List of Georgia (U.S. state) county name etymologies
This is a list of Georgia county name etymologies.
Alphabetical, by first letter
A
- Appling County, Georgia: Appling is named for Daniel Appling, a soldier in the War of 1812.
- Atkinson County, Georgia: Atkinson is named for [[[William A. Yates|William Yates Atkinson]], the fifty-eighth governor of Georgia.
B
- Bacon County, Georgia: Bacon is named for Augustus Octavius Bacon, an U. S. senator from Georgia who earlier served in the Confederate Army.
- Baker County, Georgia: Baker is named for John Baker, a hero of the American Revolutionary War.
- Baldwin County, Georgia: Baldwin is named for Abraham Baldwin, a signer of the United States Constitution and U.S. congressman from Georgia.
- Banks County, Georgia: Banks is named for Richard Banks, a prominent physician.
- Barrow County, Georgia: Barrow is named for David Crenshaw Barrow, an official of the University of Georgia.
- Bartow County, Georgia: Bartow is named for Francis S. Bartow, a general killed at the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861.
- Ben Hill County, Georgia: Ben Hill is named for Benjamin Harvey Hill, a state, Confederate, and U. S. congressman.
- Berrien County, Georgia: Berrien is named for John MacPherson Berrien, an U. S. senator and Attorney General from Georgia.
- Bibb County, Georgia: Bibb is named for William Wyatt Bibb, the first governor of Alabama and an U. S. senator from Georgia.
- Bleckley County, Georgia: Bleckley is named for Logan Edwin Bleckley, a soldier and judge of the South Carolina Supreme Court.
- Brantley County, Georgia: Brantley is named for William Gordon Brantley, a local judge.
- Brooks County, Georgia: Brooks is named for Preston Smith Brooks, an U. S. congressman from South Carolina.
- Bryan County, Georgia: Bryan is named for Jonathan Bryan, a state legislator.
- Bulloch County, Georgia: Bulloch is named for Archibald Bulloch, the second governor of Georgia.
- Burke County, Georgia: Burke is named for Edmund Burke, a member of the British Parliament who advised the repeal of the Stamp Act and reconciliation with the American colonies.
- Butts County, Georgia: Butts is named for Sam Butts, a soldier killed in the War of 1812.
C
- Calhoun County, Georgia: Calhoun is named for John Caldwell Calhoun, the seventh vice president of the United States.
- Camden County, Georgia: Camden is named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, a member of the British Parliament who opposed the Stamp Act.
- Candler County, Georgia: Candler is named for Allen Daniel Candler, the fifty-ninth governor of Georgia.
- Carroll County, Georgia: Carroll is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence.
- Catoosa County, Georgia: Catoosa is named for Catoosa, a Native American chief.
- Charlton County, Georgia: Charlton is named for Robert Milledge Charlton, an U. S. senator from Georgia.
- Chatham County, Georgia: Chatham is named for William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, the British Prime Minister who was sympathetic to the American cause during the period leading up to the American Revolutionary War.
- Chattahoochee County, Georgia: Chattahoochee is named for the Chattahoochee River.
- Chattooga County, Georgia: Chattooga is named for the Chattooga River.
- Cherokee County, Georgia: Cherokee is named for the Cherokee Native American tribe.
- Clarke County, Georgia: Clarke is named for Elijah Clarke, a soldier in the American Revolutionary War.
- Clay County, Georgia: Clay is named for Henry Clay, the Kentucky statesman, United States Secretary of State, and presidential candiate.
- Clayton County, Georgia: Clayton is named for Augustin Smith Clayton, an U. S. representative.
- Clinch County, Georgia: Clinch is named for Duncan Lamont Clinch, a soldier in the First and Second Seminole Wars and U. S. representative.
- Cobb County, Georgia: Cobb is named for Thomas Willis Cobb, an U. S. representative and senator.
- Coffee County, Georgia: Coffee is named for John Coffee, a soldier in the War of 1812 and U. S. representative.
- Colquitt County, Georgia: Colquitt is named for Walter Terry Colquitt, a local judge, clergyman, U.S. representative, and senator.
- Columbia County, Georgia: Columbia is named for Christopher Columbus, the famous explorer.
- Cook County, Georgia: Cook is named for Phillip Cook, a Confederate army officer and U. S. senator.
