Banks County, Georgia

Founding: 1859
Parent counties: Franklin and Habersham

Namesake: Richard Banks, Georgia physician
Seat: Homer (1859–)

Land area: 232 square miles

Population (2020): 18,035

Population (historic): 4,707 (1860); 7,337 (1880); 10,545 (1900); 9,703 (1930)

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

Subdivisions: Two cities; two towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 426 (5.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 22.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 34.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 38.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $471
Average outbuilding value (1930): $199
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,111
Average farm size (1920): 29.1 acres
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Homer

Namesake: Homer Jackson, local resident

Founding: 1858 (platting); 1859 (incorporation); 1860 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,264

Population (historic): 120 (1870); 221 (1900); 248 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870; 1880s; 1900–1920; 1930–1960; 1970–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 31 (6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Farm (c. 1850/1910). 215 Bellamy Street. Classical Revival.
2. Farm (c. 1895). 1093 Bell Road. Eastlake.
3. Farm (c. 1900). 4513 Old US Highway 441. Eastlake.
4. Farm (c. 1900). 1697 Wilson Bridge Road. Queen Anne.
5. Jacob Hollingsworth Log House (c. 1793). 2307 Wynn Lake Road.

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