Chattahoochee County, Georgia

Founding: 1854
Parent counties: Marion and Muscogee

Namesake: The Chattahoochee River
Seat: Cusseta (1854–)

Land area: 249 square miles

Population (2020): 9,565

Population (historic): 5,797 (1860); 5,670 (1880); 5,790 (1900); 8,894 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1870; 1890s; 1920–1940; 1950–1970

Subdivisions: One city; one CDP

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 694 (20.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 52.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 74.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $331
Average outbuilding value (1930): $152
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 425
Average farm size (1920): 56.8 acres
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Cusseta

Namesake: A Creek village near the city site

Founding: 1854 (platting); 1855 (incorporation); 1857 (post office)

Population (2000): 1,196

Population (historic): 216 (1870); 241 (1890); 341 (1910); 343 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870; 1880–1910; 1920s; 1940–1970
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