Taliaferro County, Georgia

Founding: 1825
Parent counties: Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren, and Wilkes

Namesake: Benjamin Taliaferro, Georgia politician
Seat: Crawfordville (1825–)

Land area: 195 square miles

Population (2020): 1,559

Population (historic): 4,934 (1830); 4,583 (1860); 7,034 (1880); 7,912 (1900); 6,172 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1840; 1860–1920; 1930s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities

National Register listings: Seven

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 110 (10.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 16.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 16.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 46.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 42%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $317
Average outbuilding value (1930): $88
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,553
Average farm size (1920): 30.1 acres
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Crawfordville

Namesake: William Crawford, U.S. Secretary of War

Founding: 1825 (platting); 1825 (post office); 1826 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 479

Population (historic): 511 (1880); 597 (1900); 840 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1940
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 45 (13.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Colonsay / Marmaduke Mendenhall House (1789–1790). 6508 Lower Mill Road.
2. *Farm. 6593 Lower Mill Road.
3. *House. 3467 Sandy Cross Road.
4. *House (c. 1900). 196 Upper Mill Road. Queen Anne.