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| By 1830, the Cherokee Nation consisted
of most of northwest Georgia, plus adjoining areas in Alabama,
Tennessee, and North Carolina. On Dec. 26, 1831, the legislature
designated all land in Georgia that lay west of the Chattahoochee
River and north of Carroll county as "Cherokee County"
(see
map) and provided for its organization. However, the large
county was not able to function as a county because of its size
and the fact that Cherokee Indians still occupied portions of
the land. On Dec. 3, 1832, the legislature added areas of Habersham
and Hall counties to Cherokee County, and then divided the entire
area into ten new counties -- Cass (later renamed Bartow), Cherokee,
Cobb, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and
Union. The new Cherokee County was created in the second section
of the former Cherokee County and consisted of districts two,
three, four, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen, plus the eastern
half of districts twenty-one, twenty-two, and twenty-three (see
map). Later, portions of Cherokee County were used to create
Pickens County (1853) and Milton County (1857). Between 1847
and 1869 -- but especially during the 1850s -- the General Assembly
transferred land from Cherokee County to neighboring Cass (Bartow),
Cobb, Forsyth, and Pickens counties. |
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Useful Census
Links:
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Historical
Census Data Browser
Census 2000 (Georgia
Tech State Data and Research Center)
Georgia 2000 Information
System (University of Georgia ITOS)
Galileo
Demographic & Census Data
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Census |
Pop. |
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2000 |
141,903 |
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1990 |
90,204 |
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1980 |
51,699 |
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1970 |
31,059 |
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1960 |
23,001 |
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1950 |
20,750 |
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1940 |
20,126 |
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1930 |
20,003 |
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1920 |
18,569 |
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1910 |
16,661 |
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1900 |
15,243 |
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1890 |
15,412 |
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1880 |
14,325 |
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1870 |
10,399 |
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1860 |
11,291 |
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1850 |
12,800 |
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1840 |
5,895 |
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1830 |
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1820 |
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1810 |
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1800 |
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1790 |
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- Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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