Note: This is NOT the official web site of Grady 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 Grady County, linked below:
Address and Phone Number: See NaCO web page for Grady County
Location: Cairo (pronounced "kay-row")
GPS Coordinates : 30.87858, 84.20793
Date Built: 1985
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Other Information: The current Grady County courthouse was completed in 1985 after the previous courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1980. The previous courthouse was built in 1908, three years after the county's creation. [See photo 1, photo 2, and photo 3] The designer of that courthouse was Alexander Blair.
County Courthouse Historical Marker: Click here
County History: Grady County was created from Decatur and Thomas counties on Aug. 17, 1905 by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1905, p. 54). Georgia's 139th county was named for former Atlanta Constitution editor Henry Grady, who urged Georgia farmers to diversify and end the state's economic dependence on cotton.
County Seat: The 1905 legislation creating Grady County designated Cairo as the county seat. The date of Cairo's first settlement is not known, but its name appears on an 1838 map of Georgia, suggesting initial settlement prior to that date. The town is believed to have been named for the Egyptian or Illinois city of the same name. Cairo was first incorporated by the legislature on Oct. 28, 1870.
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Size of County (Total Area): 460.4 square miles
County Rank in Total Area: 40th out of 159
Population:
Grady County
City of Cairo
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