Clinch County, Georgia

Clinch County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,749. The county seat is Homerville. The county was created on February 14, 1850, named in honor of Duncan Lamont Clinch.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 824 sqmi, of which 800 sqmi is land and 24 sqmi (2.9%) is water. It is the fourth-largest county in Georgia by land area and third-largest by total area. Eastern and southeastern portions of the county lie within the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected areas.

The vast majority of Clinch County is located in the Upper Suwannee River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin, with just a portion of the western and northwestern edge of the county, southwest and well northwest of Du Pont, located in the Alapaha River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin.

Major highways

 * US 84.svg U.S. Route 84
 * US 221.svg U.S. Route 221
 * US 441.svg U.S. Route 441
 * Georgia 31.svg State Route 31
 * Georgia 37.svg State Route 37
 * Georgia 38.svg State Route 38
 * Georgia 89.svg State Route 89
 * Georgia 94.svg State Route 94
 * Georgia 122.svg State Route 122
 * Georgia 168.svg State Route 168
 * Georgia 177.svg State Route 177
 * Georgia 187.svg State Route 187

Adjacent counties

 * Atkinson County (north)
 * Ware County (east)
 * Columbia County, Florida (south)
 * Baker County, Florida (south)
 * Echols County (southwest)
 * Lanier County (west)

National protected area

 * Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (part)

Cities

 * Fargo
 * Homerville

Towns

 * Argyle
 * Du Pont

Unincorporated Communities

 * Travisville
 * Cogdell
 * Fivemile Still
 * Edith
 * Council

Demographics
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 6,749 people, 2,477 households, and 1,639 families residing in the county.

Notable people

 * Ossie Davis, actor
 * Matthew Lintz, actor
 * Iris Faircloth Blitch, politician, only woman to sign Southern Manifesto
 * W. Benjamin Gibbs, politician
 * William Chester Lankford, politician
 * Jonathan Smith, football player