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

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.

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