Glascock County, Georgia

Founding: 1857
Parent county: Warren

Namesake: Thomas Glascock, Georgia politician
Seat: Gibson (1858–)

Land area: 144 square miles

Population (2020): 2,884

Population (historic): 2,437 (1860); 3,577 (1880); 4,516 (1900); 4,388 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1920–1940; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Two cities; one town

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 195 (12.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 17.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 45.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 44.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $376
Average outbuilding value (1930): $159
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 675
Average farm size (1920): 51.2 acres
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Gibson

Namesake: William Gibson, who funded the Glascock County Courthouse's construction

Founding: 1858 (platting); 1858 (post office); 1913 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 630

Population (historic): 123 (1880); 293 (1900); 442 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1960s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 54 (16.7%)
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