Name derivation: Named in honor of David Emanuel, Governor of Georgia and generally recognized as the first governor of the Jewish faith in the United States.
Acquisition: Creek Treaty of August 7, 1790
Taken from: Bulloch County, Georgia and Montgomery County, Georgia
Counties created from: Johnson County, Georgia (1858), Jenkins County, Georgia (1905), Toombs County, Georgia (1905), Candler County, Georgia (1914), and Treutlen County, Georgia (1918)
Cities: Swainsboro (county seat)

Web sites:National Register of Historic Places in Emanuel County, Georgia
Emanual County, Georgia, links