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| Henry County was created on May
15, 1821 by an act of the General Assembly from Creek Indians
ceded lands between the Ocmulgee and Flint rivers (see
map) on Jan. 8, 1821 in the first Treaty of Indian Springs.
Later, portions of Henry County were used to create the following
counties: Newton (1821), DeKalb (1822), Butts (1825), Spalding
(1851), Clayton (1858), and Rockdale (1870). |
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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 |
119,341 |
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1990 |
58,741 |
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1980 |
36,309 |
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1970 |
23,724 |
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1960 |
17,619 |
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1950 |
15,857 |
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1940 |
15,119 |
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1930 |
15,924 |
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1920 |
20,420 |
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1910 |
19,927 |
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1900 |
18,602 |
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1890 |
16,220 |
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1880 |
14,193 |
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1870 |
10,102 |
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1860 |
10,702 |
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1850 |
14,726 |
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1840 |
11,756 |
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1830 |
10,566 |
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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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