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Charlton County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- 1854 ; 172 years ago ( 1854 )
- Named after
- Robert M. Charlton
- Seat
- Folkston
- Largest city
- Folkston
- Total
- 782 sq mi (2,030 km )
- Land
- 774 sq mi (2,000 km )
- Water
- 8.8 sq mi (23 km ) 1.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 13,121
- Density
- 16.4/sq mi (6.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- charltoncountyga.us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Robert M. Charlton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Capital
- Folkston
- Population
- 12518
- Area
- 2028
- Shares border with
- Nassau County
- Official website
- www.charltoncountyga.us
- Image
- CHARLTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE.jpg
- Households
- 3826
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Charlton County, Georgia
- Commons category
- Charlton County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Charlton County, Georgia
- inception
- 1854-02-18
- water as percent of area
- 1.1
- native label
- Charlton County
- per capita income
- 19228
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Encyclopedic overview
Charlton County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,518. The county seat is Folkston.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Charlton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.