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Troup County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- June 9, 1826 ; 200 years ago ( 1826 )
- Named after
- George Troup
- Seat
- LaGrange
- Largest city
- LaGrange
- Total
- 446 sq mi (1,160 km )
- Land
- 414 sq mi (1,070 km )
- Water
- 32 sq mi (83 km ) 7.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 72,844
- Density
- 168/sq mi (64.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- https://www.troupcountyga.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- George Troup
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Contains
- LaGrange
- Capital
- LaGrange
- Population
- 69426
- Area
- 1155
- Shares border with
- Randolph County
- Official website
- www.troupcountyga.org
- Image
- Troup County Georgia Government Center.JPG
- Households
- 24982
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- Commons category
- Troup County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Troup County, Georgia
- inception
- 1825-06-08
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Troup County, Georgia
- water as percent of area
- 7.2
- native label
- Troup County
- social media followers
- 1435
- per capita income
- 24660
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Encyclopedic overview
Troup County (/truːp/, TROOP) is a county in the West Central region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 69,426. The county seat is LaGrange. Troup County comprises the LaGrange micropolitan statistical area along with Chambers County, AL. It is included in the Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs combined statistical area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Troup County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.