Bryan County (Georgia)
Bryan County Courthouse |
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US state : | Georgia |
Administrative headquarters : | Pembroke |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
County Administration Bryan County 116 Lanier Street P.O. Box 430 Pembroke, GA 31321 |
Foundation : | December 19, 1793 |
Made up from: |
Liberty County , Effingham County |
Area code : | 001 912 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 30,233 (2010) |
Population density : | 26.4 inhabitants / km 2 |
geography | |
Total area : | 1177 km² |
Water surface : | 33 km² |
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Website : www.bryancountyga.org |
The Bryan County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Pembroke .
geography
The county lies between the Ogeechee River in the east and the Midway River in the west in the southeast of Georgia, borders with the southeastern tip on the Atlantic Ocean and is in the northeast about 50 km from the US state South Carolina . It has an area of 1,177 square kilometers, of which 33 square kilometers are water surface and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Effingham County , Chatham County , Liberty County , Evans County and Bulloch County .
The county is part of the metropolitan area of Savannah .
history
The county was formed on December 19, 1793 as the 16th county in Georgia. It was named after Jonathan Bryan , a partisan during the American Revolution. The first seat of administration was Hardwick . In 1860 it became Eden and in 1901 the city of Clyde . In 1937 it became Pembroke. The first courthouse, then still made of wood, was built in 1854.
growth of population | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1800 | 2830 | - | |
1810 | 2827 | -0.1% | |
1820 | 3021 | 6.9% | |
1830 | 3139 | 3.9% | |
1840 | 3182 | 1.4% | |
1850 | 3424 | 7.6% | |
1860 | 4015 | 17.3% | |
1870 | 5252 | 30.8% | |
1880 | 4929 | -6.2% | |
1890 | 5520 | 12% | |
1900 | 6122 | 10.9% | |
1910 | 6702 | 9.5% | |
1920 | 6343 | -5.4% | |
1930 | 5952 | -6.2% | |
1940 | 6288 | 5.6% | |
1950 | 5965 | -5.1% | |
1960 | 6226 | 4.4% | |
1970 | 6539 | 5% | |
1980 | 10.175 | 55.6% | |
1990 | 15,438 | 51.7% | |
2000 | 23,417 | 51.7% | |
2010 | 30,233 | 29.1% | |
Before 1900
1900–1990 2000 + 2010 |
Worth seeing
In the south of the county, in what is now Fort McAllister Historic Park , is Fort McAllister from the times of the American Civil War, which was captured by General William Sherman on his march to the Atlantic. Also of interest is the Civil War Museum in Pembroke.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census, the then 30,233 inhabitants were distributed over 10,738 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.81 people per household. There are a total of 11,842 households.
78.8% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.17 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 44.6% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 18.6% of all households.
31.9% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.5% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.6% were 40 to 59 years old, and 14.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 36 years. 49.1% of the population were male and 50.9% were female.
80.2% of the population identified themselves as whites, 14.2% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 1.6% as Asian Americans . 1.2% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.5% to several ethnic groups. 4.4% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .
The average annual income per household was 65,123 USD , while 12.6% of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Bryan County
Bryan County towns and cities with 2010 census residents :
Cities :
- Richmond Hill - 9,281 residents
- Pembroke ( County Seat ) - 2,196 inhabitants
Web links
- The Bryan County at georgia.gov (engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ GNIS-ID: 350496. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
- ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
- ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed March 31, 2012
- ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved August 24, 2016.
Coordinates: 32 ° 1 ′ N , 81 ° 26 ′ W