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Bleckley County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- 1912 ; 114 years ago ( 1912 )
- Named after
- Logan Edwin Bleckley
- Seat
- Cochran
- Largest city
- Cochran
- County commissioner
- Mike Davis
- Total
- 219 sq mi (570 km )
- Land
- 216 sq mi (560 km )
- Water
- 3.3 sq mi (8.5 km ) 1.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 12,866
- Density
- 58/sq mi (22/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- bleckley .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Capital
- Cochran
- Population
- 12583
- Area
- 568
- Shares border with
- Twiggs County
- Official website
- bleckley.org
- Image
- Bleckley County Courthouse - panoramio.jpg
- Households
- 4250
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- Commons category
- Bleckley County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Bleckley County, Georgia
- inception
- 1912-07-30
- water as percent of area
- 1.5
- native label
- Bleckley County
- per capita income
- 20502
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Bleckley County, Georgia
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Encyclopedic overview
Bleckley County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,583. The county seat is Cochran.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bleckley County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.