Towns County

administration
Towns County Courthouse
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Hiawassee
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Towns County Administration 48 River Street Hiawassee, Georgia, 30546-3219
Foundation :	March 6, 1856
Made up from:	Union County Rabun County
Area code :	001 706
Demographics
Residents :	10,471 (2010)
Population density :	24.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	446 km²
Water surface :	14 km²
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The Towns County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Hiawassee .

geography

The county is located in the far north of Georgia, borders North Carolina and has an area of 446 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Rabun County , Habersham County , White County and Union County .

history

Towns County was formed on March 6, 1856 as the 117th County of Georgia from parts of Union County and Rabun County. It was named after George Washington Bonaparte Towns , a governor of Georgia.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	2450	-
1870	2780	13.5%
1880	3261	17.3%
1890	4064	24.6%
1900	4748	16.8%
1910	3932	-17.2%
1920	3937	0.1%
1930	4346	10.4%
1940	4925	13.3%
1950	4803	-2.5%
1960	4538	-5.5%
1970	4565	0.6%
1980	5638	23.5%
1990	6754	19.8%
2000	9319	38%
2010	10,471	12.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Former county jail

According to the 2010 census, the 10,471 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 4,510 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.17 people per household. There are a total of 7,731 households.

66.1% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 2.65 persons. There were children under the age of 18 in 20.2% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 46.1% of all households.

20.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 16.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 23.8% were 40 to 59 years old, and 38.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 51 years. 47.7% of the population were male and 52.3% were female.

97.7% of the population identified themselves as whites, 0.4% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 0.4% as Asian Americans . 0.6% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 0.6% to several ethnic groups. 2.0% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 39,321 USD , while 15.1% of the population lived below the poverty line.