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Douglas County, Georgia

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

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8historic places

—earliest paper

1870formed

144,237pop. 2020

9cemeteries

10CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 8 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1977. Most listings are in or near Douglasville, Winston, Villa Rica.

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 Douglas titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 8 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

8 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Basket Creek Cemetery	Douglasville	Site	2009
Beulah Grove Lodge No. 372, Free and Accepted York Masons-Pleasant Grove School	Douglasville	Building	2010
Carnes, John Thomas, Family Log House	Winston	Building	2001
Douglas County Courthouse	Douglasville	Building	2002
Douglasville Commercial Historic District	Douglasville	District	1989
Pine Mountain Gold Mine	Villa Rica	District	2008
Roberts, Col. William T., House	Douglasville	Building	1989
Sweet Water Manufacturing Site	Atlanta	District	1977

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Douglas was formed in 1870 (1870-11-08) from Campbell, CARROLL [act passed 17 Oct 1870.

DOUGLAS created from CAMPBELL (extinct) and CARROLL [act passed 17 Oct 1870; took effect 8 Nov 1870].

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Douglas County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
6,934	8,745	10,477	10,053	12,173	16,741	54,573	92,174	144,237

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

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

Cemeteries — 9 of 9 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Chapel Hill Road Cemetery	33.6851	-84.71663
Holly Springs Cemetery	33.66594	-84.72687
Hunter Memorial Park	33.74039	-84.76744
McKoy Cemetery	33.65733	-84.70215
Mozley Memorial Gardens	33.77459	-84.6465
Old Villa Rica Cemetery	33.73023	-84.90174
Pleasant Grove Cemetery	33.70663	-84.65824
Sunrise Memorial Gardens	33.78677	-84.69549
Sweetwater Cemetery	33.78299	-84.78967

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

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Dallas	901	24.8 km	GA011
Ruff'S Mill	23,404	27.1 km	GA029
Utoy Creek	2,514	27.9 km	GA019
New Hope Church	1,414	29.2 km	GA010
Pickett'S Mill	1,527	30.4 km	GA012
Kolb'S Farm	3,691	30.8 km	GA014
Ezra Church	1,790	31.0 km	GA018
Kennesaw Mountain	11,076	32.6 km	GA015
Pine Mountain	31,416	33.7 km	GA013A
Gilgal Church	14,991	34.5 km	GA013B

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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