Lincoln County, Georgia

Founding: 1796
Parent county: Wilkes
Namesake: Benjamin Lincoln, Continental Army general
Seat: Lincolnton (1798–)
Land area: 210 square miles
Population (2020): 7,690
Population (historic): 4,766 (1800); 5,895 (1840); 5,413 (1870); 7,156 (1900); 7,847 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1800; 1810s; 1840s; 1870s; 1890–1920; 1970–2000
Subdivisions: One city
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 251 (5.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 22.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 19.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $408
Average outbuilding value (1930): $132
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,668
Average farm size (1920): 33.7 acres
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Lincolnton

 
Namesake: Benjamin Lincoln, Continental Army general
Founding: 1798 (platting); 1800 (post office); 1817 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,480
Population (historic): 92 (1870); 220 (1890); 375 (1910); 916 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870; 1880s; 1900–1930; 1940–1960; 1980–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 56 (7.4%)
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