Burke County
Also known as Burke County, Georgia, Burke County, GA
county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- 1777 ; 249 years ago ( 1777 )
- Named after
- Edmund Burke
- Seat
- Waynesboro
- Largest city
- Waynesboro
- Total
- 835 sq mi (2,160 km )
- Land
- 827 sq mi (2,140 km )
- Water
- 8.0 sq mi (21 km ) 1.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 24,408
- Density
- 27/sq mi (10/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
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Burke County is a county located along the eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia in the Piedmont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,596. The county seat is Waynesboro. Burke County is part of the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metropolitan statistical area.
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