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Quitman County, Georgia

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

—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

2historic places

—earliest paper

1859formed

2,235pop. 2020

6cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1981. Most listings are in or near Georgetown.

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 Quitman titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

2 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Quitman County Courthouse and Old Jail	Georgetown	Building	1995
Quitman County Jail	Georgetown	Building	1981

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Quitman was formed in 1859 (1859-03-01) from Randolph, Stewart.

QUITMAN created from RANDOLPH and STEWART. Act passed 10 Dec 1858; took effect 1 Mar 1859.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Quitman County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,499	4,392	4,701	3,417	3,435	3,015	2,432	2,357	2,598	2,235

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

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

Cemeteries — 6 of 6 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Georgetown Cemetery	31.88703	-85.10524
Hogan Cemetery	31.96872	-84.99025
Methvin Cemetery	31.79823	-85.07964
Old Pataula Cemetery	31.8446	-85.0052
Saint Paul Cemetery	31.81212	-85.03431
Union Church Cemetery	31.87566	-84.93747

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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