Muscogee County

administration
Columbus Consolidated Government Center
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Columbus
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Muscogee County Administration 100 10th Street Columbus, Georgia 31901
Foundation :	June 9, 1825
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	200,000 (2014)
Population density :	357.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	572 km²
Water surface :	12 km²
map

Website : www.columbusga.org

The Muscogee County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Columbus and is identical to the extension of the county.

geography

The county is located in western Georgia, on the border with Alabama and has an area of 572 square kilometers, of which twelve square kilometers are water, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Harris County , Talbot County and Chattahoochee Counties .

The county is part of the Columbus metropolitan area .

history

Muscogee County was formed on June 9, 1825 as the 69th county of Georgia from land acquired by the Creek Indians. It was named after the Muscogee Indians, from whom the Creek Indians and the Seminoles arose. Since 1971, the area of the county has corresponded to the urban area of Columbus - the first city-county council in the United States was established.

Demographic data

→ See also: Columbus: Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	3114	-
1850	5942	90.8%
1860	9621	61.9%
1870	7401	-23.1%
1880	10.123	36.8%
1890	17.303	70.9%
1900	17,614	1.8%
1910	20,554	16.7%
1920	31,125	51.4%
1930	43,131	38.6%
1940	53,280	23.5%
1950	79,611	49.4%
1960	116,779	46.7%
1970	155.028	32.8%
1980	169,441	9.3%
1990	178,681	5.5%
2000	186.291	4.3%
2010	189,885	1.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010