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Jefferson County, Georgia

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5historic places

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1796formed

15,709pop. 2020

67cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 5 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1978. Most listings are in or near Louisville, Bartow, Wadley.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

5 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bartow Historic District	Bartow	District	2009
Cunningham-Coleman House	Wadley	Building	1984
Jefferson County Courthouse	Louisville	Building	1980
Louisville Commercial Historic District	Louisville	District	1994
Old Market	Louisville	Building	1978

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Jefferson was formed in 1796 (1796-02-21) from Burke, Warren, Washington.

JEFFERSON created from BURKE, WARREN, and WASHINGTON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
5,684	7,056	7,254	10,219	15,671	18,212	22,602	20,040	18,855	17,468	18,403	17,266	15,709

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

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

Cemeteries — 67 of 67 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Arrington Cemetery	33.26007	-82.27069
Avret Cemetery	33.27999	-82.30305
Bartow Church Cemetery	32.88295	-82.47241
Beasley Cemetery	33.2373	-82.34483
Bentley Cemetery	32.88058	-82.39942
Berryhill Cemetery	33.16153	-82.39401
Bethlehem Church Cemetery	33.14006	-82.52882
Blounts Chapel Cemetery	32.85404	-82.4779
Boatwright Cemetery	33.10959	-82.32873
Bothwell Cemetery	33.11454	-82.48312
Burke Cemetery	33.12986	-82.34984
Cara Cemetery	33.08253	-82.39188
Carson Cemetery	33.13514	-82.34207
Causey Cemetery	32.99143	-82.31106
Clark Cemetery	33.20682	-82.47186
Colemans Chapel Cemetery	32.8385	-82.43012
Dixon Grove Cemetery	33.02037	-82.46795
Duhart Church Cemetery	33.0918	-82.46672
Ebenezer Cemetery	32.97439	-82.49597
Ebenezer Church Cemetery	33.11352	-82.40643
Ellis Cemetery	33.22907	-82.37625
Flat Rock Cemetery	33.2311	-82.30199
Gethsemane Church Cemetery	33.1871	-82.52955
Glenn Temple Cemetery	32.89598	-82.39401
Gordon Grove Church Cemetery	33.02897	-82.48724
Harts Grove Cemetery	33.24625	-82.45012
Jefferson Memorial Gardens Cemetery	33.07061	-82.40666
Jones Grove Church Cemetery	33.05985	-82.4055
King Cemetery	33.19343	-82.38985
Little Cemetery	33.12471	-82.49099
Live Oak Cemetery	32.84267	-82.43046
Lofton Cemetery	33.15303	-82.37836
Lofton Cemetery	33.19926	-82.4269
Magnolia Church Cemetery	33.10286	-82.56073
Mays Grove Cemetery	33.11125	-82.29318
McBride Cemetery	33.00248	-82.2886
Melton Place Cemetery	33.0307	-82.32401
Mosley Chapel Cemetery	33.12681	-82.30901
Mount Horeb Cemetery	33.26288	-82.3692
Mount Horeb Cemetery	33.20319	-82.29373
Mount Moriah Cemetery	33.22992	-82.29131
Moxley Church Cemetery	32.91905	-82.39321
Nesbitt Cemetery	33.01459	-82.28956
Oak Grove Cemetery	33.02193	-82.47374
Old Bethel Church Cemetery	32.8932	-82.46263
Parkers Chapel Church Cemetery	32.94431	-82.46485
Patterson Cemetery	33.26527	-82.3279
Phillips Cemetery	33.26166	-82.44308
Pierce Grove Cemetery	32.96294	-82.42168
Pierce Grove Church Cemetery	32.95595	-82.41318
Pine Hill Church Cemetery	33.0765	-82.4675
Pinecrest Mennonite Church Cemetery	33.07786	-82.45061
Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery	33.19788	-82.53142
Plunkett Cemetery	32.92662	-82.409
Ponder Family Cemetery	33.05602	-82.31245
Providence Church Cemetery	33.09634	-82.57433
Smiths Grove Cemetery	33.17276	-82.27768
Stapleton Cemetery	33.21266	-82.46952
Stone Springfield Church Cemetery	33.14789	-82.45606
Street Place Cemetery	32.8957	-82.30957
Vining Cemetery	33.23612	-82.45652
Waldens Church Cemetery	33.15931	-82.51568
Ways Cemetery	33.18245	-82.33272
Ways Grove Cemetery	33.18625	-82.33818
Woodland Cemetery	33.26456	-82.3073
Wrens Cemetery	33.21076	-82.39555
Wrens Memorial Cemetery	33.21265	-82.3929

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Padgett Crossing	33.22153	-82.26123
Pinetucky	32.79682	-82.44513

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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