Charlton County, Georgia

Charlton County, Georgia
Charlton County courthouse in Folkston
Location in the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia's location in the U.S.
Founded	1854
Named for	Robert M. Charlton
Seat	Folkston
Largest city	Folkston
Area
• Total	782 sq mi (2,025 km2)
• Land	774 sq mi (2,005 km2)
• Water	8.8 sq mi (23 km2), 1.1%
Population (est.)
• (2015)	12,965
• Density	16/sq mi (6/km²)
Congressional district	1st
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Website	Charlton County/ Folkston, Georgia Consolidated Government

Charlton County is the southernmost county of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 12,171. The county seat is Folkston.

Charlton County was created from a portion of Camden County, Georgia by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on February 18, 1854. The original county seat was at Trader's Hill, until 1901. Additional lands from Ware County, Georgia, were added to Charlton's borders by an 1855 act of the General Assembly. In 1856, an additional legislative act redefined the Charlton–Camden borders again with each county ceding land to the other.

The county is named for Robert Milledge Charlton, a U. S. Senator from Georgia.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 782 square miles (2,030 km²), of which 774 square miles (2,000 km²) is land and 8.8 square miles (23 km²) (1.1%) is water. It is the fifth-largest county by area in Georgia. It is the southernmost county in Georgia. A large portion of the county lies within the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected areas.

The entire central and southern portion of Charlton County is located in the St. Marys sub-basin of the St. Marys-Satilla basin. The county's northeastern portion, north of Homeland, is located in the Satilla River sub-basin of the St. Marys-Satilla basin. The western portion of Charlton County is located in the Upper Suwannee River sub-basin of the larger Suwannee River basin.