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Bartow County, Georgia
| December 26, 1831 |
The original Cherokee County created
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Lumpkin County, Georgia |
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Gilmer County, Georgia |
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Floyd County, Georgia |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
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Bartow County, Georgia |
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Cass County, Georgia |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
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Original Cherokee County |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Cass County created
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Lewis Cass |
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Bartow County, Georgia |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Cass County, Georgia |
| December 8, 1861 |
Cass County is renamed to Bartow County
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Lewis Cass |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Bartow County, Georgia |
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Bartow County, Georgia |
| December 8, 1861 |
Cass County is renamed to Bartow County
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Lewis Cass |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Bartow County, Georgia |
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Bartow County, Georgia |
| April 12, 1862 |
The Great Locomotive Chase |
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Civil War - 1862 |
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Western and Atlantic Railroad |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Bartow County, Georgia |
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Gordon County, Georgia |
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Whitfield County, Georgia |
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Catoosa County, Georgia |
| May 6, 2003 |
Strong storms move through north Georgia. Among the counties hardest hit are Floyd, Walker, Catoosa, Gordon, Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Dekalb, Clarke, Barrow and Elbert County.
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
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Bartow County, Georgia |
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Catoosa County, Georgia |
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Catoosa County, Georgia |
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Gordon County, Georgia |
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Walker County, Georgia |
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Floyd County, Georgia |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
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Clarke County, Georgia |
Name derivation: Named in honor of Francis Stebbins Bartow, who took Fort Pulaski (1861), died from wounds received at First Manassas - First Bull Run.
Acquisition: Treaty of New Echota (Cherokee, 1835)
Taken from: Original Cherokee County
Counties created from: Gordon County (while Cass County) Cities: Cartersville (county seat), Adairsville, Emerson, Eharlee, Kingston, Taylorsville, White
Web sites:
National Register of Historic Places in Bartow County, Georgia
Cartersville-Bartow County CVBBartow County, Georgia, links
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