Bacon County is a

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located in the southeastern part of the

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,140. The

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History

The constitutional amendment to create the county was proposed July 7, 1914, and ratified November 3, 1914. It is named after

Augustus Bacon Augustus Octavius Bacon (October 20, 1839February 14, 1914) was a Confederate soldier, segregationist, and U.S. politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. senator from Georgia, becoming the first senator to be directly ele ...

, a former United States senator from Georgia.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which are land and (9.5%) are covered by water. The majority and western portion of Bacon County is located in the Satilla River sub-basin of the St. Marys River-Satilla River basin. The entire eastern and half of the southeastern edge of the county is located in the Little Satilla River sub-basin of the same St. Marys-Satilla River basin. The county forms part of Southeast Georgia.

Major highways

* U.S. Route 1 * U.S. Route 23 *

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* State Route 4 Alternate * State Route 19 * State Route 32 * State Route 203

Adjacent counties

* Appling County (northeast) * Pierce County (southeast) * Ware County (south) * Coffee County (west) * Jeff Davis County (northwest)

Communities

City

(county seat)

Unincorporated communities

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* Rockingham

Demographics

According to the

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, the county had a population of 6,460 which has increased since every decennial census except from 1960 and 1970; in 1960, its population declined from 8,940 to 8,359; and in 1970, its population declined to 8,233. In the 2020 United States census, there were 11,140 people, 3,874 households, and 2,706 families residing in the county, up from 10,103 in 2000. Per the 2020 census, Bacon County's racial and ethnic makeup was 72.74%

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, 15.68% Black or African American, 0.04% Native American, 0.36%

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, 0.04%

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, 3.29% other or

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, and 7.85% Hispanic or Latino of any race. The 2022

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estimated its racial and ethnic composition was 73%

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, 15% African American, 1% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic or Latino of any race. In 2022, the median household income for the county was $43,938 with a per capita income of $24,654. An estimated 21.6% of the county population lived at or below the poverty line. With an estimated 4,807 housing units in the county, 72% were owner-occupied and the median value of an owner-occupied housing unit was $95,600. Approximately 53% of housing units were valued under $100,000. Religiously, as of 2020, the

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determined the

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was the county's largest religious group, being within the

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. The

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was the second-largest Christian denomination in the county, followed by the

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and

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. Among the county's predominantly Christian population, Methodists,

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, and

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Christians formed the remainder of its religious landscape.

Politics

Education

References

External links

Description at georgia.gov

Bacon County
historical marker {{authority control Georgia (U.S. state) counties 1914 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Populated places established in 1914