Place:Echols, Georgia, United States

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NameEchols
Alt namesEcholssource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates30.717°N 82.85°W
Located inGeorgia, United States     (1858 - )
See alsoClinch, Georgia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Lowndes, Georgia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Alexis
Bamburg
Fruitland
Haylow
Howell
Mayday
Needmore
Pineland
Potter
Statenville
Tarver
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Echols County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of the Valdosta, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population is 4,034. The county seat is Statenville. Statenville is not an incorporated municipality, making Echols County one of only three counties in Georgia to have an unincorporated county seat.

Established in 1858, from the parts of Lowndes and Clinch the county was named in honor of Robert Milner Echols (1798–1847). The county is in the Valdosta, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. Echols was born in Georgia and served in the state legislature for many years. He was killed in the Mexican-American War, and is buried in Georgia (though not in Echols County).

Echols County has become notable in recent years as it has served as a place of banishment for many of Georgia's criminals. As the Georgia State Constitution forbids banishment beyond the borders of the state, officials instead ban the offender from 158 of Georgia's 159 counties, with Echols remaining as their only option. No such criminal has been documented as actually moving to Echols.

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Date Event Source
1858 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1860 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1897 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1897 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1898 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1898 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1860 1,491
1870 1,978
1880 2,553
1890 3,079
1900 3,209
1910 3,309
1920 3,313
1930 2,744
1940 2,964
1950 2,494
1960 1,876
1970 1,924
1980 2,297
1990 2,334
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www.rootsweb.com/~gaechols/

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