Campbell County was a

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of the

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from to . It was created by the state

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on December 20, 1828, from land taken from Fayette, Coweta, and Carroll counties, and from the half of

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which became Fulton County soon afterward. Georgia's Cherokee Land Lottery of 1832 also added to the county. The county was named for Duncan G. Campbell, one of the U.S. commissioners responsible for the Treaty of Indian Springs. The original county seat was Campbellton. In 1854 the

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routed its tracks through

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instead, which flourished while Campbellton died out, and Fairburn became the

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in 1870. The Campbell County Courthouse at Fairburn is listed on the

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. The northwestern half of Campbell (and a bit more of Carroll) became Douglas County in 1870, divided on October 17 at the

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. The remainder of Campbell County was ceded to Fulton County at the end of 1931, along with

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The

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creating the merger was enacted on August 9, 1929, with Milton being added to the process in 1931.

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Old Campbell County
historical marker Former counties of Georgia (U.S. state) Douglas County, Georgia Fulton County, Georgia 1828 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Populated places established in 1828 1931 disestablishments in Georgia (U.S. state) {{FultonCountyGA-geo-stub