Banks County
| Banks County Northeast Georgia county whose county seat is Homer. |
Barrow County
| Barrow County One of Georgia's newest counties, taken from Jackson and Walton County in 1914 |
Bartow County
| Bartow County Renamed from the earlier Cass County because of political changes, Bartow was named for Frank Bartow (nobody called him Francis) following his death at Bull Run |
Cass County
| Cass County Original name for Bartow County |
Catoosa County
| Catoosa County Located In northwest Georgia, its county seat is Ringgold |
Chattooga County
| Chattooga County Northwestern Georgia county, created from Floyd and Walker Counties in 1838 |
Cherokee County
| Cherokee County The original Cherokee County comprised the 7200 square miles of the Cherokee Nation in Georgia. In 1832 it was divided into 10 smaller counties. Canton (county seat), Woodstock, Freehome, Holly Springs |
Cobb County
| Cobb County Northwest of Atlanta on I-75, its county seat is Marietta. One of ten original counties created from the Cherokee Nation after the 1832 Land Lottery |
Dade County
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Dawson County
| Dawson County North-central county whose county seat is Dawsonville |
Dekalb County
| Dekalb County County east of Atlanta with the cities of Decatur (county seat), Stone Mountain, Tucker and Lithonia |
Fannin County
| Fannin County North-central county whose county seat is Blue Ridge |
Forsyth County
| Forsyth County At the start of the Old Federal Highway, Forsyth County was well known to settlers because of Vann's Tavern and Blackburn's, a small settlement on the Highway near the Etowah River. |
Franklin County
| Franklin County Early Northeast Georgia County whose seat of government is Carnesville |
Fulton County
| Fulton County Georgia's most populous county today was created in 1853 |
Fulton County
| Fulton County Home to Atlanta, the county became a rail hub by the start of the Civil War. |
Gilmer County
| Gilmer County
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Gwinnett County
| Gwinnett County Named for Button Gwinnett, the southern end of the county was settled before 1800. The county was site of the missionary trial in 1833 and raked by Sherman's "bummers" during the occupation of Atlanta. County seat is Lawrenceville. |
Habersham County
| Habersham County Northeast county whose county seat is Clarkesville |
Hall County
| Hall County With Gainesville as its county seat, Lake Lanier as a main attraction, and I-85 carrying visitors to it, Hall County in a popular tourist destination and bedroom community to the Atlanta metro area |
Lumpkin County
| Lumpkin County North-central Georgia county at the center of the 1829 gold rush. Dahlonega, name of the county seat, is the Cherokee word for gold. |
Murray County
| Murray County Northern county whose seat of government is Chatsworth, at one time Murray contained all or part of Whitfield County, Catoosa County, Walker County and Dade County |
Pickens County
| Pickens County Known as the "Marble Capitol of the World," Pickens mining operations drew most of its early population in the eastern half of the county. Agriculture was important to the west. |
Rabun County
| Rabun County In the northeast corner of Georgia, this county joined Georgia in 1818. County seat is Clayton. |
Towns County
| Towns County Northeast Georgia county that's home to Brasstown Bald, the Georgia Mountain Fair and Lake Chatuge. Hiawassee is the county seat. |
Union County
| Union County Union County seems as if it was carved Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains. Its county seat, Blairsville, is literally surrounded by mountains |
Walker County
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White County
| White County From the Appalachian Trail to Helen and Cleveland (county seat), White County is a popular destination for visitors to North Georgia. |
Whitfield County
| Whitfield County Northwest Georgia county whose seat of government is Dalton |
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Dekalb County
| Dekalb County County east of Atlanta with the cities of Decatur (county seat), Stone Mountain, Tucker and Lithonia |