Habersham County, Georgia

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Location in the U.S. state of Georgia

Georgia's location in the U.S.

Founded

1818

Named for

Largest city

Area

• Total

279 sq mi (723 km²)

• Land

277 sq mi (717 km²)

• Water

2.3 sq mi (6 km²), 0.8%

Population

• (2010)

43,041

• Density

156/sq mi (60/km²)

Congressional district

9th

Time zone

Eastern: UTC-5/-4

Website

www.co.habersham.ga.us

Habersham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,041. The county seat is Clarkesville. The county was created on December 15, 1818, and named for Colonel Joseph Habersham.

Habersham County comprises the Cornelia, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 279 square miles (720 km²), of which 277 square miles (720 km²) is land and 2.3 square miles (6.0 km²) (0.8%) is water. The county includes part of Chattahoochee National Forest.

The highest point in the county is a 4,400-foot (1,300 m) knob less than 700 feet (210 m) southeast of the top of Tray Mountain, the seventh-highest mountain in Georgia. Habersham shares this portion of Tray Mountain, just 30 vertical feet shy of the peak's 4,430-foot summit, with White County to the west and Towns County to the north. 2.4 miles to the northeast of Tray Mountain is Young Lick (elevation 3,809 feet (1,161 m)). The Appalachian Trail runs along the top of the high ridge between Young Lick and Tray, a part of the Blue Ridge Mountain crest.

Habersham is mostly located in the Upper Chattahoochee River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin), with the northeastern corner of the county located in the Tugaloo River sub-basin in the larger Savannah River basin, and the southeastern portion located in the Broad River sub-basin of the same Savannah River basin.

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