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Gwinnett
County, Georgia
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Gwinnett
County, Georgia - A Brief History
Gwinnett County was named
after Button Gwinnett, the second signer of the Declaration of
Independence and an English born American political leader who briefly
served as Georgia's provisional president of Georgia in 1777.
The 50th county to be
organized in Georgia, Gwinnett County was created from lands ceded
to the state of Georgia by the Cherokee and Creek Indians and a
portion of Jackson County
Cities
and Towns
Auburn --
Berkeley Lake -- Braselton -- Buford -- Centerville -- Dacula --
Duluth
Five Forks -- Grayson -- Harbins -- Hog Mountain -- Lawrenceville --
Lenora -- Lilburn
Loganville -- Mountain Park -- Norcross -- Peachtree Corners -- Rest
Haven
Rosebud -- Snellville -- Sugar Hill -- Suwanee
Small
Communities
Huff
- a post-village of Gwinnett county, is on the
Lawrenceville railroad, about half-way between Lawrenceville and
Suwanee. The population in 1900 was 88. It has some mercantile
interests and is a shipping point of some importance for that
section of the county.
(Source:
Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and
Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by
Kim Mohler)
Luxomni
- a village in the southwestern part of Gwinnett county, is on the
Seaboard Air Line railway, not far from the Dekalb county line. It
has a money order postoffice, some mercantile and shipping
interests, etc.
(Source:
Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and
Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by
Joanne Morgan)
Online
Data
Adjacent
Counties
Forsyth
County, Georgia -
north
Hall
County, Georgia -
northeast
Jackson
County, Georgia -
northeast
Barrow
County, Georgia -
east
Walton
County, Georgia -
southeast
DeKalb
County, Georgia -
southwest
Rockdale
County, Georgia -
south
Fulton
County, Georgia -
west
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