Dawson County Courthouse

Photo: Ed Jackson

Note: This is NOT the official web site of Dawson County or of any county officials; it is an educational web site about the history of the county courthouse and the county itself.  For the address and phone number of the courthouse and county officials, see the NaCO web page for Dawson County, linked below:

Address and Phone Number: See NaCO web page for Dawson County

Location: Dawsonville

Date Built: 1978

Architectural Style: Modern

Designer: Bailey Allegret

Other Information: Dawson County's first courthouse was a two-story brick building [see photo] located in the town square of Dawsonville. That building served as courthouse until 1978, when a modern two-story courthouse was built a block north of the old courthouse.

County Courthouse Historical Marker: Click here

County History: Dawson County was created on Dec. 3, 1857 from Gilmer and Lumpkin counties by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1857, p. 32). Georgia's 119th county was named in honor of noted lawyer, state legislator, soldier, U.S. Representative, and U.S. Senator William C. Dawson, who had died the previous year.

County Seat: The act creating Dawson County empowered the judges of the inferior court to select a site for location of the county seat. They selected a site and named it Dawsonville in honor of William C. Dawson.

Maps

• Historical Maps of Dawson County
• Georgia DOT Map of Dawson County, pdf (666K)

Size of County (Total Area):

County Rank in Total Area:

Population:

Dawson County

• 15,999 (2000)
• Dawson County Historical Population Profile

City of Dawsonville

• 619 (2000)

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