County in Georgia, United States
County in Georgia
Heard County is acounty located in theWest Central region of theU.S. state ofGeorgia . At the2020 census , the population was 11,412, down from 11,834 in 2010.[ 1] county seat isFranklin .[ 2]
Heard County is included in theAtlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA .
Heard County was created byAct of the Legislature on December 22, 1830.[ 3] Stephen Heard ,[ 4] de facto . Heard moved toWilkes County fromHanover County, Virginia , and fought in theAmerican Revolutionary War where he distinguished himself atKettle Creek . The first sheriff, Jonathan Mewsick, was commissioned in 1832.
According to theU.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 301 square miles (780 km2 ), of which 296 square miles (770 km2 ) is land and 5.1 square miles (13 km2 ) (1.7%) is water.[ 5]
The vast majority of Heard County is located in the MiddleChattahoochee River -Lake Harding sub-basin of theACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin), with just a very small northwestern corner of the county, west ofEphesus , located in the UpperTallapoosa River sub-basin of theACT River Basin (Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin).[ 6]
Census-designated places [ edit ] Unincorporated communities [ edit ] Historical population Census Pop. Note %± 1840 5,329 — 1850 6,923 29.9% 1860 7,805 12.7% 1870 7,866 0.8% 1880 8,769 11.5% 1890 9,557 9.0% 1900 11,177 17.0% 1910 11,189 0.1% 1920 11,126 −0.6% 1930 9,102 −18.2% 1940 8,610 −5.4% 1950 6,975 −19.0% 1960 5,333 −23.5% 1970 5,354 0.4% 1980 6,520 21.8% 1990 8,628 32.3% 2000 11,012 27.6% 2010 11,834 7.5% 2020 11,412 −3.6% 2024 (est.) 12,119 [ 7] 6.2% U.S. Decennial Census[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 1] [ 16]
As of the2020 United States census , there were 11,412 people, 4,502 households, and 3,254 families residing in the county.
United States presidential election results for Heard County, Georgia[ 18] Year Republican Democratic Third party(ies) No. % No. % No. % 1912 11 1.83% 526 87.38% 65 10.80% 1916 11 2.15% 439 85.74% 62 12.11% 1920 14 2.95% 461 97.05% 0 0.00% 1924 35 9.49% 327 88.62% 7 1.90% 1928 390 44.17% 493 55.83% 0 0.00% 1932 24 2.36% 989 97.34% 3 0.30% 1936 155 17.55% 725 82.11% 3 0.34% 1940 221 25.40% 647 74.37% 2 0.23% 1944 185 24.93% 557 75.07% 0 0.00% 1948 77 9.63% 670 83.75% 53 6.63% 1952 184 13.40% 1,189 86.60% 0 0.00% 1956 194 14.92% 1,106 85.08% 0 0.00% 1960 181 12.88% 1,224 87.12% 0 0.00% 1964 807 43.18% 1,061 56.77% 1 0.05% 1968 303 16.72% 356 19.65% 1,153 63.63% 1972 1,239 81.78% 276 18.22% 0 0.00% 1976 433 21.37% 1,593 78.63% 0 0.00% 1980 875 38.33% 1,348 59.05% 60 2.63% 1984 1,492 64.81% 810 35.19% 0 0.00% 1988 1,551 63.77% 874 35.94% 7 0.29% 1992 1,190 36.36% 1,456 44.49% 627 19.16% 1996 1,170 41.14% 1,248 43.88% 426 14.98% 2000 1,947 60.88% 1,178 36.84% 73 2.28% 2004 2,788 70.48% 1,148 29.02% 20 0.51% 2008 3,133 74.05% 1,042 24.63% 56 1.32% 2012 3,160 75.63% 948 22.69% 70 1.68% 2016 3,370 79.41% 743 17.51% 131 3.09% 2020 4,519 83.78% 824 15.28% 51 0.95% 2024 5,335 85.70% 859 13.80% 31 0.50%
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