Richmond County | |
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Augusta-Richmond County | |
![]() Augusta-Richmond County Municipal Building | |
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Coordinates: 33°22′N 82°04′W / 33.36°N 82.07°W / 33.36; -82.07 | |
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State | |
Founded | February 5, 1777 (1777)[1] |
Named for | Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond |
Seat | Augusta |
Largest city | Augusta |
Area | |
• Total | 329 sq mi (850 km2) |
• Land | 324 sq mi (840 km2) |
• Water | 4.3 sq mi (11 km2) 1.3%% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 206,607 |
• Density | 638/sq mi (246/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Congressional district | 12th |
Website | www |
is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 206,607.[2] It is one of the original counties of Georgia, created February 5, 1777. Following an election in 1995, the city of Augusta (the county seat) consolidated governments with Richmond County. The consolidated entity is known as Augusta-Richmond County, or simply Augusta. Exempt are the cities of Hephzibah and Blythe, in southern Richmond County, which voted to remain separate. Richmond County is included in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The county is named for Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, a British politician and office-holder sympathetic to the cause of the American colonies. Richmond was also a first cousin to King George III. Richmond County was established in 1777 by the first Constitution of the (newly independent) State of Georgia. As such, it is one of the original counties of the state. It was formed out of a portion of the colonial Parish of St. Paul, after the Revolution disestablished the Church of England in the (former) Royal Province of Georgia.