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Heard County, Georgia

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2historic places

—earliest paper

1830formed

11,412pop. 2020

111cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1980. Most listings are in or near Franklin, Corinth.

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 Heard titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

2 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Heard County Jail	Franklin	Building	1981
Ware, John M., Sr., House	Corinth	Building	1980

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Heard was formed in 1830 (1830-12-22) from Carroll, Coweta, Troup.

HEARD created from CARROLL, COWETA, and TROUP.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Heard County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
5,329	7,805	8,769	11,177	11,126	8,610	6,975	5,333	6,520	11,012	11,412

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

111 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 111 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Adamson Cemetery	33.15282	-85.22932
Allen Cemetery	33.21289	-85.22494
Almon Cemetery	33.28261	-85.22272
Antioch Cemetery	33.3766	-85.17275
Bethel Cemetery	33.21813	-85.22429
Bethel Cemetery	33.39165	-85.11571
Beulah Cemetery	33.26728	-85.2625
Bevis Cemetery	33.28705	-85.10621
Brett Cemetery	33.17894	-85.14356
Brown Cemetery	33.18734	-85.22438
Brown Cemetery	33.24578	-84.96643
Bruce Cemetery	33.23264	-84.97723
Buttrill Cemetery	33.24595	-85.11744
Caney Head Cemetery	33.3938	-85.19931
Carser Chapel Cemetery	33.24145	-85.02046
Caswell Cemetery	33.27872	-85.10605
Centralhatchee Cemetery	33.36809	-85.10262
Cheek Cemetery	33.27095	-85.12383
Coats Cemetery	33.39469	-85.26514
Cook Cemetery	33.23734	-84.99605
Cooper Cemetery	33.23817	-85.23216
Corinth Church Cemetery	33.23315	-84.94897
Crews Cemetery	33.38928	-85.18855
Daniel-Lane Cemetery	33.30012	-85.01855
Darden - Crain Cemetery	33.264	-84.98993
Dowell Cemetery	33.224	-85.04216
Ebenezer Cemetery	33.30292	-85.07451
Echols Cemetery	33.39036	-85.05411
Enon Grove Cemetery	33.34178	-85.02133
Ephesus Cemetery	33.40173	-85.25366
Faver Cemetery	33.369	-85.06106
Franklin City Cemetery	33.27927	-85.09283
Friendship Cemetery	33.38907	-85.11018
Garrett Cemetery	33.14192	-85.194
Glenloch Cemetery	33.41299	-85.08633
Glenn - Burpee - Cole Cemetery	33.15206	-85.18549
Goshen Cemetery	33.42313	-85.10374
Hardegree Cemetery	33.39598	-85.02542
Harmonia Cemetery	33.22011	-84.98771
Harmony Church Cemetery	33.22555	-85.08351
Harris Cemetery	33.20428	-85.12077
Heard Wesley Cemetery	33.32956	-85.00632
Hearn Cemetery	33.2563	-85.13226
High Point Cemetery	33.31651	-85.26345
Hollingsworth Cemetery	33.39748	-85.03922
Hopewell Cemetery	33.40233	-85.21989
Jackson Cemetery	33.22009	-84.99055
Jackson Cemetery	33.36214	-85.07196
James Cemetery	33.249	-85.20244
Lancaster Cemetery	33.35178	-85.22633
Lashley Cemetery	33.25233	-85.1491
Lewis Cemetery	33.17289	-85.2305
Liberty Hill Cemetery	33.16309	-85.13704
Lummie Layton Cemetery	33.41195	-85.19122
Macedonia Cemetery	33.34969	-85.23472
McWaters Cemetery	33.30039	-85.04521
Melson Cemetery	33.32102	-85.00439
Merrill - Roop Cemetery	33.28817	-85.19244
Miller Cemetery	33.28428	-85.12994
Mount Olive Cemetery	33.30872	-85.17133
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	33.23348	-85.14294
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	33.30101	-85.11617
Mount Zion Cemetery	33.22456	-85.14569
Mount Zion Church Cemetery	33.15524	-85.20079
New Bethel Cemetery	33.30395	-84.98245
New Hope Cemetery	33.26335	-85.21395
New Springs Cemetery	33.34906	-85.17352
New Yellowdirt Cemetery	33.39902	-85.05645
Newnan Cemetery	33.37733	-85.00994
Noles Cemetery	33.32067	-85.20938
Old Bethel Cemetery	33.30319	-84.98188
Old Frienship Cemetery	33.40686	-85.07572
Old Glenloch Cemetery	33.41261	-85.08799
Old Harmony Cemetery	33.21011	-85.05994
Old Mount Olive Cemetery	33.2482	-85.03739
Old Yellowdirt Cemetery	33.41761	-85.03619
Olive Branch Cemetery	33.30171	-85.13638
Owensby Cemetery	33.21324	-85.08997
Persons Cemetery	33.18886	-85.17818
Philpot Cemetery	33.19539	-85.04271

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Capstan	33.21706	-85.06522
Crain	33.31678	-85.258

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

Historical markers

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