Chatham County, Georgia

administration
Chatham County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Savannah
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Manager 124 Bull Street Suite 220 Savannah, Georgia 31401
Foundation :	February 5, 1777
Made up from:	Christ Church Parish St. Phillip's Parish
Area code :	001 912
Demographics
Residents :	265,128 (2010)
Population density :	233.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1638 km²
Water surface :	503 km²
map

Website : www.chathamcounty.org

The Chatham County is located in the US state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Savannah .

geography

The county is located in southeast Georgia, borders the Atlantic Ocean to the east and South Carolina to the northeast . It has an area of 1638 square kilometers, of which 503 square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Bryan County and Effingham County .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of Savannah .

history

Chatham County was formed on February 5, 1777 as the third county in Georgia from Christ Church Parish and parts of St. Phillip's Parish . It was named after the British Prime Minister William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham .

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	10,760	-
1800	12,946	20.3%
1810	13,540	4.6%
1820	14,737	8.8%
1830	14,127	-4.1%
1840	18.801	33.1%
1850	23,991	27.6%
1860	31,043	29.4%
1870	41,270	32.9%
1880	45.023	9.1%
1890	57,740	28.2%
1900	71,239	23.4%
1910	79,690	11.9%
1920	100.032	25.5%
1930	105,431	5.4%
1940	117,970	11.9%
1950	151,481	28.4%
1960	188,299	24.3%
1970	187,767	-0.3%
1980	202.226	7.7%
1990	216.935	7.3%
2000	232.028	7%
2010	265.128	14.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Historical objects

Savannah

In Savannah is the historic Juliette Gordon Low Historic District . It comprises three buildings ( Wayne-Gordon House: First Girl Scout Headquarters , Andrew Low House and the Carriage House ) and was listed on October 15, 1966 by the National Register of Historic Places as a historic monument with the number 66000276. It is also listed on the National Historic Landmark .
In Savannah at 207 East Gordon Street is the historic Massie Common School House .

Tybee Island

On Tybee Island , the historic Fort Screven Historic District is a must-see. It was listed as a national monument in 1982 (NRHP 82002393).
See also: Wormsloe Historic Site

Others

Chatham County was home to several people best known in the United States: Joseph Habersham , the United States' first secretary of post, Juliette Gordon Lowe , founder of the Girl Scouts, and musician and songwriter Johnny Mercer .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 265,128 inhabitants were distributed over 103,038 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.45 people per household. There are a total of 119,323 households.

62.7% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.03 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 31.3% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 23.4% of all households.

26.2% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 31.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 24.9% were 40 to 59 years old, and 17.8% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 34 years. 48.2% of the population were male and 51.8% were female.

52.8% of the population identified themselves as whites, 40.1% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 2.4% as Asian Americans . 2.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.1% to several ethnic groups. 5.4% of the population was Hispanic or Latino .

The average annual income per household was 46,987 USD , while 19.3% of the population lived below the poverty line.