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Wilkes County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- February 5, 1777 ; 249 years ago ( 1777 )
- Named after
- John Wilkes
- Seat
- Washington
- Largest city
- Washington
- Total
- 474 sq mi (1,230 km )
- Land
- 469 sq mi (1,210 km )
- Water
- 4.6 sq mi (12 km ) 1.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,540
- Density
- 20/sq mi (7.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 10th , 12th
- Website
- www .wilkescountyga .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Wilkes
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Capital
- Washington
- Population
- 9565
- Area
- 474
- Shares border with
- Oglethorpe County
- Official website
- www.washingtonwilkes.org
- Image
- Wilkes County Courthouse, Washington, Georgia.jpg
- Households
- 4115
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- Commons category
- Wilkes County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Wilkes County, Georgia
- inception
- 1784-02-25
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wilkes County, Georgia
- different from
- Wilkes County
- water as percent of area
- 1
- native label
- Wilkes County
- per capita income
- 23265
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Encyclopedic overview
Wilkes County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,565. The county seat is the city of Washington.
Referred to as "Washington-Wilkes", the county seat and county are commonly treated as a single entity by locals, including the area's historical society and the Chamber of Commerce. It is part of the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wilkes County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.