Appling County, Georgia
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Appling County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,444.[1] The county seat is Baxley.[2]
History
Appling County is named for Lieutenant Colonel
.On December 15, 1824, Ware County was formed by the Georgia General Assembly from roughly the southern half of Appling land districts 4, 5, and 6, and all of land districts 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. On December 24, 1825, Appling County land district 6 was added to Telfair County by an act of the Georgia General Assembly.[4] This created an ambiguity of the border between Telfair County and Ware County that was later solved by additional legislation.
On December 8, 1828, Holmesville, Georgia was declared the county seat by the General Assembly.[5] Previously, court was held at residence of William Carter Jr. In 1836, the General Assembly appointed a seven-member commission to find a location for a more centrally located county seat than Holmesville, but were not able to come to a conclusion. The need for a more central county seat would remain a point of contention in county politics for several decades.
On December 18, 1857, the part of Appling County that was south of Lightsey's Ford on Big Creek downstream to the
At the time of the
On August 27, 1872, eastern sections of Appling land districts 3 and 4 were added to Wayne County.[7] This area included Wayne County's current county seat Jesup, Georgia, which became the new county seat of Wayne County in 1873. Also in August 1872, the General Assembly called for an election in Appling County to vote on the removal of the county seat to a point along the Macon and Brunswick Railroad. The residents voted for removal and the town of Baxley, Georgia was selected as the new county seat after the election. In February 1873, the General Assembly mistakenly passed a law giving county commissioners to sell the public lands in Holmesville so that the proceeds can go to the construction of a new courthouse in Holmesville. It amended the law a year later for the new courthouse location to read Baxley, as had originally been intended.
On August 18, 1905,
Geography
According to the
The southern two-thirds of Appling County, south of a line from Graham to Baxley, then running due east from Baxley, is located in the Little Satilla River sub-basin of the St. Marys River-Satilla River basin. The northern third of the county is located in the Altamaha River sub-basin of the basin by the same name.[11]
Major highways
Adjacent counties
- Toombs County - north
- Tattnall County - northeast
- Wayne County - southeast
- Pierce County - south
- Jeff Davis County - west
- Bacon County - west
Communities
Cities
Town
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1820 | 1,264 | — | |
1830 | 1,468 | 16.1% | |
1840 | 2,052 | 39.8% | |
1850 | 2,949 | 43.7% | |
1860 | 4,190 | 42.1% | |
1870 | 5,086 | 21.4% | |
1880 | 5,276 | 3.7% | |
1890 | 8,676 | 64.4% | |
1900 | 12,336 | 42.2% | |
1910 | 12,318 | −0.1% | |
1920 | 10,594 | −14.0% | |
1930 | 13,314 | 25.7% | |
1940 | 14,497 | 8.9% | |
1950 | 14,003 | −3.4% | |
1960 | 13,246 | −5.4% | |
1970 | 12,726 | −3.9% | |
1980 | 15,565 | 22.3% | |
1990 | 15,744 | 1.2% | |
2000 | 17,419 | 10.6% | |
2010 | 18,236 | 4.7% | |
2020 | 18,444 | 1.1% | |
2023 (est.) | 18,457 | [12] | 0.1% |
U.S. Decennial Census[13] 1790-1880[14]1890-1910[15] 1920-1930[16] 1930-1940[17] 1940-1950[18] 1960-1980[19] 1980-2000[20] 2010-2020[1] |
Race | Num. | Perc. |
---|---|---|
White (non-Hispanic)
|
12,674 | 68.72% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
|
3,339 | 18.1% |
Native American
|
33 | 0.18% |
Asian
|
123 | 0.67% |
Pacific Islander
|
1 | 0.01% |
Other/Mixed
|
449 | 2.43% |
Latino
|
1,825 | 9.89% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 18,444 people, 6,656 households, and 4,875 families residing in the county.
Education
Politics
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 6,570 | 78.31% | 1,784 | 21.26% | 36 | 0.43% |
2016 | 5,494 | 78.35% | 1,434 | 20.45% | 84 | 1.20% |
2012 | 5,233 | 73.78% | 1,758 | 24.78% | 102 | 1.44% |
2008 | 5,085 | 72.62% | 1,846 | 26.36% | 71 | 1.01% |
2004 | 4,494 | 70.52% | 1,848 | 29.00% | 31 | 0.49% |
2000 | 3,940 | 64.60% | 2,093 | 34.32% | 66 | 1.08% |
1996 | 2,572 | 50.44% | 2,070 | 40.60% | 457 | 8.96% |
1992 | 2,514 | 41.71% | 2,455 | 40.73% | 1,058 | 17.55% |
1988 | 3,000 | 61.74% | 1,837 | 37.81% | 22 | 0.45% |
1984 | 2,929 | 59.93% | 1,958 | 40.07% | 0 | 0.00% |
1980 | 1,961 | 39.17% | 2,985 | 59.62% | 61 | 1.22% |
1976 | 961 | 21.14% | 3,585 | 78.86% | 0 | 0.00% |
1972 | 2,755 | 84.33% | 512 | 15.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
1968 | 795 | 18.78% | 760 | 17.95% | 2,678 | 63.26% |
1964 | 2,597 | 62.44% | 1,562 | 37.56% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 717 | 26.65% | 1,973 | 73.35% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 506 | 22.74% | 1,719 | 77.26% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 713 | 24.65% | 2,179 | 75.35% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 289 | 9.01% | 2,268 | 70.72% | 650 | 20.27% |
1944 | 387 | 22.70% | 1,318 | 77.30% | 0 | 0.00% |
1940 | 312 | 16.94% | 1,514 | 82.19% | 16 | 0.87% |
1936 | 140 | 9.61% | 1,309 | 89.84% | 8 | 0.55% |
1932 | 64 | 9.62% | 601 | 90.38% | 0 | 0.00% |
1928 | 579 | 58.25% | 415 | 41.75% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 44 | 17.12% | 212 | 82.49% | 1 | 0.39% |
1920 | 196 | 38.51% | 313 | 61.49% | 0 | 0.00% |
1916 | 44 | 7.67% | 413 | 71.95% | 117 | 20.38% |
1912 | 90 | 15.03% | 360 | 60.10% | 149 | 24.87% |
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Appling County, Georgia
- List of counties in Georgia
References
- ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ISBN 0-915430-00-2. Archived(PDF) from the original on April 14, 2004.
- ^ Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, Passed at Milledgeville, At an Annual Session in November and December. 1825. Vol. 1. Milledgeville, Georgia: Georgia General Assembly. p. 61.
- ^ Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, Passed in Milledgeville at an Annual Session in November and December, 1828. Vol. 1. Milledgeville. p. 168.
- ^ Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, Passed in Milledgeville, at a Session of the Same, in November and December, 1857. Vol. 1. Milledgeville, Georgia. p. 40.
- ^ Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, Passed at its Session in July and August, 1872. Vol. 1. p. 387. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia 1905. Vol. 1. Atlanta, Georgia. p. 55.
- ^ Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia 1914. Vol. 1. Atlanta, Georgia. p. 23.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience". Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
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- US Census Bureau. 2000.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
External links
- GeorgiaInfo.com Appling County Courthouse info
- Appling County historical marker