Headnote
HOUSTON COUNTY, situated toward the southern part of Georgia, with Ocmulgee river on the northeast. Area, 510 square miles. Seat of justice, Perry. Pop. in 1830, 7,369; in 1840, 9,711; in 1850, 16,450. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Georgia

Houston County, Georgia (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
HOUSTON COUNTY, situated toward the southern part of Georgia, with Ocmulgee river on the northeast. Area, 510 square miles. Seat of justice, Perry. Pop. in 1830, 7,369; in 1840, 9,711; in 1850, 16,450.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 160.
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