• Source: Clinch County, Georgia

      • Clinch County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,749. The county seat is Homerville. The county was created on February 14, 1850, named in honor of Duncan Lamont Clinch.


      Geography


      According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 824 square miles (2,130 km2), of which 800 square miles (2,100 km2) is land and 24 square miles (62 km2) (2.9%) is water. It is the fourth-largest county in Georgia by land area and third-largest by total area. Eastern and southeastern portions of the county lie within the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected areas.
      The vast majority of Clinch County is located in the Upper Suwannee River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin, with just a portion of the western and northwestern edge of the county, southwest and well northwest of Du Pont, located in the Alapaha River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin.


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      = Adjacent counties

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      Atkinson County (north)
      Ware County (east)
      Columbia County, Florida (south)
      Baker County, Florida (south)
      Echols County (southwest)
      Lanier County (west)


      = National protected area

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      Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (part)


      = Communities

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      = Cities

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      Fargo
      Homerville


      = Towns

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      Argyle
      Du Pont


      = Unincorporated Communities

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      Travisville
      Cogdell
      Fivemile Still
      Edith
      Council


      Demographics



      As of the 2020 United States census, there were 6,749 people, 2,477 households, and 1,639 families residing in the county.


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      Politics




      Notable people


      Ossie Davis, actor
      Matthew Lintz, actor
      Iris Faircloth Blitch, politician, only woman to sign Southern Manifesto
      W. Benjamin Gibbs, politician
      William Chester Lankford, politician
      Jonathan Smith, football player


      See also



      National Register of Historic Places listings in Clinch County, Georgia
      List of counties in Georgia


      References




      External links


      Media related to Clinch County, Georgia at Wikimedia Commons

      The Clinch County News - Local newspaper
      Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
      Clinch County historical marker
      Bethany Baptist Church historical marker

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