Glascock County, Georgia
The Glascock County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. Administrative office ( County Seat), Gibson is named after Judge William Gibson, a former colonel in the Confederate Army.
Geography
The County is located in northeastern Georgia and to the east is about 70 miles from South Carolina. It has an area of 374 square kilometers, of which a square kilometer of water is. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Jefferson County, Washington County, Hancock County and Warren County.
History
Glascock County was formed on December 19, 1857. It was named after Thomas Glascock, a brigadier general in the First Seminole War and a member of the U.S. Congress.
Worth seeing
In Glascock County many historic buildings have been preserved, which were also included in the national database of historic places. Particularly noteworthy are the County Courthouse, the Kelley House from 1880, the Victorian Home from Peebles in 1890 and the James Kelley / Sherman Harris place of 1828th
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 2,556 people in Glascock County. Of these, 104 people were living in collective centers, the other residents living in 1,004 households, and 715 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 90.6 percent white, 8.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups. 0.5 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 1,004 households out of which 32.8 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.7 percent were married couples living together, 9.6 percent were single mothers and 28.7 percent were non-families. 26.3 percent of all households and 11.9 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.94.
23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.7 percent between 18 to 24, 26.8 percent between 25 and 44, 23.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 18.2 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 92.5 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6 males.
The median income for a household was $ 29,743, and the median income for a family $ 36,629. Males had a median income of $ 32,896, women $ 22,500. The per capita income was $ 14,185. 9.4 percent of families and 17.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Glascock County
- Agricola
- Bastonville
- Edge Hill
- Five Points
- Gibson
- Glovers Millpond
- Harts
- Mitchell