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Peach County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- July 18, 1924 ; 101 years ago ( 1924-07-18 )
- Named after
- Peach fruit
- Seat
- Fort Valley
- Largest city
- Fort Valley
- Total
- 151 sq mi (390 km )
- Land
- 150 sq mi (390 km )
- Water
- 1.0 sq mi (2.6 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 29,877
- Density
- 187/sq mi (72/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .peachcounty .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 27981
- Area
- 392
- Official website
- www.peachcounty.net
- Image
- Peach County Court House - panoramio.jpg
- Households
- 10215
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- Commons category
- Peach County, Georgia
- inception
- 1924-07-08
- water as percent of area
- 0.7
- native label
- Peach County
- per capita income
- 25929
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Peach County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,981. Its county seat is Fort Valley. Founded in 1924, it is the state's newest county, taken from Houston and Macon counties on July 18 of that year. Its namesake is the peach on account of it being located in a peach-growing district.
Peach County is included in the Warner Robins, GA metropolitan statistical area, which is included in the Macon-Warner Robins, GA combined statistical area.