Echols County, Georgia

Founding: 1858
Parent counties: Clinch and Lowndes

Namesake: Robert Echols, Georgia politician
Seat: Statenville (1858–)

Land area: 415 square miles

Population (2020): 3,697

Population (historic): 1,491 (1860); 2,553 (1880); 3,209 (1900); 2,744 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1920; 1930s; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: One CDP

National Register listings: Two

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 43 (2.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 35.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $379
Average outbuilding value (1930): $175
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 279
Average farm size (1920): 60.7 acres
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Statenville

Namesake: James Staten, Georgia politician

Founding: pre-1859 (founding as Troublesome); 1859 (incorporation); 1860 (post office)

Population (2010): 1,040

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 33 (6.9%)
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