United States, Georgia, Oconee County, Watkinsville, 33.8629, -83.40877Luckett, Robert E.2006-02-17Encyclopedia article about Watkinsville, Georgia. Watkinsville, the seat of Oconee County, has been a center of social life and a hub for local politics in northeast Georgia since the early nineteenth century. The city is located approximately fifteen miles south of Athens and sixty miles east of Atlanta.text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Cities and towns--GeorgiaWatkinsvilleText