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| Fayette County was created on May
15, 1821 by an act of the General Assembly from Creek Indians
ceded lands between the Ocmulgee and Flint rivers (see
map) on Jan. 8, 1821 in the first Treaty of Indian Springs.
On Dec. 24, 1821 the legislature added the 4th, 5th, 13th, 14th,
and 17th districts of Henry County to Fayette County. Later,
portions of Fayette County were used to create the following
counties: DeKalb (1822), Campbell (1828), Spalding (1851), and
Clayton (1858). |
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Useful Census
Links:
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Historical
Census Data Browser
Office of Planning and Budget Census Data Program
Georgia 2000 Information
System (University of Georgia ITOS)
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Census |
Pop. |
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2000 |
91,263 |
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1990 |
62,415 |
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1980 |
29,043 |
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1970 |
11,364 |
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1960 |
8,199 |
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1950 |
7,978 |
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1940 |
8,170 |
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1930 |
8,665 |
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1920 |
11,396 |
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1910 |
10,966 |
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1900 |
10,114 |
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1890 |
8,728 |
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1880 |
8,605 |
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1870 |
8,221 |
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1860 |
7,047 |
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1850 |
8,709 |
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1840 |
6,191 |
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1830 |
5,504 |
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1820 |
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1810 |
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1800 |
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1790 |
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- Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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