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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Outstanding Buildings

1. House. 1370 Aycock–Norman Road.
2. Parks House (c. 1835). 4065 Chamberlain Ferry Road.
3. John Chenault House (c. 1853). 1099 Danburg Road. Greek Revival.
4. Idella Price House (c. 1900). 6042 Double Branches Road. Queen Anne.
5. Joseph Matthews House (c. 1855). 5040 Elberton Highway. Greek Revival.

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