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Chattooga County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- 1838 ; 188 years ago ( 1838 )
- Named after
- Chattooga River (Alabama-Georgia)
- Seat
- Summerville
- Largest city
- Summerville
- Total
- 314 sq mi (810 km )
- Land
- 313 sq mi (810 km )
- Water
- 0.2 sq mi (0.52 km ) 0.07%
- Estimate 2025
- 25,300
- Density
- 79.8/sq mi (30.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 14th
- Website
- www .chattoogacounty .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Chattooga River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Capital
- Summerville
- Population
- 24965
- Area
- 812
- Shares border with
- DeKalb County
- Official website
- chattoogacounty.org
- Image
- Courthouse at Summerville, GA 001.jpg
- Households
- 9106
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Chattooga County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Chattooga County, Georgia
- Commons category
- Chattooga County, Georgia
- inception
- 1838-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.07
- native label
- Chattooga County
- per capita income
- 18523
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Encyclopedic overview
Chattooga County is a county in the Northwest region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,965. The county seat is Summerville. The county was created on December 28, 1838. Chattooga County comprises the Summerville, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Rome-Summerville Combined Statistical Area. Summerville is the site of the Chattooga County Courthouse. The county is home to several properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chattooga County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.