Formed December 15, 1824 (59th county)
Upson County (27,699), Thomaston (9,817)
The classic light brown brick courthouse, located on a square Center, Main, Lee, and Church streets, was built in 1908. United States Highway 19 is Center Street in this city. This Neo-Classical Revival courthouse was designed by Frank Pierce Milburn. It was restored in 1968, 2000, and under renovation in 2021. The original tower and clock will be replaced after the renovation. The facility also features columns and veteran memorials on the grounds. The county renovated a high school building in 1998 to become the Administrative Center. The county was created on December 15, 1824 from parts of Crawford and Pike counties as the 59th county. Thomaston has been the only county seat. Judge Stephen Upson inspired the county’s name. Thomaston is named for General Jett Thomas. He is also the namesake for Thomas County and its county seat. Upson County was the birthplace of 1 Georgia Governor, John B. Gordon. The county center is in Thomaston 1.5 miles Southeast of the city center.
Upson County government consists of a sheriff, an administrator, a coroner, a clerk, and a tax commissioner (executive). It has 5 Commissioners (legislative.) Eighteen Superior Court Judges serve Upson, Butts, Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Pike, Spalding, and Troup counties and Four County Judges, court clerk, and county attorney serve Upson County (judicial.) Upson County is in western Georgia between Columbus, Georgia and Macon, Georgia. The Flint River forms its western and southern borders. The county is surrounded clockwise by Pike, Monroe, Crawford, Taylor, Talbot, Meriwether, and Lamar counties.
The area of the county is 326 square miles. It is 89 out of 159 counties in the state. It ranks 68 out of 159 in population in the state. It has a density of 85.0 persons per square mile making it 64 out of 159 in the state. Upson County has 36.9% of its population in its incorporated areas. United States Highway 19 crosses the county north to south from Pike County to Taylor County. The county is a triangle facing northeast. Thomaston is located north and west of the county center. Thomaston is the county seat and largest city. It is 35.4% of the county population. This county is in the Thomaston Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Thomaston
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