McDuffie County is a
county
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located in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
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. As of the
2020 census, the population was 21,632. The
county seat
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is
Thomson.
The county was created on October 18, 1870 and named after the
South Carolina
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governor and senator
George McDuffie.
McDuffie County is part of the
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-
SC metropolitan statistical area.
History
Most communities located in the county were founded before the county was created. Some have faded into obscurity. The Historic Wrightsborough Foundation preserves the memory of the early 12,000 acre settlement of Wrightborough, which was occupied 1768 to 1920.
Geography
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (3.4%) is water.
Most of the southern half of McDuffie County, south of
Thomson, is located in the
Brier Creek sub-basin of the
Savannah River
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basin, except for a slice of the eastern portion of the county, north of
Dearing and along a north–south line running through Boneville, which is located in the Middle
Savannah River
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sub-basin of the Savannah River basin. The northern half of McDuffie County, north of Thomson, is located in the
Little River sub-basin of the same Savannah River basin.
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Adjacent counties
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Lincoln County (northeast)
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Columbia County (east)
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Richmond County (southeast)
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Jefferson County (south)
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Warren County (west)
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Wilkes County (northwest)
Communities
City
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Thomson (county seat)
Town
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Dearing
Unincorporated communities
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Autney
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Boneville
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Cobbham
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Cobbham Crossroads
Demographics
As of the
2020 United States census, there were 21,632 people, 8,153 households, and 5,770 families residing in the county.
Education
Politics
Typical of many counties in Georgia and the
Solid South
The Solid South was the electoral voting bloc for the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party in the Southern United States between the end of the Reconstruction era in 1877 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In the aftermath of the Co ...
, McDuffie County mainly backed candidates of the
Democratic Party in presidential elections by wide margins prior to 1964. There were several exceptions to this, firstly between 1892 and 1908 when it supported Republican
William McKinley
William McKinley (January 29, 1843September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until Assassination of William McKinley, his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Repub ...
and the
Populist candidacies of
James B. Weaver and
favorite son Thomas E. Watson.
[Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004'', p. 169 ]
See also
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Central Savannah River Area
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National Register of Historic Places listings in McDuffie County, Georgia
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List of counties in Georgia
The U.S. state of Georgia is divided into 159 counties, the second-highest number after Texas, which has 254 counties. Under the Georgia State Constitution, all of its counties are granted home rule to deal with problems that are purely loca ...
References
External links
Official website
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Georgia (U.S. state) counties
1870 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Augusta metropolitan area
Populated places established in 1870