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 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 _________________________________________________________________________________ Buchanan Namesake: James Buchanan, U.S. president Fo...