Chattahoochee County, Georgia
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Chattahoochee County, also known as Cusseta-Chattahoochee County,<ref name="georgia.gov">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a county located on the western border in central Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,565.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The county seat is Cusseta,<ref name="GR6">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with which the county shares a consolidated city-county government. The city of Cusseta remains a geographically distinct municipality within Chattahoochee County.<ref name="georgia.gov"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The county was created on February 13, 1854. Chattahoochee County is included in the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area.
HistoryEdit
This area was occupied by the historic Muscogee people (also known as the Creek) at the time of European encounter. They had a large confederacy in the Southeast. They were among the Five Civilized Tribes who were forcibly removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s during the administration of President Andrew Jackson. European Americans moved into their former areas, in some cases acquiring land through lotteries run by the state.
The Georgia General Assembly created Chattahoochee County on February 13, 1854, from portions of Muscogee and Marion counties. It is named for the Chattahoochee River that forms its western boundary.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The county seat was named Cusseta to commemorate the historic Creek Indian town of that name that long existed nearby. In 2004–2005, the U.S. Census Bureau reported a 6.2% population decline, making this county at the top of those nationally with shrinking populations.
The original courthouse, built in 1854 by enslaved African Americans, is preserved at the tourist attraction of Westville in Columbus, Georgia.
Since 1918, most of the land in Chattahoochee County has been part of the Fort Benning military reservation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
GeographyEdit
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The vast majority of Chattahoochee County is located in the Middle Chattahoochee River-Walter F. George Lake subbasin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The very small southeastern corner of the county is located in the Kinchafoonee-Muckalee subbasin of the same larger ACF Basin.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The county forms part of the West Georgia region.
Major highwaysEdit
- File:US 27.svg U.S. Route 27
- File:US 280.svg U.S. Route 280
- File:Georgia 1.svg State Route 1
- File:Georgia 26.svg State Route 26
- File:Georgia 355.svg State Route 355
- File:Georgia 520.svg State Route 520
Adjacent countiesEdit
- Muscogee County (north)
- Talbot County (northeast)
- Marion County (east)
- Stewart County (south)
- Russell County, Alabama (which is west of the border of Central Standard Time border except for Phenix City, Alabama, a part of the Columbus Metropolitan Area)
CommunitiesEdit
CitiesEdit
Former census-designated placesEdit
- Fort Benning South (now part of Cusseta)
Unincorporated communitiesEdit
DemographicsEdit
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Race | Num. | Perc. |
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| White | 5,403 | 56.49% | |
| Black or African American | 1,463 | 15.3% | |
| Native American | 35 | 0.37% | |
| Asian | 304 | 3.18% | |
| Pacific Islander | 104 | 1.09% | |
| Other/Mixed | 646 | 6.75% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,610 | 16.83% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 9,565 people, 2,570 households, and 1,886 families residing in the county.
EducationEdit
The Chattahoochee County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of one elementary school, a middle school, and a high school.<ref>Georgia Board of EducationTemplate:Dead link, Retrieved June 3, 2010.</ref> The district has 85 full-time teachers and over 1000 students.<ref>School Stats Template:Webarchive, Retrieved June 3, 2010.</ref>
- Chattahoochee County Education Center
- Chattahoochee County Middle School
- Chattahoochee County High School
All parts of the county except Fort Benning are zoned to county schools for all grades. Fort Benning children are zoned to Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools for grades K-8.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} - Text list - "Fort Benning Schools" refers to the DoDEA schools on Fort Benning. The document states that the county schools have high school zoning.</ref> However Fort Benning high school students attend the public high schools in the respective counties they are located in.<ref name=SchoolsonFortBenning>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} - The document states that the county schools have high school zoning.</ref>
PoliticsEdit
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See alsoEdit
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Chattahoochee County, Georgia
- List of counties in Georgia
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Columbus Enquirer archive at Digital Library of Georgia
- Chattahoochee County historical marker
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