Johnson County, Georgia

{{Infobox U.S. county

| county = Johnson County

| state = Georgia

| seal =

| founded = {{start date and age|1858|12|11}}

| seat wl = Wrightsville

| largest city wl = Wrightsville

| area_total_sq_mi = 307

| area_land_sq_mi = 303

| area_water_sq_mi = 3.6

| area percentage = 1.2%

| census yr = 2020

| pop = 9189

| pop_est_as_of = 2023

| population_est = 9282 {{gain}}

| density_sq_mi = auto

| time zone = Eastern

| web = www.johnsonco.org/

| district = 12th

| named for = Herschel Vespasian Johnson

| ex image = JOHNSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE.jpg

| ex image cap = Johnson County Courthouse in Wrightsville }}

Johnson County is a county located along the Oconee River in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,189.{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Johnson County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Johnson_County,_Georgia?g=0500000US13167|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 27, 2022}} The county seat is Wrightsville.{{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/20150509170006/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 9, 2015 }} Johnson County is part of the Dublin, Georgia, micropolitan statistical area.

History

Johnson county was created by the Georgia legislature December 11, 1858, from parts of Emanuel, Laurens, and Washington counties. Johnson County was named for Georgia governor, senator, and U.S. vice-presidential candidate Herschel Vespasian Johnson.{{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/n168 169]}}

In 1919, a deputy driving Jim Waters, a black prisoner accused of rape, out of the county was stopped by a group of 150 men at a bridge over the Ohoopee River. The men tied Waters to a tree and shot him numerous times. The case was closed without any investigation.{{cite book|last=McWhirter|first=Cameron|title=Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ogt4871j3sC&pg=PA52|date=2011|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|isbn=978-1-4299-7293-2|page=52}}

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of {{convert|307|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|303|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|3.6|sqmi}} (1.2%) 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}}

The vast majority of Johnson County is located in the Ohoopee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River basin. Tiny portions of the northeastern borders of the county are located in the Upper Ogeechee River sub-basin of the Ogeechee River basin, while the western corner of Johnson County is located in the Lower Oconee River sub-basin of the Altamaha 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=

Washington County - north
Jefferson County - northeast
Emanuel County - east
Treutlen County - south
Laurens County - southwest
Wilkinson County - west

Communities

=Cities=

Adrian (partly in Emanuel County)
Kite
Wrightsville (county seat)

=Unincorporated communities=

Demographics

{{US Census population

|1860= 2919

|1870= 2964

|1880= 4800

|1890= 6129

|1900= 11409

|1910= 12897

|1920= 13546

|1930= 12681

|1940= 12953

|1950= 9893

|1960= 8048

|1970= 7727

|1980= 8660

|1990= 8329

|2000= 8560

|2010= 9980

|2020= 9189

|estyear=2023

|estimate=9282

|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 2020

}}

=2020 Census=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Johnson County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition
{{nobold|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.}}

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2000{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Johnson County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=050XX00US13167|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}

!Pop 2010{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Johnson County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13167&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}

!{{partial|Pop 2020}}{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Johnson County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13167&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}

!% 2000

!% 2010

!{{partial|% 2020}}

White alone (NH)

|5,307

|6,219

|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,800

|62.00%

|62.31%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |63.12%

Black or African American alone (NH)

|3,131

|3,461

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,017

|36.58%

|34.68%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |32.83%

Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|11

|17

|style='background: #ffffe6; |23

|0.13%

|0.17%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.25%

Asian alone (NH)

|10

|22

|style='background: #ffffe6; |28

|0.12%

|0.22%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.30%

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |15

|0.01%

|0.03%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.16%

Other race alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |14

|0.01%

|0.07%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%

Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|21

|65

|style='background: #ffffe6; |175

|0.25%

|0.65%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.90%

Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|78

|186

|style='background: #ffffe6; |117

|0.91%

|1.86%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.27%

Total

|8,560

|9,980

|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,189

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 9,189 people, 3,393 households, and 2,208 families residing in the county.

Government

The county is governed by a five-member board of commissioners. A county manager handles the daily operation of the county.

The county is part of the Dublin Judicial Circuit along with Twiggs County, Treutlen County, and Laurens County.

class="wikitable"
colspan="3" \| Board of commissioners
District ! Commissioner !Party
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \| District 1 \| Felice Pullen \|Democratic
{{Party shading/Republican}} \| District 2 \| James McAfee Jr. [CHAIR] \|Republican
{{Party shading/Democratic}} \| District 3 \| Jerronney Darrisaw \|Democratic
{{Party shading/Republican}} \| District 4 \| Brian Lindsey \|Republican
{{Party shading/Republican}} \| District 5 \| Mike Keene \|Republican

class="wikitable"

colspan="3" | Board of commissioners

District

! Commissioner

!Party

| District 1

| Felice Pullen

|Democratic

| District 2

| James McAfee Jr. [CHAIR]

|Republican

| District 3

| Jerronney Darrisaw

|Democratic

| District 4

| Brian Lindsey

|Republican

| District 5

| Mike Keene

|Republican

{{cite web | url=https://www.johnsonco.org/commissioners | title=County Commissioners }}

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Education

In 1970, Johnson County schools integrated peacefully due to careful planning by the county's board of education and firm management by superintendent Buren Claxton.

The county's public schools are located in Wrightsville. The school mascot is the Trojan, and the school colors are blue and white. The school fight song is the theme from the movie Hang 'Em High.

Sports

Herschel Walker, a Johnson County native, played on the county's only state championship football team in 1979.

Walker went on to play for the University of Georgia and won the Heisman Trophy. In 2004 Johnson County High School named its football field for Walker.

References

External links

[http://www.jocotrojans.com Official Athletics Site]
[http://www.johnson.k12.ga.us/system/index.htm Johnson County Public Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208162029/http://www.johnson.k12.ga.us/system/index.htm |date=February 8, 2011 }}

{{Geographic Location

|Centre = Johnson County, Georgia

|North = Washington County

|Northeast = Jefferson County

|East = Emanuel County

|Southeast =

|South = Treutlen County

|Southwest = Laurens County

|West = Wilkinson County

|Northwest =

}}

{{Coord|32.70|-82.66|display=title|type:adm2nd_region:US-GA_source:UScensus1990}}