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Washington County Historic Population Profile

Washington County was created on Feb. 25, 1784 by an act of the General Assembly. The new county was formed from Creek and Cherokee land cessions in the treaties of Augusta in May and November of 1783. Later, portions of Washington County were used to create the following counties: Greene (1786), Hancock (1793), Montgomery (1793), Warren (1793), and Johnson (1858).

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

*Census*	*Pop.*
2000	21,176
1990	19,112
1980	18,842
1970	17,480
1960	18,903
1950	21,012
1940	24,230
1930	25,030
1920	28,147
1910	28,174
1900	28,227
1890	25,237
1880	21,964
1870	15,842
1860	12,698
1850	11,766
1840	10,565
1830	9,820
1820	10,627
1810	9,940
1800	10,300
1790	4,552

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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