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National Register of Historic Places listings in Georgia facts for kids

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Have you ever wondered about the oldest and most special buildings or places in Georgia? The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is like a special list of over 2,000 amazing historic spots across the state! These places are important because they tell us about Georgia's past, from old homes and schools to battlefields and bridges.

Georgia has 159 counties, and every single one has at least one place on this list! If you're looking for historic places in Atlanta, most are in Fulton County, but some are also found in DeKalb County. This list helps protect these important sites so future generations can learn from them.

Contents: Counties in Georgia


Discovering Georgia's Historic Treasures by County

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the official list of places in the United States that are important for their history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, or culture. When a place is listed on the NRHP, it means it's recognized as a significant part of our nation's story.

Some very special places are also named National Historic Landmarks (NHLs). These are the most important historic places in the country. Georgia has many of these amazing sites!

Below you'll find a list showing how many of these special places each county in Georgia has.

NRHP Georgia Map
NRHP count and density by county
Georgia (U.S. state) counties map
Map of Georgia counties

Here are some examples of historic places you might find on the list:

County Number of
Sites		 Number of
NHLs
1 Appling 5 0
2 Atkinson 2 0
3 Bacon 4 0
4 Baker 4 0
5 Baldwin 22 1
6 Banks 14 0
7 Barrow 15 0
8 Bartow 21 1
9 Ben Hill 7 0
10 Berrien 4 0
11 Bibb 73 2
12 Bleckley 3 0
13 Brantley 2 0
14 Brooks 8 0
15 Bryan 10 0
16 Bulloch 23 0
17 Burke 8 0
18 Butts 4 0
19 Calhoun 2 0
20 Camden 17 0
21 Candler 5 0
22 Carroll 17 0
23 Catoosa 9 0
24 Charlton 4 0
25 Chatham 66 8
26 Chattahoochee 3 0
27 Chattooga 9 0
28 Cherokee 9 0
29 Clarke 58 1
30 Clay 6 0
31 Clayton 5 0
32 Clinch 2 0
33 Cobb 46 0
34 Coffee 6 0
35 Colquitt 9 0
36 Columbia 5 1
37 Cook 3 0
38 Coweta 26 0
39 Crawford 6 0
40 Crisp 5 0
41 Dade 1 0
42 Dawson 3 0
43 Decatur 8 0
44 DeKalb 54 0
45 Dodge 6 0
46 Dooly 8 0
47 Dougherty 21 0
48 Douglas 8 0
49 Early 7 1
50 Echols 2 0
51 Effingham 6 0
52 Elbert 14 0
53 Emanuel 9 0
54 Evans 4 0
55 Fannin 4 0
56 Fayette 3 0
57 Floyd 47 2
58 Forsyth 5 0
59 Franklin 44 0
60 Fulton 210 8
61 Gilmer 2 0
62 Glascock 1 0
63 Glynn 19 1
64 Gordon 5 1
65 Grady 8 0
66 Greene 25 0
67 Gwinnett 19 0
68 Habersham 35 0
69 Hall 22 0
70 Hancock 12 0
71 Haralson 3 0
72 Harris 16 1
73 Hart 36 0
74 Heard 2 0
75 Henry 13 0
76 Houston 4 0
77 Irwin 3 0
78 Jackson 15 0
79 Jasper 7 0
80 Jeff Davis 2 0
81 Jefferson 5 0
82 Jenkins 6 0
83 Johnson 2 0
84 Jones 9 0
85 Lamar 8 0
86 Lanier 1 0
87 Laurens 5 0
88 Lee 3 0
89 Liberty 12 2
90 Lincoln 10 0
91 Long 3 0
92 Lowndes 16 0
93 Lumpkin 12 1
94 Macon 16 0
95 Madison 6 0
96 Marion 8 0
97 McDuffie 16 1
98 McIntosh 11 0
99 Meriwether 24 1
100 Miller 1 0
101 Mitchell 10 0
102 Monroe 9 0
103 Montgomery 2 0
104 Morgan 13 0
105 Murray 9 0
106 Muscogee 136 3
107 Newton 13 0
108 Oconee 9 0
109 Oglethorpe 11 0
110 Paulding 4 0
111 Peach 7 0
112 Pickens 7 0
113 Pierce 3 0
114 Pike 3 0
115 Polk 7 0
116 Pulaski 7 0
117 Putnam 10 0
118 Quitman 2 0
119 Rabun 7 0
120 Randolph 3 0
121 Richmond 44 6
122 Rockdale 6 0
123 Schley 2 0
124 Screven 4 0
125 Seminole 3 0
126 Spalding 15 0
127 Stephens 10 1
128 Stewart 27 0
129 Sumter 16 0
130 Talbot 12 0
131 Taliaferro 7 1
132 Tattnall 3 0
133 Taylor 5 0
134 Telfair 3 0
135 Terrell 7 0
136 Thomas 40 1
137 Tift 3 0
138 Toombs 9 0
139 Towns 2 0
140 Treutlen 1 0
141 Troup 33 1
142 Turner 6 0
143 Twiggs 6 0
144 Union 4 0
145 Upson 5 0
146 Walker 18 1
147 Walton 25 0
148 Ware 7 0
149 Warren 5 0
150 Washington 19 0
151 Wayne 4 0
152 Webster 3 0
153 Wheeler 3 0
154 White 6 0
155 Whitfield 12 0
156 Wilcox 2 0
157 Wilkes 28 2
158 Wilkinson 1 0
159 Worth 7 0
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Total: 2,108 48

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