- Coweta County, Georgia: Coweta is named for William McIntosh, a general and also chief of the Coweta Native Americans.
- Crawford County, Georgia: Crawford is named for William Harris Crawford, the U. S. statesman.
- Crisp County, Georgia: Crisp is named for Charles Frederick Crisp, a U. S. representative and Speaker of the House.
D
- Dade County, Georgia: Dade is named for Francis Langhorne Dade, an U. S. soldier killed at the Dade Battlefield in Florida in 1835.
- Dawson County, Georgia: Dawson is named for William Crosby Dawson, a judge and U. S. representative and senator.
- Decatur County, Georgia: Decatur is named for Stephen Decatur, a naval hero of the War of 1812.
- DeKalb County, Georgia: DeKalb is named for Johann DeKalb, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War who was killed at the Battle of Camden.
- Dodge County, Georgia: Dodge is named for William Earl Dodge, an U. S. representative from New York and earlier a supporter of peace before the breakout of the American Civil War.
- Dooly County, Georgia: Dooly is named for John Dooly, a Georgia militia officer killed by Loyalists in 1780.
- Dougherty County, Georgia: Dougherty is named for Charles Dougherty, a local judge.
- Douglas County, Georgia: Douglas is named for Stephen Arnold Douglas, the U. S. statesman and presidential rival of Abraham Lincoln.
E
- Early County, Georgia: Early is named for Peter Early, the twenty-ninth governor of Georgia.
- Echols County, Georgia: Echols is named for Robert M. Echols, a state legislator killed in the Mexican-American War.
- Effingham County, Georgia: Effingham is named for Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham, a British noble sympathetic to the American colonies.
- Elbert County, Georgia: Elbert is named for Samuel Elbert, the fifteenth governor of Georgia.
- Emanuel County, Georgia: Emanuel is named for David Emanuel, the twenty-fourth governor of Georgia.
- Evans County, Georgia: Evans is named for Clement Anselm Evans, a judge, minister, state senator, and U. S. Army officer wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg.
F
- Fannin County, Georgia: Fannin is named for James Walker Fannin, Jr., the commander of the group of Texans killed in the Goliad Massacre during the Texas Revolution.
- Fayette County, Georgia: Fayette is named for the Marquis de la Fayette, the French nobleman and general in the American Revolutionary War.
- Floyd County, Georgia: Floyd is named for John Floyd, a Georgia soldier and U. S. representative.
- Forsyth County, Georgia: Forsyth is named for John Forsyth, the thirty-fifth governor of Georgia and the thirteenth United States Secretary of State.
- Franklin County, Georgia: Franklin is named for Benjamin Franklin, the famous Founding Father, printer, scientist, philosopher, and diplomat.
- Fulton County, Georgia: Fulton is named for Robert Fulton, the inventor of the steamboat.
G
- Gilmer County, Georgia: Gilmer is named for George Rockingham Gilmer, the thirty-sxth and thirty-ninth governor of Georgia.
- Glascock County, Georgia: Glascock is named for Thomas Glascock, a soldier in the War of 1812 and U. S. representative.
- Glynn County, Georgia: Glynn is named for John Glynn, a member of the British Parliament.
- Gordon County, Georgia: Gordon is named for William Washington Gordon, a president of the Georgia Central Railroad.
- Grady County, Georgia: Grady is named for Henry Woodfin Grady, a Georgia newspaperman and representative of the New York Herald.
- Greene County, Georgia: Greene is named for Nathaniel Greene, the American Revolutionary War general.
- Gwinnett County, Georgia: Gwinnett is named for Button Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the third governor of Georgia who died in a duel.
H
- Habersham County, Georgia: Habersham is named for Joseph Habersham, a Continental Congress member, soldier in the Continental Army, and Postmaster General of the United States.
- Hall County, Georgia: Hall is named for Lyman Hall, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the thirteenth governor of Georgia.
- Hancock County, Georgia: Hancock is named for John Hancock, the signer of the Declaration of Independence and president of the Continental Congress.
