Glascock County, Georgia

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{{Infobox U.S. county

| county = Glascock County

| state = Georgia

| seal =

| founded = {{start date and age|1857}}

| seat wl = Gibson

| largest city wl = Gibson

| area_total_sq_mi = 144

| area_land_sq_mi = 144

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.7

| area percentage = 0.5%

| census yr = 2020

| pop = 2884

| density_sq_mi = 20

| time zone = Eastern

| web = http://www.glascockcountyga.com

| district = 12th

| named for = Thomas Glascock

| ex image = Glascock County Courthouse.jpg

| ex image cap = Glascock County Courthouse in Gibson

}}

Glascock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,884,{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Glascock County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Glascock_County,_Georgia?g=0500000US13125|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 27, 2022}} making it the fourth-least populous county in Georgia. The county seat is Gibson.{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }} The county was created on December 19, 1857.{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/g.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030917124916/http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/g.pdf |archive-date=September 17, 2003 |url-status=live | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=94 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}

History

The county is named after Thomas Glascock,{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n137 138]}} a soldier in the War of 1812, general in the First Seminole War and U.S. representative.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of {{convert|144|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|144|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.7|sqmi}} (0.5%) is water.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} It is the fourth-smallest county in Georgia by area. Behind Clayton, Rockdale, and Clarke Counties.

The vast majority of Glascock County is located in the Upper Ogeechee River sub-basin of the Ogeechee River basin, with just the very northeastern corner of the county, northeast of State Route 80, located in the Brier Creek sub-basin of the Savannah River basin.{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 20, 2015 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}

=Major highways=

=Adjacent counties=

Warren County - north
Jefferson County - southeast
Hancock County - northwest
Washington County - southwest

Communities

=Cities=

Edge Hill
Gibson (county seat)

=Town=

Mitchell

=Unincorporated communities=

Demographics

{{US Census population

|1860= 2437

|1870= 2736

|1880= 3577

|1890= 3720

|1900= 4516

|1910= 4669

|1920= 4192

|1930= 4388

|1940= 4547

|1950= 3579

|1960= 2672

|1970= 2280

|1980= 2382

|1990= 2357

|2000= 2556

|2010= 3082

|2020= 2884

|estyear=2023

|estimate=2954

|estref={{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 31, 2024}}

|align-fn=center

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}
1790-1880{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800 |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-08.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}} 1890-1910{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1910|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}
1920-1930{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}} 1930-1940{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}
1940-1950{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia - |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1960-1980{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}
1980-2000{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 2010{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13125.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 22, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607123736/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13125.html|archive-date=June 7, 2011}}

}}

class="wikitable"

|+Glascock County racial composition{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US13125&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 9, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}

!Race

!Num.

!Perc.

White

|2,573

|89.22%

Black or African American

|196

|6.8%

Asian

|0.24%

Pacific Islander

|0.07%

Other/Mixed

|54

|1.87%

Hispanic or Latino

|52

|1.8%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,884 people, 1,108 households, and 726 families residing in the county.

Politics

Glascock County, a rural, sparsely-populated, majority-white county, is arguably the most Republican of Georgia's 159 counties, and one of the most Republican counties in the United States, with over 90 percent of voters supporting Donald Trump in 2024. In addition, Republican percentages have been in the 80s since 2004, and the last Democrat to win the county was Georgian Jimmy Carter in 1980. This is despite being surrounded by Democratic counties.

{{PresHead|place=Glascock County, Georgia|source={{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 20, 2018}}}}

References

External links

[http://www.thenewsandfarmer.com/ The News and Farmer and Wadley Herald/ Jefferson Reporter], the county's weekly newspaper and the oldest weekly newspaper in Georgia
[http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/glascock/glascock-county Glascock County] historical marker

{{Geographic Location

|Centre = Glascock County, Georgia

|North = Warren County

|Northeast =

|East = Jefferson County

|Southeast =

|South =

|Southwest =

|West = Hancock County

|Northwest = Washington County

}}

{{Coord|33.23|-82.61|display=title|type:adm2nd_region:US-GA_source:UScensus1990}}