Heard County

Heard County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Franklin
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Heard County Administration P.O. Box 40 Franklin, Georgia, 30217-0040
Foundation :	December 22, 1830
Made up from:	Carroll County Coweta County Troup County
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	11,834  (2010)
Population density :	15.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	780 km²
Water surface :	13 km²
map

The Heard County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Franklin .

geography

The county is located in the northwest, borders Alabama to the west and has an area of ​​780 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Carroll County , Coweta County and Troup County .

The county is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Atlanta .

history

Heard County was formed on December 22, 1830 from parts of Carroll County, Coweta County, and Troup County. It was named after Stephen Heard , a hero of the Revolutionary War.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1840	5329		-
1850	6923		29.9%
1860	7805		12.7%
1870	7866		0.8%
1880	8769		11.5%
1890	9557		9%
1900	11,177		17%
1910	11,189		0.1%
1920	11,126		-0.6%
1930	9102		-18.2%
1940	8610		-5.4%
1950	6975		-19%
1960	5333		-23.5%
1970	5354		0.4%
1980	6520		21.8%
1990	8628		32.3%
2000	11,012		27.6%
2010	11,834		7.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 11,834 inhabitants were distributed over 4,400 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.66 people per household. There are a total of 5,148 households.

71.8% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.14 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 36.2% of all households and persons aged 65 or over in 26.8% of all households.

28.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 22.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 29.3% were 40 to 59 years old, and 19.4% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 49.7% of the population were male and 50.3% were female.

86.9% of the population identified themselves as whites, 9.8% as African-Americans , 0.3% as Indians and 0.5% as Asian Americans . 0.8% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.7% to several ethnic groups. 1.9% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 41,525 USD , while 20.5% of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Heard County

Heard County localities with 2010 census population :

Cities :

• Ephesus - 427 inhabitants
• Franklin ( County Seat ) - 993 residents

Town :

• Centralhatchee - 408 residents

2005 Heard County flood caused by Hurricane Dennis

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Web links

Commons : Heard County  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• The Heard County in georgia.gov (Engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 347067. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ Heard County at georgia.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
3. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2012 
6. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved September 28, 2017.

Coordinates: 33 ° 18 ′  N , 85 ° 8 ′  W