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Laurens County, Georgia

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9historic places

—earliest paper

1807formed

49,570pop. 2020

57cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 9 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Dublin, Montrose.

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

4 of 9 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

9 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Carnegie Library	Dublin	Building	1975
Dublin Commercial Historic District	Dublin	District	2002
Dublin Veterans Administration Hospital	Dublin	District	2018
Emery Thomas Auditorium	Dublin	Building	2022
First African Baptist Church	Dublin	Building	2019
Fish Trap Cut	Dublin	Site	1974
Sanders Hill	Montrose	Building	1975
Stubbs Park-Stonewall Street Historic District	Dublin	District	2002
United States Post Office and Court House	Dublin	Building	2018

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Laurens was formed in 1807 (1807-12-10) from Wilkinson.

LAURENS created from WILKINSON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Laurens County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1810	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,210	5,436	5,585	6,998	10,053	25,908	39,605	33,606	33,123	32,313	36,990	44,874	49,570

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

57 cemeteries and 11 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 57 of 57 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Alligood Cemetery	32.431	-83.00486
Antioch Cemetery	32.22072	-82.89597
Beasley Cemetery	32.54115	-82.74029
Bethlehem Cemetery	32.53544	-82.83681
Braceville Cemetery	32.37989	-82.79847
Brewton Cemetery	32.59073	-82.7952
Buckhorn Cemetery	32.46349	-83.12543
Burch Cemetery	32.2071	-82.91392
Centerville Baptist Cemetery	32.62779	-83.06187
Coleman Cemetery	32.35699	-82.98664
Daniels Gift Cemetery	32.30352	-83.03962
Dublin Memorial Gardens	32.54294	-83.02709
Dudley Memorial Cemetery	32.55146	-82.90371
Evergreen Methodist Cemetery	32.65396	-82.98474
Gay Cemetery	32.32653	-82.94198
Gethsemane Cemetery	32.55185	-82.81567
Gilbert Cemetery	32.62043	-83.05513
Guyton Cemetery	32.64932	-82.89653
Hall Cemetery	32.39878	-82.81958
Haskins Cemetery	32.54599	-83.11882
Heath Cemetery	32.54386	-83.11678
Heath Cemetery	32.53511	-83.11345
Hobbs Cemetery	32.3545	-82.95236
Holly Grove Cemetery	32.6274	-82.95807
Joseph Mullis Cemetery	32.35606	-83.01761
Keen Cemetery	32.32215	-82.96629
Kellams Cemetery	32.67293	-82.89681
Laurens Memorial Gardens	32.58562	-82.86374
Londonfield Cemetery	32.65405	-82.88764
Lowery Cemetery	32.29999	-82.85419
Marie Baptist Cemetery	32.59691	-82.9265
Marvin Cemetery	32.6508	-82.87428
McDaniel Cemetery	32.34878	-82.88403
Miller Cemetery	32.28759	-82.83062
Minter Cemetery	32.47459	-82.77773
Moore Cemetery	32.44322	-82.79041
Mount Carmel Cemetery	32.42267	-83.05825
Mount Zion Cemetery	32.42597	-82.70713
New Hope Cemetery	32.2242	-82.93591
New Providence Cemetery	32.25323	-83.00976
Noles Cemetery	32.27291	-83.05179
Northview Cemetery	32.55269	-82.91005
Oak Grove Cemetery	32.61815	-83.08696
Old Dublin Cemetery	32.54102	-82.90814
Pearson Cemetery	32.38103	-82.92283
Plummer Cemetery	32.69425	-82.90944
Pope Cemetery	32.54627	-83.09348
Poplar Springs Cemetery	32.60617	-83.00443
Post Cemetery	32.71072	-82.91739
Register Cemetery	32.33995	-82.98661
Ryals Cemetery	32.191	-83.01375
Saint Lukes Cemetery	32.4439	-83.05822
Spring Hill Cemetery	32.63574	-83.01222
Stanley Cemetery	32.65067	-83.04432
Sun Hill Cemetery	32.2935	-83.05654
Ussery Cemetery	32.6104	-83.04951
Walker Cemetery	32.63317	-82.88973

Historical populated places — 11 of 11

Name	Lat	Lon
Bales	32.58017	-82.72541
Bender	32.55016	-83.12126
Hatoff	32.31184	-82.80792
Keenes Crossing	32.58683	-82.73458
Lollie	32.48156	-82.75597
Manning	32.61516	-82.77208
Mayberry	32.40628	-82.97209
Musgrove	32.41711	-83.08987
Springhaven	32.44739	-83.03098
Walkee	32.29489	-82.86597
Westbrook	32.24406	-83.00126

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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