Heard County, Georgia

Founding: 1830
Parent counties: Carroll, Coweta, and Troup

Namesake: Stephen Heard, Georgia governor
Seat: Franklin (1831–)

Land area: 296 square miles

Population (2020): 11,412

Population (historic): 5,329 (1840); 7,805 (1860); 8,769 (1880); 11,177 (1900); 9,102 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1910; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: Two cities; one town

National Register listings: Two

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 202 (3.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 19.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 35.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $459
Average outbuilding value (1930): $202
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,147
Average farm size (1920): 36.2 acres
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Franklin

Namesake: Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father

Founding: 1831 (platting); 1831 (post office); 1831 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 950

Population (historic): 269 (1880); 218 (1900); 312 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1900s; 1930–1970; 1980–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 29 (5.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Prospect Methodist Church (c. 1900). 4131 State Route 34. Eastlake.