Taliaferro

Formed December 24, 1825 (64^th county)

Taliaferro County (1,562), Crawfordville (479)

The red brick High Victorian style courthouse, located on a square at Monmouth, Broad, Alexander, and Commerce streets, was built in 1901.  United States Highway 278 is Broad Street in the town.  The courthouse designer was Lewis F. Goodrich.  The facility features a tower with a working clock.  Veteran memorials are on the grounds.  Taliaferro County was formed on December 24, 1825 from Wilkes, Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, and Warren counties as the 64^th county.  Crawfordville has always been the county seat.  American Revolutionary War hero Benjamin Taliaferro inspired the county name.  The county seat is named for Senator William H. Crawford.  He is also the source name for Crawford County.  Taliaferro County was the birthplace of 1 Georgia Governor, Alexander H. Stephens.  The county center is 1.7 miles Northeast of Crawfordville. 

Taliaferro County government consists of a manager, a sheriff, an administrator, a coroner, a clerk, and a tax commissioner (executive).  It has 3 Commissioners (legislative.)  Twenty-four Superior Court Judges serve Taliaferro, Banks, Barrow, Burke, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Hart, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, McDuffie, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Richmond, Walton, Warren, and Wilkes counties and Three County Judges, court clerk, and county attorney serve Taliaferro County (judicial.) The county is in eastern Georgia.  Augusta, Georgia is east and Athens, Georgia is northwest of the county.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Wilkes, Warren, Hancock, Greene, and Oglethorpe counties. 

The area of the county is 195 square miles.  It is 142 out of 159 counties in the state.  It ranks 159 out of 159 in population in the state.  It has a density of 8.0 persons per square mile making it 159 out of 159 in the state.  Taliaferro County has 37.4% of its population in its incorporated areas.  Interstate Highway 20 crosses east to west, Warren County to Greene County.  United States Highway 278 parallels Interstate Highway 20 from Warren County to Greene County.  The county’s shape looks like the cab part of a semi-truck.  Crawfordville is located south and west of center in the county.  Crawfordville is county seat and the largest city.  It is 30.7% of the county population.