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Columbia County, Georgia

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
4historic places
—earliest paper
1790formed
156,010pop. 2020
28cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 4 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Appling, Augusta, Winfield.

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 Columbia titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 4 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

4 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Columbia County CourthouseApplingBuilding1980
Kiokee Baptist ChurchApplingBuilding1978
Stallings Island NHLAugustaSite1966
WoodvilleWinfieldBuilding1979

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Columbia was formed in 1790 (1790-12-10) from Burke, Richmond.

COLUMBIA created from BURKE and RICHMOND.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Columbia County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

156k82k8,34518001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
8,34512,69511,35611,86010,46510,65311,7189,4339,52513,42340,11889,288156,010

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

28 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 28 of 28 listed
NameLatLon
Abilene Baptist Church Cemetery33.52113-82.10208
Beale Cemetery33.45069-82.24456
Beard-Young Cemetery33.49957-82.2429
Bellevue Memorial Gardens33.47584-82.14671
Bethel Cemetery33.64068-82.25929
Blanchard Cemetery33.62763-82.33984
Bugg Cemetery33.45919-82.17326
Bynum Cemetery33.46791-82.2829
Evans Cemetery33.4943-82.10206
First Mount Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery33.60638-82.39834
Hardin Cemetery33.67735-82.33179
King Cemetery33.47485-82.14956
Knox Cemetery33.44069-82.28456
Knox Cemetery33.57346-82.24623
Lamkin Cemetery33.46208-82.35484
Lampkin Grove Baptist Cemetery33.56637-82.25159
Newman Cemetery33.42298-82.21541
Old Avery Cemetery33.61929-82.20345
Old Union Baptist Church Cemetery33.44533-82.28365
Sharon Baptist Church Cemetery33.60566-82.39649
Snellings Memorial Acre33.53596-82.23151
Solid Rock Baptist Church Cemetery33.58775-82.29576
Spring Grove Cemetery33.65179-82.22262
Steiner Cemetery33.4793-82.18289
Sturgis Cemetery33.40062-82.29489
Susie Bostic Cemetery33.5468-82.26345
Walnut Grove Baptist Cemetery33.60583-82.32097
White Oak Cemetery33.51954-82.395
Historical populated places — 5 of 5
NameLatLon
Cluese33.61208-82.35651
Delph33.57291-82.2504
Eubank33.67902-82.2629
Forrest33.43903-82.19262
Maysville33.52319-82.11679

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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