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Gordon County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- February 13, 1850 ; 176 years ago ( 1850 )
- Named after
- William Washington Gordon
- Seat
- Calhoun
- Largest city
- Calhoun
- Total
- 358 sq mi (930 km )
- Land
- 356 sq mi (920 km )
- Water
- 2.2 sq mi (5.7 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 61,701
- Density
- 162/sq mi (62.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 11th
- Website
- www .gordoncountyga .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Capital
- Calhoun
- Population
- 57544
- Area
- 927
- Shares border with
- Walker County
- Official website
- www.gordoncounty.org
- Image
- Calhouncourthouse.jpg
- Households
- 20446
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- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Gordon County
- topic's main category
- Category:Gordon County, Georgia
- Commons category
- Gordon County, Georgia
- inception
- 1850-02-13
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Gordon County, Georgia
- different from
- Gordon
- per capita income
- 25114
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Encyclopedic overview
Gordon County is a county in the Northwest region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 57,544. The county seat is Calhoun. Gordon County comprises the Calhoun, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Atlanta–Athens-Clarke County–Sandy Springs, GA-AL CSA.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gordon County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.