Irwin County, Georgia

Irwin County
Irwin County
County
	Irwin County Courthouse, Ocilla
	Location within the U.S. state of Georgia
	Georgia's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 31°36′N 83°16′W / 31.6°N 83.27°W
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Founded	December 15, 1818
Seat	Ocilla
Largest city	Ocilla
Area
• Total	363 sq mi (940 km2)
• Land	354 sq mi (920 km2)
• Water	8.4 sq mi (22 km2) 2.3%
Population (2020)
• Total	9,666
• Density	27/sq mi (10/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	8th
Website	www.ocillachamber.net

Irwin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,666.^[1] The county seat is Ocilla.^[2] The county was created on December 15, 1818. It was named for Governor Jared Irwin.^[3]

In the last years of the American Civil War, Irwin County gained the nickname of the Republic of Irwin due to the Unionism of many of its residents.^[4] The location where Jefferson Davis was captured^[5] is located in Irwin County near Irwinville.

^ "Census - Geography Profile: Irwin County, Georgia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 166.
^ Wetherington, Mark V. (2005). Plain Folk's Fight: The Civil War and Reconstruction in Piney Woods Georgia. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press. pp. 239–241. ISBN 9780807877043.
^ "Georgia State Parks - Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site". Archived from the original on September 8, 2008.

[1] "Census - Geography Profile: Irwin County, Georgia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 27, 2022.

[GR6-2] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

[3] Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 166.

[4] Wetherington, Mark V. (2005). Plain Folk's Fight: The Civil War and Reconstruction in Piney Woods Georgia. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press. pp. 239–241. ISBN 9780807877043.

[5] "Georgia State Parks - Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site". Archived from the original on September 8, 2008.

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