Ben Hill County, Georgia

Founding: 1906
Parent counties: Coffee, Irwin, and Wilcox

Namesake: Benjamin Hill, Georgia politician
Seat: Fitzgerald (1906–)

Land area: 250 square miles

Population (2020): 17,194

Population (historic): 11,863 (1910); 14,599 (1920); 13,047 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1920; 1930–1950; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: One city

National Register listings: Seven

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 364 (4.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 26%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $621
Average outbuilding value (1930): $304
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,180
Average farm size (1920): 48.5 acres
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Fitzgerald

Namesake: Philander Fitzgerald, Indiana newspaper editor

Founding: 1895 (platting); 1895 (post office); 1896 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 9,006

Population (historic): 1,817 (1900); 5,795 (1910); 6,870 (1920); 6,412 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1895–1920; 1930–1960; 1970s; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 264 (6.2%)
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