Baker County is a

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,876, making it the fifth-least populous county in Georgia. The

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and only city is

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. The county was created December 12, 1825, from the eastern portion of

Early County Early County is a county located on the southwest border of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,854. The county seat is Blakely, where the Early County Courthouse is located. Created on December 15, 1818, i ...

by an act of the

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and is named for Colonel John Baker, a hero of the

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. Baker County is included in the Albany, GA metropolitan statistical area. The

Baker County Courthouse (Georgia) The Baker County Courthouse is located in Courthouse Square at Newton, Georgia, Newton in Baker County, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1980. Baker County has been struck by flooding from the Flin ...

is listed on the

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. Three other properties in Newton are also listed on the register: Notchaway Baptist Church and Cemetery, Pine Bloom Plantation, and Tarver Plantation.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (2.1%) is water. The eastern half of Baker County is located in the Lower

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sub-basin of the

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(Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The western half of the county is located in the

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sub-basin of the same ACF River Basin.

Major highways

* State Route 37 * State Route 91 * State Route 200 * State Route 216 * State Route 253

Adjacent counties

Dougherty County, Georgia Dougherty County is located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 85,790. The county seat and sole incorporated city is Albany. Dougherty County is included in the Albany, GA m ...

- northeast *

Mitchell County, Georgia Mitchell County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,755. The county seat is Camilla. Mitchell County was created on December 21, 1857. Etymology Sources conflict as to whether Mitchell Co ...

- east *

Decatur County, Georgia Decatur County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 29,367. The county seat is Bainbridge, Georgia, Bainbridge. De ...

- southwest *

Early County, Georgia Early County is a County (United States), county located on the southwest border of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 10,854. The county seat is Blakely, Georgi ...

- west *

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- west *

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- northwest

Communities

City

Unincorporated communities

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* Crestview * Elmodel * Hardup *

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Ghost towns

* Cheevertown * Dewsville

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,876 people, 1,425 households, and 788 families residing in the county.

Education

Baker County School System operates public schools.

Politics

Like most

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counties, Baker County is historically Democratic. Starting in 1964, the county began to see a realignment, with

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and

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carrying it in 1964 and 1972, and American Independent candidate George Wallace winning the county in 1968 as a third-party candidate. In 1956,

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received over 96 percent of the county's vote. The county voted Democratic consistently from 1976 until 2012, but by closer margins than in 1956, and the county shifted more to the right throughout the early 2000s. In 2008

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president in American history. O ...

won with just 50.1 percent to

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's 49.1 percent, while

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won the county by almost ten percent in 2016, despite declining on

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’s performance statewide.

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repeated this feat by double digits in the 2018 gubernatorial race, and in 2020, Trump won Baker County by nearly sixteen percentage points.

References

External links

Baker County Sheriff's OfficeBaker County
historical marker * *

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