- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Rabun County
- Creator:
- Cooksey, Elizabeth B.
- Date of Original:
- 2005-09-16
- Subject:
- Counties--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Rabun County, 34.88168, -83.40214
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Rabun County, Georgia. Rabun County, in northeast Georgia, is the state's forty-seventh county. Comprising 371 square miles, the county was created by the state legislature in 1819 from land ceded by the Cherokees and was named for Georgia governor William Rabun. In 1821 the legislature established the county seat, naming it Claytonsville in honor of Judge Augustin S. Clayton. The location of the seat changed in 1823, at the citizens' request, and the town's name was shortened to Clayton. The current county courthouse in Clayton was built in 1967; since then a second floor and other remodeling have been completed. According to the 2000 U.S. census, Rabun County's population was 15,050 (94.9 percent white, 0.8 percent black, and 4.5 percent Hispanic). The population has increased 29 percent since the 1990 census.
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- Language:
- eng
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