Echols County, Georgia
Founding: 1858 Parent counties: Clinch and Lowndes Namesake: Robert Echols, Georgia politician Seat: Statenville (1858–) Land area: 415 square miles Population (2020): 3,697 Population (historic): 1,491 (1860); 2,553 (1880); 3,209 (1900); 2,744 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1920; 1930s; 1960–2010 Subdivisions: One CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 43 (2.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 8% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.1% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 35.4% Average farmhouse value (1930): $379 Average outbuilding value (1930): $175 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.7 rooms Number of farms (1920): 279 Average farm size (1920): 60.7 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Statenville Namesake: James Staten, Georgia...