Colquitt County, Georgia
| Colquitt County, Georgia | |
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Colquitt County Courthouse in Moultrie
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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 | 1856 |
| Named for | Walter Terry Colquitt |
| Seat | Moultrie |
| Largest city | Moultrie |
| Area | |
| • Total | 557 sq mi (1,443 km2) |
| • Land | 544 sq mi (1,409 km2) |
| • Water | 12 sq mi (31 km2), 2.2% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 45,844 |
| • Density | 84/sq mi (32/km²) |
| Congressional district | 8th |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website | www |
Colquitt County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 45,498. The county seat is Moultrie. The county was created February 25, 1856 and is named for Walter Terry Colquitt, a U.S. senator.
Colquitt County comprises the Moultrie, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area.
It is the hometown of former U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss. Colquitt County is the home of the Colquitt County Packers and is home to the 1994 Class AAAA and the 2014 and 2015 AAAAAA State Championship Football teams, along with the 1997 and 2003 State Champion Baseball teams.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 557 square miles (1,440 km2), of which 544 square miles (1,410 km2) is land and 12 square miles (31 km2) (2.2%) is water.
Most of the western portion of Colquitt County, west of Moultrie and State Route 33, is located in the Upper Ochlockonee River sub-basin of the larger Ochlockonee River basin, with the exception of the very northwestern corner of the county, between Sale City and west of Doerun, which is located in the Lower Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). A narrow central portion of Colquitt County, running from north to south of Moultrie, and then widening to occupy the gap between U.S. Route 319 and State Route 133, is located in the Withlacoochee River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin. The eastern portion of the county is located in the Little River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin.
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