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Johnson County, Georgia
History
Johnson County
was created in 1858 from Laurens and Emanuel counties, and named in
honor of Herschel V. Johnson, governor for four years of Georgia and
candidate for vice-president on the Douglas ticket in I860. It is
bounded on the north by Washington county, on the northeast by
Jefferson county, on the east and southeast by Emanuel county, on the
south and southeast by Laurens and on the west by Laurens and
Wilkinson. The Oconee and Ohoopee rivers with their tributaries drain
the country. The land is level and easily cultivated, producing good
crops of cotton, corn, wheat, Irish and sweet potatoes, sorghum and
sugar-cane, while the native grasses and the pine woods furnish range
for stock. All kinds of berries, fruit, and vegetables are raised for
home consumption. About half the original forests still stand, though
the timber is rapidly being converted into lumber, which is shipped to
Savannah, and turpentine and rosin are important articles of export.
The Wrightsville & Tennille and the Wadley & Mount Vernon
railroads traverse the county, and by connecting with the Central of
Georgia, and the Macon, Dublin & Savannah afford excellent
facilities for transportation. Wrightsville is the county seat. The
population of the county, according to the census of 1900 was 11,409,
an increase of 5,280 since 1890. Recently there has been great
improvement in the educational system of the county. Besides the public
schools, the Nannie Lou Worthen Institute, at Wrightsville, is well
attended.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister)
Meeks, a post-village of Johnson county, with a population of 55, is on the Wadley & Mount Vernon railroad, and is five miles southeast of Wrightsville.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim Mohler)
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister)
Meeks, a post-village of Johnson county, with a population of 55, is on the Wadley & Mount Vernon railroad, and is five miles southeast of Wrightsville.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim Mohler)
