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- Clarke County is home to numerous salt springs. These springs have been used as a source for salt as early as the Mississippian period in 1100 AD. During the Civil War, the county was notable for its salt production due to the naval blockade of southern ports.
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Clarke County is located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census , the population was 128,671. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Athens , [ 2 ] with which it is a consolidated city-county .
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The boundaries of Clarke County, named in honor of Elijah Clarke, a general during the American Revolution and member of the state assembly, have changed several times over the years. Created by the state legislature in 1801 from part of Jackson County, Clarke acquired more land in 1807 from neighboring Greene County. But it lost territory with the...
Agriculture was the predominant sector of Clarke’s economy during the county’s first two centuries, with cotton preeminent at first; after 1875 food crops became the dominant agricultural product. Prosperity and economic growth were punctuated by periods of stagnation during the nation’s wars and depressions, although Clarke County suffered less du...
Fifty-two sites in Clarke County are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the Lucy Cobb Institute and the Morton Theatre. The county is also home to the State Botanical Garden of Georgia and the Georgia Museum of Art, the official state art museum. Whitehall House, added to the register in 1979, is located in the southeaste...
Feb 15, 2023 · Athens-Clarke County has a rich history that dates back to the very beginnings of the United States. The University of Georgia was founded in 1785 as the nation’s first land-grant institution.
Clarke County was named for Elijah Clarke, who came to Georgia from North Carolina in 1774 to fight in Georgia's battles with the Cherokee and Creek tribes.
Jul 27, 2004 · Athens, home of the University of Georgia (UGA), is located along the north Oconee River in Clarke County, in the rolling Piedmont of northeast Georgia. Athens and Clarke County combined to form a unified government in 1990.
History of Athens-Clarke County. View landmark historical events.: 1700s; 1800s; 1900s; Sources; 1700s. 1785: The University of Georgia (UGA) is chartered on paper as the first state-chartered land grant university. 1800s. 1801: A five-man delegation unanimously agrees to locate UGA on a hill above Cedar Shoals.
City of Athens. Early Athens History. Athens was no more than a trading settlement on the banks of the Oconee River called Cedar Shoals during the late 1700s. On January 27, 1785, the Georgia General Assembly chartered the University of Georgia as the first chartered state-supported university.
