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Haralson County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- January 26, 1856 ; 170 years ago ( 1856-01-26 )
- Named after
- Hugh A. Haralson
- Seat
- Buchanan
- Largest city
- Bremen
- Total
- 283 sq mi (730 km )
- Land
- 282 sq mi (730 km )
- Water
- 1.0 sq mi (2.6 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 33,066
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- https://www.haralsoncountyga.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Capital
- Buchanan
- Population
- 29919
- Area
- 733
- Shares border with
- Cleburne County
- Official website
- www.haralsoncountyga.gov
- Image
- Haralson County Georgia Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 11454
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- Commons category
- Haralson County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Haralson County, Georgia
- inception
- 1856-01-26
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Haralson County
- different from
- Haralson
- per capita income
- 27507
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Encyclopedic overview
Haralson County is a county in the Northwest region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,919, up from 28,780 in 2010. The county seat is Buchanan. The county was created on January 26, 1856, and was named for Hugh A. Haralson, a former Georgia congressman.
Haralson County is part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metropolitan statistical area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Haralson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.