- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Atkinson County
- Creator:
- Cooksey, Elizabeth B.
- Date of Original:
- 2005-03-18
- Subject:
- Counties--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atkinson County, 31.29711, -82.87999
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Atkinson County. The county, the state's 153rd county, covers an area of 338 square miles and was carved from portions of Clinch and Coffee counties by the state legislature in 1917. The south central Georgia county was named for William Y. Atkinson, speaker of the state House of Representatives and Georgia's governor in the late 1890s.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/atkinson-county/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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