Glascock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,884, making it the fourth-least populous county in Georgia. The county seat is Gibson. The county was created on December 19, 1857.

History

The county is named after Thomas Glascock, a soldier in the War of 1812, general in the First Seminole War and U.S. representative.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.5%) is water. It is the fourth-smallest county in Georgia by area, behind Clayton, Rockdale, and Clarke counties.

The vast majority of Glascock County is located in the Upper Ogeechee River sub-basin of the Ogeechee River basin, with just the very northeastern corner of the county, northeast of State Route 80, located in the Brier Creek sub-basin of the Savannah River basin.

Major highways

  • 20px State Route 80
  • 25px State Route 102
  • 25px State Route 123
  • 25px State Route 171

Adjacent counties

  • Warren County - north
  • Jefferson County - southeast
  • Hancock County - northwest
  • Washington County - southwest

Communities

Cities

  • Edge Hill
  • Gibson (county seat)

Town

  • Mitchell

Unincorporated communities

  • Agricola
  • Bastonville

Demographics

Racial and ethnic composition

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Glascock County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>

!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>

!Pop 1980

!Pop 1990

!Pop 2000

!Pop 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" | Pop 2020

!% 1980

!% 1990

!% 2000

!% 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020

|-

|White alone (NH)

|1,962

|2,052

|2,309

|2,750

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,573

|82.37%

|87.06%

|90.34%

|89.23%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |89.22%

|-

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|368

|297

|212

|251

|style='background: #ffffe6; |196

|15.45%

|12.60%

|8.29%

|8.14%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.80%

|-

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|2

|2

|6

|7

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|0.08%

|0.08%

|0.23%

|0.23%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%

|-

|Asian alone (NH)

|0

|0

|0

|1

|style='background: #ffffe6; |7

|0.00%

|0.00%

|0.00%

|0.03%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.24%

|-

|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|x

|x

|0

|0

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2

|x

|x

|0.00%

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.07%

|-

|Other race alone (NH)

|0

|0

|0

|5

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|0.00%

|0.00%

|0.00%

|0.16%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%

|-

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|x

|x

|17

|35

|style='background: #ffffe6; |54

|x

|x

|0.67%

|1.14%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.87%

|-

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|50

|6

|12

|33

|style='background: #ffffe6; |52

|2.10%

|0.25%

|0.47%

|1.07%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.80%

|-

|Total

|2,382

|2,357

|2,556

|3,082

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,884

|100.00%

|100.00%

|100.00%

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

|}

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, there were 2,884 people and 726 families residing in the county, and the median age was 44.1 years. Twenty-two point five percent of residents were under the age of 18 and 19.9% of residents were 65 years of age or older; for every 100 females there were 93.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 90.3 males age 18 and over.

The racial makeup of the county was 89.8% White, 6.8% Black or African American, 0.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 0.1% from some other race, and 2.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 1.8% of the population.

The 1,151 households counted by the census included 32.2% with children under the age of 18 living with them and 28.9% with a female householder with no spouse or partner present; about 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. For elections to the Georgia House of Representatives, Glascock County is part of District 128.

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Education

Public education is provided by the Glascock County School District.

See also

  • Central Savannah River Area
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Glascock County, Georgia
  • List of counties in Georgia

References

  • The News and Farmer and Wadley Herald/ Jefferson Reporter, the county's weekly newspaper and the oldest weekly newspaper in Georgia
  • Glascock County historical marker