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Candler County, Georgia

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5historic places

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1914formed

10,981pop. 2020

17cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 5 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1980. Most listings are in or near Metter.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Georgia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Candler titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 5 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

5 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Candler County Courthouse	Metter	Building	1980
Candler County Jail	Metter	Building	2002
Metter Downtown Historic District	Metter	District	2011
Metter High School	Metter	Building	2002
South Metter Residential Historic District	Metter	District	1988

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Candler was formed in 1914 (1914-11-03) from Bulloch, Emanuel, Tattnall.

CANDLER created from BULLOCH, EMANUEL, and TATTNALL. Act passed 17 Jul 1914; took effect 3 Nov 1914.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Candler County population from 1920 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
9,228	9,103	8,063	6,672	7,518	9,577	10,981

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

17 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 17 of 17 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bowen - Dekle Cemetery	32.32926	-81.95163
Byrd Cemetery	32.41893	-82.07911
Cowart Cemetery	32.47577	-82.17631
Dekle Cemetery	32.45811	-82.10096
Dixon Grove Cemetery	32.35706	-82.03341
El Bethel Church Cemetery	32.55256	-82.06615
Everitt Cemetery	32.30988	-82.01239
Hendrix and Welsh Cemetery	32.49988	-81.99123
Lanier Cemetery	32.51682	-82.12956
Oak Chapel Cemetery	32.36156	-82.17984
Old Beulah Cemetery	32.49766	-82.1554
Oliff Cemetery	32.49238	-82.09321
Saint Matthew Cemetery	32.38545	-82.13706
Sand Ridge Cemetery	32.42072	-82.0362
Stripling Cemetery	32.38916	-82.01107
Thain Cemetery	32.41387	-82.06155
Williams Cemetery	32.53378	-82.06585

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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