Peach County is a

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located in the central portion of the

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,981. Its

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is Fort Valley. Founded in 1924, it is the state's newest county, taken from

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and Macon counties on July 18 of that year. Its

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is the

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on account of it being located in a peach-growing district. Peach County is included in the Warner Robins, GA metropolitan statistical area, which is included in the Macon-Warner Robins, GA combined statistical area.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.7%) is water. It is the fifth-smallest county in Georgia by area. The majority of Peach County is located in the Lower

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basin. A small portion of the northern edge of the county, north of

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, is located in the Upper

basin. The very western tip of Peach County is located in the Upper Flint River sub-basin of the

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(Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin).

Major highways

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U.S. Route 341 * Georgia 7

State Route 7 * Georgia 7 Connector

State Route 7 Connector * Georgia 11

State Route 11 * Georgia 42

Georgia State Route 42 * Georgia 49

Georgia State Route 49 State Route 49 (SR 49) is a State highway (US), state highway that travels southwest-to-northeast through portions of Terrell County, Georgia, Terrell, Sumter County, Georgia, Sumter, Macon County, Georgia, Macon, Peach County, Georg ...

State Route 49 Connector * Georgia 96

Georgia State Route 96 * Georgia 127

State Route 127 * Georgia 247 Connector

State Route 247 Connector * Georgia 401

State Route 401 (unsigned designation for I-75) * Georgia 540

State Route 540 (Fall Line Freeway)

Adjacent counties

* Bibb County - north * Houston County - east *

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- northwest * Taylor County - west * Macon County - southwest

Communities

Cities

(mostly) * Fort Valley (county seat) * Warner Robins (partly) *

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(partly)

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 27,981 people, 10,136 households, and 6,596 families residing in the county.

Education

It is in the

Peach County School District The Peach County School District is a public school district in Peach County, Georgia, United States, based in Fort Valley. The only school district in the county, it serves the communities of Byron, Fort Valley, Perry Perry or pear ci ...

. Peach County High School is the comprehensive high school.

Politics

Since the 1990s, Peach County has been a

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, usually voting for the winning candidate in

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. It has voted for the national winner in six of the past eight elections, only picking the national loser in 2000 and 2020. Before this, Peach County voted for the Democratic candidate in most elections during the 20th century, often by large margins.

References

External links

Peach County government
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