Quitman County, Georgia

Founding: 1859
Parent counties: Randolph and Stewart

Namesake: John Quitman, Mississippi governor
Seat: Georgetown (1858–)

Land area: 151 square miles

Population (2020): 2,235

Population (historic): 3,499 (1860); 4,392 (1880); 4,701 (1900); 3,820 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1920s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 63 (3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 10.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 66.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 44.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $503
Average outbuilding value (1930): $233
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 537
Average farm size (1920): 74.5 acres
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Georgetown

Namesake: A traditional name

Founding: 1830s (founding as Tobanana); 1833 (post office); 1859 (platting); 1859 (incorporation)

Population (2000): 973

Population (historic): 263 (1870); 348 (1890); 313 (1910); 345 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870; 1880s; 1920s; 1940s; 1960s
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