Heard County, Georgia
| Heard County, Georgia | |
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Heard County courthouse in Franklin
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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 22, 1830 |
| Named for | Stephen Heard |
| Seat | Franklin |
| Largest city | Franklin |
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| • Total | 301 sq mi (780 km2) |
| • Land | 296 sq mi (767 km2) |
| • Water | 5.1 sq mi (13 km2), 1.7% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 11,539 |
| • Density | 40/sq mi (15/km²) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website | heardcountyga |
Heard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,834. The county seat is Franklin. The county was created on December 22, 1830.
Heard County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Heard County is the only county in Georgia that does not have a railroad.
Heard County was created by Act of the Legislature on December 22, 1830. It was named for Stephen Heard, elected President of the Council on February 18, 1781, thus, in the absence of Governor Howley, becoming Governor de facto. Heard moved to Wilkes County from Virginia and fought in the American Revolutionary War where he distinguished himself at Kettle Creek. The first Sheriff, Jonathan Mewsick, was commissioned in 1832.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 301 square miles (780 km2), of which 296 square miles (770 km2) is land and 5.1 square miles (13 km2) (1.7%) is water.
The vast majority of Heard County is located in the Middle Chattahoochee River-Lake Harding sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin), with just a very small northwestern corner of the county, west of Ephesus, located in the Upper Tallapoosa River sub-basin of the ACT River Basin (Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin).
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