Haralson County, Georgia


Founding: 1856
Parent counties: Carroll and Polk
Namesake: Hugh Haralson, Georgia politician
Seat: Buchanan (1856–)
Land area: 282 square miles
Population (2020): 30,572
Population (historic): 3,039 (1860); 5,972 (1880); 11,922 (1900); 13,263 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1920; 1930–1950; 1960–2020
Subdivisions: Four cities
National Register listings: Three
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 747 (6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 22.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.4%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 37.5%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $411
Average outbuilding value (1930): $172
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,068
Average farm size (1920): 31.9 acres
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Buchanan
 
Namesake: James Buchanan, U.S. president
Founding: 1856 (platting); 1856 (post office); 1857 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 938
Population (historic): 158 (1880); 359 (1900); 429 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1930–1980; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 38 (7.5%)
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