Ware County is a county located in the southeast of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 35,483. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 35,831 The county seat is Waycross.
By geographic area, Ware County is the largest Georgia county. The county is part of the Waycross Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Ware County, Georgia's 60th county, was created on December 15, 1824, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly from lan...
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Ware County is a county located in the southeast of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 35,483. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 35,831 The county seat is Waycross.
By geographic area, Ware County is the largest Georgia county. The county is part of the Waycross Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Ware County, Georgia's 60th county, was created on December 15, 1824, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly from land that was originally part of Appling County.
The county is named for Nicholas Ware, the mayor of Augusta, Georgia from (1819–1821) and United States Senator who represented Georgia from 1821 until his death in 1824.
Several counties were later created from parts of the original Ware County borders:
Ware county has a total area of 903 square miles (2,339 km²) and is the largest geographically in Georgia. 597 square miles (1,546 km²) of it is land and 306 square miles (793 km²) of it is water. A large portion of the county lies within the...
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