has five Commissioners elected in districts, a Chairperson elected County-wide, and an appointed County Administrator.

Politics

Historical and cultural sites

Historical and cultural sites in Elbert County include the Nancy Hart cabin, the Dan Tucker gravesite, the Stephen Heard Cemetery, the Petersburg Township site, Vans Creek Church, the Elbert County Courthouse, the Elberton Seaboard-Airline Depot, the Rock Gym, the Granite Bowl, the Elberton Granite Museum and Exhibit, the Richard B. Russell Dam, the Elbert Theatre, Richard B. Russell State Park, and Bobby Brown Park. The Georgia Guidestones stood in Elbert County from 1980 until their destruction in 2022.

Notable people

* Warren Akin Sr., member of the

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and Confederate States Congress * Milton Alexander, brigadier general during the

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* William J. Alston,

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, and

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* Richard E. Banks, physician and surgeon * William Barnett,

* William Augustus Bell, academic and president of Miles College * Fred Bond Jr., tobacco industry representative and mayor

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* Nathaniel J. Hammond,

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and Georgia Attorney General * Mecole Hardman, professional football player * Derek Harper, professional basketball player * Corra Mae Harris, journalist and war correspondent * Sampson Willis Harris,

and

* Nancy Hart, rebel heroine of the

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* William Henry Heard, clergyman and diplomat * R. H. Hunt, architect * Mammy Kate, enslaved women * Joseph Rucker Lamar, US Supreme Court justice * Otis Leavill, R&B singer, songwriter and record company executive * Daniel Parker, leader in the Primitive Baptist Church * Charles Tait,

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and a

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* Horace Tate, educator, activist, scholar, and politician * Daniel Tucker,

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minister, farmer, and ferryman as well as a captain during the

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* Matthias Ward, lawyer and

from Texas. * William J. White, civil rights leader, minister, educator, and journalist * Thomas Simpson Woodward, brigadier general in the

militia

References

External links

* {{Coord, 34.11, -82.84, display=title, type:adm2nd_region:US-GA_source:UScensus1990 1790 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia (U.S. state) counties Northeast Georgia Populated places established in 1790