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Other Information:
Initially, Lincoln County court sessions were held in the house
of Joseph [Josiah] Stovall. After Lincolnton was designated county
seat in 1800, a stone courthouse was built. On March 2, 1874,
the legislature approved the county borrowing $12,000 for construction
of a new courthouse (Ga. Laws 1874, p. 326). That year, a new
two-story courthouse was constructed. This building served until
1915, when the present courthouse was completed.
County Courthouse Historical
Marker: Click
here
County History:
Lincoln County was created from Wilkes County on Feb. 20, 1796
by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1796, p. 9). Georgia's
24th county was named for American Revolutionary war general
Benjamin
Lincoln (1733-1810). Lincoln had been in charge of the Continental
Army's southern department and later became Pres. George Washington's
first Secretary of War.
County Seat:
The 1796 act creating Lincoln County provided for commissioners
to select a county seat and build a courthouse but further directed
that elections and court sessions initially be held at the house
of Joseph Stovall. Lincolnton was named county seat in 1800?.
The legislature incorporated it as a town on Dec. 19, 1817 (Ga.
Laws 1817, p. 85).
Maps
Size of County (Total
Area): 257.3 square miles
County Rank in Total
Area: 118th out of 159
Population:
Lincoln County
City of Lincolnton
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