Hall County, Georgia
| Hall County, Georgia | |
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Hall County courthouse in Gainesville
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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 | December 15, 1818 |
| Named for | Lyman Hall |
| Seat | Gainesville |
| Largest city | Gainesville |
| Area | |
| • Total | 429 sq mi (1,111 km2) |
| • Land | 393 sq mi (1,018 km2) |
| • Water | 37 sq mi (96 km2), 8.5% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 193,535 |
| • Density | 457/sq mi (176/km²) |
| Congressional district | 9th |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website | www |
Hall County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 179,684. The county seat is Gainesville.
Hall County comprises the Gainesville, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also part of the Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA Combined Statistical Area.
Hall County was created on December 15, 1818, from Cherokee lands ceded by the Treaty of Cherokee Agency (1817) and Treaty of Washington (1819).
The county is named for Dr. Lyman Hall, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Georgia as both colony and state.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 429 square miles (1,110 km2), of which 393 square miles (1,020 km2) is land and 37 square miles (96 km2) (8.5%) is water.
Slightly more than half of Hall County, the eastern portion of the county, is located in the Upper Oconee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River basin, while the western half of the county is located in the Upper Chattahoochee River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin).
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