Ware County, GA
| Ware County, Georgia | |
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Ware County Courthouse, (Built 1957), Waycross
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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, 1824 |
| Named for | Nicholas Ware |
| Seat | Waycross |
| Largest city | Waycross |
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| • Total | 908 sq mi (2,352 km2) |
| • Land | 892 sq mi (2,310 km2) |
| • Water | 16 sq mi (41 km2), 1.7% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 36,312 |
| • Density | 41/sq mi (16/km²) |
| Congressional district | 1st |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website | www |
Ware County is a county located in the southeast of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,312. The county seat is Waycross.
Ware County is part of the Waycross, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area.
By geographic area, Ware County is the largest Georgia county. There is a local saying that the county seat of Waycross is "the largest city in the largest county in the largest state, east of the Mississippi".
Ware County, Georgia's 60th county, was created on December 15, 1824, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly from land that was originally part of Appling County.
The county is named for Nicholas Ware, the mayor of Augusta, Georgia from (1819–1821) and United States Senator who represented Georgia from 1821 until his death in 1824.
Several counties were later created from parts of the original Ware County borders:
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 908 square miles (2,350 km2), of which 892 square miles (2,310 km2) is land and 16 square miles (41 km2) (1.7%) is water. It is the largest county in Georgia by area. A large portion of the county lies within the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected areas.
More than half of Ware County, made up by the western half of the southern portion of the county, the land bridge to the northern portion of the county, and the southern and western portion of the northern section of the county, is located in the Upper Suwannee River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin. The eastern half of the southern portion of Ware County is located in the St. Marys River sub-basin of the St. Marys-Satilla River basin. The rest of the county, from just southeast to north and west of Waycross, is located in the Satilla River sub-basin of the same St. Marys-Satilla River basin.
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