Dade County, Georgia

Dade County
County
Dade County Courthouse in Trenton
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Location within the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 34°51′N 85°30′W / 34.85°N 85.5°W / 34.85; -85.5
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Founded	1837; 187 years ago (1837)
Named for	Francis L. Dade
Seat	Trenton
Largest city	Trenton
Area
• Total	174 sq mi (450 km2)
• Land	174 sq mi (450 km2)
• Water	0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2)  0.1%
Population  (2020)
• Total	16,251
• Density	96/sq mi (37/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	14th
Website	dadecounty-ga.gov

Dade County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. It occupies the northwest corner of Georgia, and the county's own northwest corner is the westernmost point in the state. As of the 2020 census, the population is 16,251.^[1] The county seat and only incorporated municipality is Trenton.^[2] Dade County is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1860, residents of Dade County voted to secede from the state of Georgia and from the United States, but no government outside the county ever recognized this gesture as legal. In 1945, the county symbolically "rejoined" Georgia and the United States.^[3]