Clinch County, Georgia

Founding: 1850
Parent counties: Lowndes and Ware
Namesake: Duncan Clinch, Georgia politician
Seat: Magnolia (1852–1860); Homerville (1860–)
Land area: 800 square miles
Population (2020): 6,749
Population (historic): 637 (1850); 3,945 (1870); 6,652 (1890); 8,424 (1910); 7,015 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1950s; 1970s; 1990s
Subdivisions: Two cities; two towns; one CDP
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 140 (4.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 13%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 0.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 31.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 42.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $500
Average outbuilding value (1930): $136
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 650
Average farm size (1920): 36.2 acres
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Homerville

 
Namesake: Homer Mattox, owner of the city site
Founding: 1853 (founding); 1854 (post office); 1872 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 2,344
Population (historic): 201 (1880); 434 (1900); 1,150 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1920–1980; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 55 (4.3%)
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