Campbell County was a
county
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of the
U.S. state of
Georgia
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from to . It was created by the state
legislature
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on December 20, 1828, from land taken from
Fayette,
Coweta, and
Carroll counties, and from the half of
DeKalb County 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
Atlanta and West Point Railroad routed its tracks through
Fairburn, Georgia instead, which flourished while Campbellton died out, and Fairburn became the
county seat
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in 1870. The
Campbell County Courthouse at Fairburn is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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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
Chattahoochee River. The remainder of Campbell County was ceded to Fulton County at the end of 1931, along with
Milton County, Georgia The
legislation
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creating the merger was enacted on August 9, 1929, with Milton being added to the process in 1931.
Politics
References
External links
Old Campbell Countyhistorical 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)
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