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| Franklin and Washington counties
were created on Feb. 25, 1784 by an act of the General Assembly.
They were the first new counties established in Georgia after
the Revolutionary War and were fashioned from lands ceded by
the Cherokees and Creeks in the Treaties of Augusta in 1783.
Originally, Franklin County consisted of all ceded lands north
of Cherokee Corner on the eastern tip of today's Clarke County
-- an area that includes all of today's Banks, Barrow, Clarke,
Jackson, Oconee, and Stephens counties, plus portions of Habersham,
Hart, Hall, Gwinnett, and Madison counties. Created entirely
from Franklin County were Jackson County (1796) and Habersham
County (1818). Additionally, portions of Franklin County were
used to help create the following counties: Madison (1811), Hart
(1853), Banks (1858), and Stephens (1905). |
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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 |
20,285 |
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1990 |
16,650 |
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1980 |
15,185 |
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1970 |
12,784 |
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1960 |
13,274 |
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1950 |
14,446 |
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1940 |
15,612 |
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1930 |
15,902 |
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1920 |
19,957 |
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1910 |
17,894 |
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1900 |
17,700 |
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1890 |
14,670 |
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1880 |
11,453 |
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1870 |
7,893 |
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1860 |
7,393 |
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1850 |
11,513 |
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1840 |
9,886 |
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1830 |
10,107 |
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1820 |
9,040 |
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1810 |
10,815 |
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1800 |
6,859 |
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1790 |
1,041 |
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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