- Source: Lanier County, Georgia
Lanier County is a county in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. At the 2020 census, the population was 9,877. The county seat is Lakeland. It is named after Georgia poet Sidney Lanier.
Lanier County is part of the Valdosta, Georgia metropolitan statistical area and shares Moody Air Force Base with Lowndes County on its western boundary.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 200 square miles (520 km2), of which 185 square miles (480 km2) is land and 15 square miles (39 km2) (7.3%) is water.
The vast majority of Lanier County is in the Alapaha River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin. Just a narrow section of the western border of the county, northeast and southeast of Ray City, is in the Withlacoochee River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin, and a very narrow section of the eastern border of Lanier County is in the Upper Suwannee River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin.
= Major highways
== Major waterways
=Alapaha River
Banks Lake
= Railways
=Previous
CSX Transportation
Defunct
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Lakeland Railroad (Defunct, it was used from 1929 to 1957. It ran along the same path as the Milltown Air Line Railroad)
Milltown Air Line Railroad (Defunct, it was used from 1904 to 1928. It ran from Lakeland to Naylor, Georgia)
Plant System
Waycross and Western Railroad (Defunct, it was used from 1912 to 1925 from Waycross, Georgia to Lakeland, Georgia. It roughly followed current Georgia State Route 122)
= Adjacent counties
=Berrien County - northwest
Atkinson County - north
Clinch County - east
Echols County - south
Lowndes County - southwest
= National protected area
=The Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1985, hosts approximately 20,000 visitors annually. It provides hiking, fishing, and boating opportunities on more than 4,000 acres (16 km2) of water, Banks Lake marsh, and swamp. The Robert Simpson III Nature Trail, dedicated in August 2001, is in the Lakeland, Georgia city limits on 75 acres (300,000 m2) of pine and hardwood forests. The county is known for its excellent fishing in the Alapaha River, Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge as well as in its many small lakes.
= Communities
=Cities
Lakeland
Ray City
Census-designated place
Stockton
Demographics
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 9,877 people, 3,714 households, and 2,536 families residing in the county.
Economy
The county's economy has remained rural in nature, but the educational, health and social service sector was the largest employment category in 2006. Factors contributing to this economy include the presence of Moody Air Force Base (shared by adjoining Lowndes County), the several lakes and nature reserve, the hospital, and a large state correctional facility.
The top ten employers in Lanier County are:
Moody Air Force Base
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Louis Smith Hospital
Patten Probation Detention Center
Georgia Department of Corrections
Patten Seed Company
City of Lakeland, Georgia
Wausau Homes, Inc
J.H. Harvey Co, LLC (parent company of Harveys Supermarkets)
Media
Lanier County News - Legal organ and hometown newspaper since 1913. The paper was originally named The Milltown Advocate, but changed its name after Lanier County was formed in 1920.
Lanier County Advocate (newspaper) - Legal organ newspaper as of January 1, 2015.
Historic sites
Historic sites include Governor Eurith D. Rivers' home, which was moved from its original spot on Banks Lake to West Main Street in Lakeland in the early 1980s; Union Baptist Church, located near Georgia Highway 135; and Fender Cemetery, located east of Lakeland at the junction of U.S. 221 and Georgia Highway 37 on land that once belonged to David Fender. The site of the cemetery, in which many of the area's first settlers are buried, was chosen so that mourners would not have to ferry their dead across the river for burial. Also, the "Murals of Milltown," which depict community life in the 1920s, grace the exteriors of buildings in downtown Lakeland.
Education
The Lanier County School District, the only school district in the county, operates four schools: Lanier County Primary School, Lanier County Elementary School, Lanier County Middle School, and Lanier County High School.
Politics
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Lanier County, Georgia
List of counties in Georgia
Notes
References
GeorgiaInfo.com Lanier County Courthouse History
Lanier County School System
Lanier County History
External links
Official website
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- Ray City, Georgia
- Lakeland, Georgia
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