Habersham County, Georgia

Habersham County, Georgia
Habersham County, Georgia
Seal of Habersham County, Georgia
Seal
Map of Georgia highlighting Habersham County
Location in the state of Georgia
Map of the U.S. highlighting Georgia
Georgia's location in the U.S.
Founded 1818
Seat Clarkesville
Largest city Cornelia
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water

279.20 sq mi (723 km²)
278.17 sq mi (720 km²)
1.03 sq mi (3 km²), 0.37%
PopulationEst.
 - (2005)
 - Density

36,903
129/sq mi (50/km²)
Time zone Eastern: UTC-5/-4

Habersham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created on December 15, 1818, and named for Colonel Joseph Habersham. As of 2000, the population was 35,902. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 42,272.[1] Clarkesville is the county seat. Chartered in 1823, the county seat is named for John C. Clarke, Revolutionary War General and Governor. Since 2009, Habersham County has been represented in the Georgia House of Representatives by Republican member Rick Austin. Since the reapportionment of 2007, Habersham County has been represented in the US House of Representatives as part of the 10th District. Representative Charlie Norwood represented the county for one month in 2007 until his death (February 13, 2007). The seat remained vacant until a special election in July 2007 which was won by Republican Athens physician Paul Broun.

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Geography

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 279.20 square miles (723.1 km2), of which 278.17 square miles (720.5 km2) (or 99.63%) is land and 1.03 square miles (2.7 km2) (or 0.37%) is water.[2] The highest point in the county is a 4,400-foot knob less than 700 linear feet southeast of the top of Tray Mountain, the sixth-highest mountain in Georgia. Habersham shares this portion of Tray Mountain, just 30 vertical feet shy of the peak's 4,430-foot summit, with White County to the west and Towns County to the north. 2.4 miles to the northeast of Tray Mountain is Young Lick Mountain (also known as Young Lick Knob) which exceeds 3,800 feet. The Appalachian Trail runs along the top of the high ridge between Young Lick and Tray, a part of the Blue Ridge Mountain crest.

The Chattahoochee River rises in what used to be Habersham county, as immortalized in Sidney Lanier's poem, "Song of the Chattahoochee":

OUT of the hills of Habersham,
Down the valleys of Hall,
I hurry amain to reach the plain,
Run the rapid and leap the fall,
Split at the rock and together again,

=See also Hall County, Georgia.

But the county was cut up dramatically in the late 19th century to create Lumpkin, White, Stephens, Banks, and Franklin Counties.

Major highways

Adjacent counties

National protected area

  • Chattahoochee National Forest (part)

Demographics

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 35,902 people, 13,259 households, and 9,851 families residing in the county. The population density was 129 people per square mile (50/km²). There were 14,634 housing units at an average density of 53 per square mile (20/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 88.88% White, 4.48% Black or African American, 0.29% Native American, 1.89% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 2.99% from other races, and 1.36% from two or more races. 7.66% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 13,259 households out of which 32.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.90% were married couples living together, 9.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.70% were non-families. 22.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.50% under the age of 18, 11.10% from 18 to 24, 28.50% from 25 to 44, 23.10% from 45 to 64, and 13.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 105.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,321, and the median income for a family was $42,235. Males had a median income of $28,803 versus $23,046 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,706. About 8.80% of families and 12.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.40% of those under age 18 and 15.00% of those age 65 or over.

Government and infrastructure

The Georgia Department of Corrections operates the Arrendale State Prison in an unincorporated area in the county, near Alto.[4]

Lee Arrendale State Prison was built in 1926 and the prison was named after Lee Arrendale, former Chairman of the Georgia Board of Corrections after he and his wife were killed in a plane crash. It began its existence as a TB Hospital and operated till the mid-1950s when it was turned over to the Georgia Prison system. Once acquired by the Georgia Department of Corrections, its focus then turned to using the prison to house youthful offenders from ages 18–25. Over a short amount of time, the influx of young, reckless and ruthless inmates lead Lee Arrendale to gain a bad reputation as the second most violent all-men prisons in the state. In 2005, however the Department of Corrections decided to make the prison an exclusive general purpose women's prison. As a result of the prison's past troubles and reputation for violence, the state decided to make this change to improve the prisons status in the state. In March 2006, the prison took in 350 women prisoners from Georgia's overflowing jail system to start this process.

Lee Arrendale is also home to the United States' first all-female fire department and the state's first inmate fire department, thanks to the Georgia Department of Corrections' (GDC) Fire Services Division. The GDC operates many fire departments throughout the state, staffed solely by inmates, who are supervised by a P.O.S.T.-certified(**-see below) GDC employees who are also trained, not only as a certified officers but also as a professional firefighter. The inmate firefighter program provides fire protection to the largely rural communities without local or volunteer fire departments near the prisons, as well as to other locations in Georgia during emergencies. Inmates are carefully selected and are trained and certified in accordance with Georgia law and the Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council (G.F.S.T), as with any regular fire department. In 2007, inmate fire squads responded to the wildfires in South Georgia near Waycross, Georgia, in addition to the hundreds of other alarms they received statewide.

    • - (P.O.S.T.= Peace Officer Standards Training)

Cities and towns

See also

Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg State of Georgia portal

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Counties". United States Census. http://www.census.gov/tiger/tms/gazetteer/county2k.txt. Retrieved 2011-02-13. 
  3. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  4. ^ "Arrendale State Prison." Georgia Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 15, 2010. "ADDRESS: 2023 GAINESVILLE HWY SOUTH POST OFFICE BOX 709 ALTO, GA 30510."

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Coordinates: 34°38′N 83°32′W / 34.63°N 83.53°W / 34.63; -83.53


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