- Haralson County, Georgia: Haralson is named for
- Harris County, Georgia: Harris is named for
- Hart County, Georgia: Hart is named for
- Heard County, Georgia: Heard is named for
- Henry County, Georgia: Henry is named for
- Houston County, Georgia: Houston is named for
I
- Irwin County, Georgia: Irwin is named for
J
- Jackson County, Georgia: Jackson is named for
- Jasper County, Georgia: Jasper is named for
- Jeff Davis County, Georgia: Jeff Davis is named for
- Jefferson County, Georgia: Jefferson is named for
- Jenkins County, Georgia: Jenkins is named for
- Johnson County, Georgia: Johnson is named for
- Jones County, Georgia: Jones is named for
L
- Lamar County, Georgia: Lamar is named for
- Lanier County, Georgia: Lanier is named for
- Laurens County, Georgia: Laurens is named for
- Lee County, Georgia: Lee is named for
- Liberty County, Georgia: Liberty is named for
- Lincoln County, Georgia: Lincoln is named for
- Long County, Georgia: Long is named for
- Lowndes County, Georgia: Lowndes is named for
- Lumpkin County, Georgia: Lumpkin is named for
M
- Macon County, Georgia: Macon is named for
- Madison County, Georgia: Madison is named for
- Marion County, Georgia: Marion is named for
- McDuffie County, Georgia: McDuffie is named for
- McIntosh County, Georgia: McIntosh is named for
- Meriwether County, Georgia: Meriwether is named for
- Miller County, Georgia: Miller is named for
- Mitchell County, Georgia: Mitchell is named for
- Monroe County, Georgia: Monroe is named for
- Montgomery County, Georgia: Montgomery is named for
- Morgan County, Georgia: Morgan is named for
- Murray County, Georgia: Murray is named for
- Muscogee County, Georgia: Muscogee is named for
N
- Newton County, Georgia: Newton is named for
O
- Oconee County, Georgia: Oconee is named for
- Oglethorpe County, Georgia: Oglethorpe is named for
P
- Paulding County, Georgia: Paulding is named for
- Peach County, Georgia: Peach is named for
- Pickens County, Georgia: Pickens is named for
- Pierce County, Georgia: Pierce is named for
- Pike County, Georgia:Pike is named for
- Polk County, Georgia: Polk is named for
- Pulaski County, Georgia: Pulaski is named for
- Putnam County, Georgia: Putnam is named for
Q
- Quitman County, Georgia: Quitman is named for
R
- Rabun County, Georgia: Rabun is named for
- Randolph County, Georgia: Randolph is named for
- Richmond County, Georgia: Richmond is named for
- Rockdale County, Georgia: Rockdale is named for
S
- Schley County, Georgia: Schley is named for
- Screven County, Georgia: Screven is named for
- Seminole County, Georgia: Seminole is named for
- Spalding County, Georgia: Spalding is named for
- Stephens County, Georgia: Stephens is named for
- Stewart County, Georgia: Stewart is named for
- Sumter County, Georgia: Sumter is named for
T
- Talbot County, Georgia: Talbot is named for
- Taliaferro County, Georgia: Taliaferro is named for
- Tattnall County, Georgia: Tattnall is named for
- Taylor County, Georgia: Taylor is named for
- Telfair County, Georgia: Telfair is named for
- Terrell County, Georgia: Terrell is named for
- Thomas County, Georgia: Thomas is named for
- Tift County, Georgia: Tift is named for
- Toombs County, Georgia: Toombs is named for
- Towns County, Georgia: Towns is named for
- Treutlen County, Georgia: Treutlen is named for
- Troup County, Georgia: Troup is named for
- Turner County, Georgia: Turner is named for
- Twiggs County, Georgia: Twiggs is named for
U
- Union County, Georgia: Union is named for
- Upson County, Georgia: Upson is named for
W
- Walker County, Georgia: Walker is named for
- Walton County, Georgia: Walton is named for
- Ware County, Georgia: Ware is named for
- Warren County, Georgia: Warren is named for
- Washington County, Georgia: Washington is named for
- Wayne County, Georgia: Wayne is named for
- Webster County, Georgia: Webster is named for
- Wheeler County, Georgia: Wheeler is named for
- White County, Georgia: White is named for
- Whitfield County, Georgia: Whitfield is named for
- Wilcox County, Georgia: Wilcox is named for
- Wilkes County, Georgia: Wilkes is named for
- Wilkinson County, Georgia: Wilkinson is named for
- Worth County, Georgia: Worth is named for