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Other Information:
Information about Haralson County's early courthouses is unclear.
In 1891, the county began construction of a large red brick courthouse
with clock tower that was completed the following year (see
photo). That building still stands on the town square where
it was built and serves as a museum and offices of the Haralson
County Historical Society. In 1972, the county built a modern
two-story brick courthouse approximately one-half mile from downtown
Buchanan.
County Courthouse Historical
Marker: Click
here
County History:
Haralson County was created from Carroll and Polk counties on
Jan. 26, 1856 by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1855-56,
p. 110). Haralson County's original boundaries were specified
in that act as:
Beginning at the south-west corner of the eighth district
of Carroll county, running thence along the line dividing the
eighth and ninth districts of said county of Carroll to the south-east
corner of the eighth district of said county Carroll, running
thence to the south-east corner of lot of land number one hundred
and forty-three in the sixth district of said county Carroll,
thence running north to the north-east corner of lot of land
number four hundred and eighty-two, in the twentieth district
and third section of now Polk county, running thence due west
to the State line dividing Georgia and Alabama, thence along
said line south to the place of beginning.
Georgia's 113th county was named for former congressman and
general Hugh
A. Haralson (1805-1854).
County Seat:
The legislation creating Haralson County authorized the justices
of the county's new inferior court to designate the site of the
county seat, to purchase the land, to lay out and sell town lots,
and to arrange for construction of a courthouse and other public
buildings. Until a county seat was selected, the law provided
that Haralson County elections and public business take place
in Tallapoosa (which then was in Carroll County). At some point
thereafter, the inferior court designated the settlement of Buchanan
as county seat. The General Assembly incorporated Buchanan as
a town on Dec. 22, 1857 (Ga. Laws 1857, p. 177).
Maps
Size of County (Total
Area): 283.2 square miles
County Rank in Total
Area: 109th out of 159
Population:
Haralson County
City of Buchanan
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