- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Catoosa County
- Creator:
- Cooksey, Elizabeth B.
- Date of Original:
- 2006-01-20
- Subject:
- Counties--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Catoosa County, 34.90366, -85.13825
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Catoosa County, Georgia. Catoosa County, located along the Tennessee border in northwest Georgia, is the state's 100th county. Catoosa was created from parts of Walker and Whitfield counties in 1853 and comprises 162 square miles. According to the 2000 U.S. census, Catoosa County's population was 53,282 (96.4 percent white, 1.3 percent black, and 1.2 percent Hispanic), a 25.5 percent increase from 1990.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/catoosa-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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