Barrow County

administration
Barrow County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Winder
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Barrow County P.O. Box 456 Winder, Georgia 30680
Foundation :	July 7, 1914
Made up from:	Gwinnett County , Walton County Jackson County
Area code :	001 770
Demographics
Residents :	69,367 (2010)
Population density :	165.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	422 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.barrowchamber.com

The Barrow County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Winder .

geography

The county covers an area of 422 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Jackson County , Oconee County , Walton County , Gwinnett County, and Hall Counties .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Atlanta .

history

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1920	13,188	-
1930	12,401	-6%
1940	13,064	5.3%
1950	13,115	0.4%
1960	14,485	10.4%
1970	16,859	16.4%
1980	21,354	26.7%
1990	29,721	39.2%
2000	46.144	55.3%
2010	69,367	50.3%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Barrow County was formed on July 7, 1914 from parts of Walton, Gwinnett and Jackson Counties and named after David Crenshaw Barrow , a former dean of the University of Georgia .

In 1786 the country was still inhabited by the Indians. The first were the Creek Indians. They named the area Snodon . The first whites came and traded cheap glass beads and brightly colored cloth for the land along the Mulberry River . Lon Drager built a log cabin on the site known as the Black Gum Hollow in 1794 . As it turned out later, this was the place of the Indian settlement Snodon . The log cabin later became the Jug Tavern . In 1819 the first post office and an office for the justice of the peace were opened in the "Truman Smith Mill". In 1887 the railway company "Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern" (later Gainesville Midland Railway) built the railway line, with stations in Bethlehem, Jug Tavern and Mulberry.

In 1892 the city of Auburn was founded. It was named after the red clay in the area that was used to dye the clothes. In 1893 the town of Winder , formerly Jug Tavern, was added. Jug Tavern was renamed in honor of the railroad pioneer John Winder , who laid the rails through town. At the time, the city of Winder was in 3 different counties. In 1897, AH O'Neal , the first industrialist in town, began producing soft drinks under the name Winder Bottling . Two of his products were called Red Rock Gingerale and Beerwine . He made the city known throughout the country and only a few years later other well-known companies had settled, such as Bell Overall Olant or the First National Bank . In 1905 the first car was bought in what would later become Barrow County.

Barrow County was established in 1914. It was the only county named after a living person. In 1929 the first airport opened in the area. In 1931, Richard B. Russell became Governor of Georgia of Barrow County. To date, he is the youngest governor in Georgian history. 1950 was the laying of the foundation stone for the Winder-Barrow Hospital . In 1960 there were 2,700 telephone lines in the county, of which 1969 direct long-distance calls were possible. The Holly Hill Mall Shopping Center opens in 1972 . At the same time, Winder-Barrow High School burns down. The '80s were the decade of restaurants along Highway 29 in Winder. McDonald’s was the first to open a restaurant and everyone else followed like: Burger King , Arby’s , Captain D’s Taco Bell , Pizza Hut and Golden Corral , to name a few.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the 69,367 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 23,971 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.88 people per household. There are a total of 26,400 households.

76.0% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.28 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 42.6% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 19.7% of all households.

30.7% of the population were younger than 20 years, 29.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.1% were 40 to 59 years old, and 14.1% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 34 years. 49.3% of the population were male and 50.7% were female.

78.8% of the population identified themselves as whites, 11.4% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 3.4% as Asian Americans . 3.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.3% to several ethnic groups. 8.7% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 53,256 USD , while 13.5% of the population lived below the poverty line.