Gwinnett County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia, named for Button Gwinnett, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The county is the Atlanta metropolitan area's north-eastern link to Interstate 85, and is the second most populous county in the state, after Fulton County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 805,321.
Its county seat is Lawrenceville.
Located along the Eastern Continental Divide; according to the 2000 ...
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Gwinnett County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia, named for Button Gwinnett, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The county is the Atlanta metropolitan area's north-eastern link to Interstate 85, and is the second most populous county in the state, after Fulton County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 805,321.
Its county seat is Lawrenceville.
Located along the Eastern Continental Divide; according to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 436.72 square miles (1,131.1 square kilometers), of which 432.73 square miles (1,120.8 square kilometers) (or 99.09%) is land and 3.99 square miles (10.3 square kilometers) (or 0.91%) is water.
A portion of the county to the northwest is a part of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area chain.
The regional reservoir, Lake Lanier, at the extreme north of the county, is the central cause to the Tri-state water dispute.
The county maintains a regional airport under the name Gwinnett County Airport,...
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