- Source: Glascock County, Georgia
Glascock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,884, making it the fourth-least populous county in Georgia. The county seat is Gibson. The county was created on December 19, 1857.
History
The county is named after Thomas Glascock, a soldier in the War of 1812, general in the First Seminole War and U.S. representative.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 144 square miles (370 km2), of which 144 square miles (370 km2) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2) (0.5%) is water. It is the fourth-smallest county in Georgia by area. Behind Clayton Rockdale County and Clark counties
The vast majority of Glascock County is located in the Upper Ogeechee River sub-basin of the Ogeechee River basin, with just the very northeastern corner of the county, northeast of State Route 80, located in the Brier Creek sub-basin of the Savannah River basin.
= Major highways
=State Route 80
State Route 102
State Route 123
State Route 171
= Adjacent counties
=Warren County - north
Jefferson County - southeast
Hancock County - northwest
Washington County - southwest
Communities
= Cities
=Edge Hill
Gibson (county seat)
= Town
=Mitchell
= Unincorporated communities
=Agricola
Bastonville
Demographics
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,884 people, 1,108 households, and 726 families residing in the county.
Politics
Glascock County, a rural, sparsely-populated, majority-white county, is arguably the most Republican of Georgia's 159 counties, and one of the most Republican counties in the United States, with almost 90 percent of voters supporting Donald Trump in 2020. In addition, Republican percentages have been in the 80s since 2004, and the last Democrat to win the county was Georgian Jimmy Carter in 1980.
See also
Central Savannah River Area
National Register of Historic Places listings in Glascock County, Georgia
List of counties in Georgia
References
External links
The News and Farmer and Wadley Herald/ Jefferson Reporter, the county's weekly newspaper and the oldest weekly newspaper in Georgia
Glascock County historical marker
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- Glascock County, Georgia
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- Edge Hill, Georgia
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- Central Savannah River Area
- Glascock County School District
- 1972 United States presidential election
- Bastonville, Georgia
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