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:: Fayette County :: 
 
County May 15, 1821 Formed 
County Seat Fayetteville 
Incorporated Brooks, Fayetteville, Peachtree City, Tyrone and Woolsey Cities 
Total Area 197.4 square miles 
History Fayette County was formed from parts of the Creek Indian Nation. Georgia's 49th county and its county seat, Fayetteville, were named for the Marquis de LaFayette, one of General George Washington's commanders in the Revolutionary War. 
The Fayette County Courthouse in Fayetteville was built in 1825, making it the oldest courthouse in the state. Every Halloween children in the county fill the courthouse square with elaborately decorated jack-olanterns. 
Housed in the former Margaret Mitchell Library in Fayetteville, the Fayette County Historical Society features historical collections concerning the civil war and local genealogical records. 
 
Points of The "world's largest courthouse bench" is located alongside the southern Interest walkway approach to the county courthouse in Fayetteville. 
The largest city in the county, Peachtree City, is a totally planned municipality, which features over 90 miles of pedestrian and golf-cart pathways connecting all parts of the city. 
 
Notable Dr. Ferrol Sams, author of Run with the Horseman and other novels Citizens about the rural South, hails from Fayette County. 
 
Annual Fayette County Public Safety Games held in July. Events 
County http://www.fayettecountyga.gov 
Chamber of http://www.fayettechamber.org/ Commerce 
Additional http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp? County Info FIPS=13113 
 
Fayette County Courthouse, Fayetteville (PWL) 
 
Golf carts and pathways in Peachtree City 
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