Banks County, Georgia
Founding: 1859 Parent counties: Franklin and Habersham Namesake: Richard Banks, Georgia physician Seat: Homer (1859–) Land area: 232 square miles Population (2020): 18,035 Population (historic): 4,707 (1860); 7,337 (1880); 10,545 (1900); 9,703 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1920; 1960–2010 Subdivisions: Two cities; two towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 426 (5.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 22.9% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 34.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 38.1% Average farmhouse value (1930): $471 Average outbuilding value (1930): $199 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,111 Average farm size (1920): 29.1 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Homer Namesake: Homer Jackson, local resident Founding: 1...