Taliaferro County, Georgia

Taliaferro County, Georgia
Taliaferro County Courthouse (Built 1902), Crawfordville
Location in the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia's location in the U.S.
Founded	December 24, 1825
Named for	Benjamin Taliaferro
Seat	Crawfordville
Largest city	Crawfordville
Area
• Total	195 sq mi (505 km2)
• Land	195 sq mi (505 km2)
• Water	0.7 sq mi (2 km2), 0.4%
Population (est.)
• (2015)	1,639
• Density	8.8/sq mi (3/km²)
Congressional district	10th
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5/-4

Taliaferro County /ˈtɒlɪvər/ is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,717, making it the least populous county in Georgia and the second-least populous county east of the Mississippi River (after Issaquena County, Mississippi). The county seat is Crawfordville.

Taliaferro County was formed by an act of the Georgia Legislature meeting in Milledgeville on December 24, 1825. It was formed by taking portions of five other counties: Wilkes, Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, and Warren Counties.

The county was named for Colonel Benjamin Taliaferro of Virginia, who was an officer in the American Revolution.

The county is most famous for containing the birthplace and home of Alexander H. Stephens, who served as a U.S. congressman from Georgia in the antebellum South, as vice president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, and as governor of Georgia after the war (dying in office). A state park near his home in Crawfordville, Georgia bears his name.