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 southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,697. The county seat is Statenville. Statenville is a disincorporated municipality. Echols and Webster counties are the only two counties in Georgia to currently have no incorporated municipalities. The county was established in 1858 and named in honor of Robert Milner Echols (1798–1847).

Echols County is part of the Valdosta, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Echols County has become notable 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. Few criminals have been documented as actually moving to Echols. This is because almost all banished criminals choose to leave the state instead of moving to Echols County.

Banishment, including 158-county banishment, has repeatedly been upheld by Georgia courts. The first case when banishment was upheld was in the 1974 case State v Collett, when the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the banishment of a drug dealer from seven counties. The most recent time banishment was upheld, in 2011, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled it was constitutional to banish David Nathan Thompson (a mentally ill man who was convicted of firing a gun into a home, although no one was injured) from all but one county in Georgia.

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Timeline

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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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Echols County, Georgia, United States

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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~gaechols/

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