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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Muscogee County is a county located on the central western border of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 189,885. Its county seat and only city is Columbus, with which it has been a consolidated city-county since the beginning of 1971. It is a part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Area.
The only other city was Bibb City, which disincorporated in December 2000. Fort Benning takes up nearly one quarter of the county. The Chattahoochee River forms its western border with Alabama.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1830 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1836 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1838 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1838 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1838 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1838 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1830 | 3,508
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| 1840 | 11,699
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| 1850 | 18,578
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| 1860 | 16,584
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| 1870 | 16,663
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| 1880 | 19,322
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| 1890 | 27,761
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| 1900 | 29,836
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| 1910 | 36,227
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| 1920 | 44,195
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| 1930 | 57,558
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| 1940 | 75,494
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| 1950 | 118,028
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| 1960 | 158,623
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| 1970 | 167,377
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| 1980 | 170,108
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| 1990 | 179,278
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~gamuscog/
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