Pierce County is a

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located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,716. The

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is Blackshear. Pierce County is part of the Waycross, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Pierce County is named for

Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804October 8, 1869) was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. A northern Democratic Party (United States), Democrat who believed that the Abolitionism in the United States, abolitio ...

, fourteenth president of the United States. It was created December 18, 1857, from Appling and Ware counties.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (7.8%) is water. The northeastern third of Pierce County, bordered by a line from just west of Mershon to just south of

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, then south to just north of Blackshear, and then heading due east, is located in the Little Satilla River sub-basin of the St. Marys River-Satilla River basin. The southern two-thirds of the county is located in the Satilla River sub-basin of the St. Marys-Satilla River basin.

Major highways

U.S. Highway 84 * Georgia 15

State Route 15 * Georgia 32

State Route 32 * Georgia 38

State Route 38 * Georgia 121

State Route 121 * Georgia 203

State Route 203

Adjacent counties

* Appling County - north * Wayne County - northeast * Brantley County - southeast * Ware County - west * Bacon County - northwest

Communities

Cities

* Blackshear * Offerman * Patterson

Census-designated places

* Mershon

Unincorporated communities

* Otter Creek * Walkerville

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 19,716 people, 7,048 households, and 5,319 families residing in the county.

Media

* '' The Blackshear Times'' (weekly newspaper) * ''The Pierce County Press'' (weekly newspaper) * ''Waycross Journal-Herald'' (daily newspaper) * WKUB 105.1FM (Country radio) * WWUF 97.7FM (Oldies radio) * WSFN AM 1350 (Sports radio) * WAYX AM 1230 (News Talk radio)

Politics

References

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