Berrien County, Georgia

Founding: 1856
Parent counties: Irwin and Lowndes

Namesake: John Berrien, Georgia senator
Seat: Nashville (1856–)

Land area: 452 square miles

Population (2020): 18,160

Population (historic): 3,475 (1860); 6,619 (1880); 19,440 (1900); 14,646 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1930s; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: Two cities; two towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 437 (5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 13%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $418
Average outbuilding value (1930): $203
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,744
Average farm size (1920): 40.4 acres
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Nashville

Namesake: Francis Nash, Continental Army general

Founding: 1856 (platting); 1857 (post office); 1892 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,947

Population (historic): 95 (1870); 425 (1890); 990 (1910); 1,672 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1890; 1900–1920; 1930–1980; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 75 (3.1%)
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