Taylor County, Georgia

Founding: 1852
Parent counties: Macon, Marion, and Talbot

Namesake: Zachary Taylor, U.S. president
Seat: Butler (1852–)

Land area: 377 square miles

Population (2020): 7,816

Population (historic): 5,998 (1860); 8,597 (1880); 9,846 (1900); 10,617 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1920; 1930s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One city; one town; one CDP

National Register listings: Five

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 226 (4.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 15.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $472
Average outbuilding value (1930): $216
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,527
Average farm size (1920): 55.5 acres
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Butler

Namesake: William Butler, U.S army general

Founding: 1852 (platting); 1852 (post office); 1854 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,881

Population (historic): 712 (1890); 705 (1910); 857 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890; 1910–1980; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 18 (1.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. House (1854?). 723 Americus Highway.
2. House (c. 1860). 480 Buster Road. Greek Revival.
3. *House (c. 1845). 446 West Old Wire Road. Greek Revival.
4. *Breedlove House (c. 1830). 461 West Old Wire Road. Federal.