Long County is a

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located in the

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. The

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is Ludowici. Long County is part of the Hinesville-Fort Stewart Metropolitan Statistical Area. The constitutional amendment to create the county was proposed August 14, 1920, and ratified November 2, 1920. The county is named after

Crawford Long Crawford Williamson Long (November 1, 1815 – June 16, 1878) was an American surgeon and pharmacist best known for his first use of inhaled sulfuric ether as an anesthetic. Life and work Long was born in Danielsville, Madison County, Georgia ...

(1815–1878), an American surgeon and pharmacist who was the first to use

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as an anaesthetic. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,168.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.9%) is water. The majority of Long County, roughly centered on Ludowici, is located in the

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sub-basin of the basin by the same name. The county's northeastern portion, east of Glennville and northwest of Walthourville, is located in the Canoochee River sub-basin of the

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basin. Long County's southeastern portion is located in the Ogeechee Coastal sub-basin of the larger Ogeechee basin.

Major highways

U.S. Route 25 * US 84

U.S. Route 84 * US 301

U.S. Route 301 * Georgia 23

State Route 23 * Georgia 38

State Route 38 * Georgia 57

State Route 57 * Georgia 144

State Route 144 * Georgia 196

State Route 196

Adjacent counties

* Liberty County (northeast) * McIntosh County (southeast) * Wayne County (southwest) * Tattnall County (northwest)

Communities

City

* Ludowici (county seat)

Unincorporated communities

* Aimar * Beards Creek *

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Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 16,168 people, 5,695 households, and 4,146 families residing in the county.

Education

Long County School System operates public schools for grades K-12 in the county, except parts in

Fort Stewart Fort Stewart is a United States Army post in the U.S. state of Georgia. It lies primarily in Liberty and Bryan counties, but also extends into smaller portions of Evans, Long, and Tattnall Counties. The nearby city of Hinesville, along with ...

. Fort Stewart has the

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(DoDEA) as its local school district, for the elementary level. Students at the secondary level on Fort Stewart attend public schools operated by county school districts. - This is from a .mil website.

Politics

References

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