Bryan County, Georgia
| Bryan County, Georgia | |
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Bryan County Courthouse in Pembroke
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 Location in the U.S. state of Georgia |
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 Georgia's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1793 |
| Seat | Pembroke |
| Largest city | Richmond Hill |
| Area | |
| • Total | 454 sq mi (1,176 km2) |
| • Land | 436 sq mi (1,129 km2) |
| • Water | 18 sq mi (47 km2), 4.1% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 35,137 |
| • Density | 69/sq mi (27/km²) |
| Congressional district | 1st |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website | www |
Bryan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 30,233. The county seat is Pembroke.
Bryan County is part of the Savannah, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Bryan County is separated into two parts (North Bryan and South Bryan) due to the location of Fort Stewart in the middle of the county. The Bryan County Courthouse (Pembroke, Georgia) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Bryan County was created on December 19, 1793, named after Jonathan Bryan (1708–1788), an American Revolutionary War partisan.
South Bryan County is home to the earthen Civil War installation Fort McAllister (now Fort McAllister Historic Park) which Gen. William Sherman captured on his March to the Sea.
The first county seat was in Hardwick. In 1797, the Georgia General Assembly moved the county seat to Cross Roads near modern Richmond Hil. On November 18, 1814, the county seat was moved to Mansford on the Canoochee River. In 1860, the seat was known as Eden. By the 1880s the county seat was known as Bryan. By 1895 it was in Clyde, which may have been the same location formerly known as Eden and Mansford. Clyde served as the seat to 1935; in 1937 Pembroke took on that role. The only remaining sign of Clyde is a cemetery on the Fort Stewart military reservation.
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