Part 3 Georgia Counties and their Creation Dates COUNTY NO. DATE CREATED FROM Dade 91 Dec. 25, 1937 Walker Dawson 118 Dec 3, 1857 Gilmer and Lumpkin Decatur 58 Dec 8, 1823 Early Dekalb 56 Dec 9, 1822 Fayette, Gwinnett and Henry Dodge 134 Oct. 26, 1870 Montgomery, Pulaski and Telfair Dooly 48 May 15, 1821 Creek cession of Jan 8, 1821 - an original county Dougherty 102 Dec. 15, 1843 Baker Douglas 131 Oct. 17, 1870 Campbell and Carroll Early 41 Dec. 15, 1818 Creek cession of Aug. 8, 1814 an original ocunty Echols 130 Dec 13, 1858 Clinch and Lowndes Effingham 4 Feb 5, 1777 Creek cession of May 20, 1733 - an original county, previously organized in 1758 as the Parishes of St Matthew and St. Philip. Elbert 13 Dec. 10, 1790 Wilkes Emanuel 39 Dec. 10, 1872 Bulloch and Montgomery Evans 150 Aug 11, 1914 Bulloch and Tattnall Fannin 106 Jan 21, 1865 Gilmer and Union Fayette 49 May 15, 1821 Creek cession of Jan. 8, 1821 an original county. Floyd 82 Dec 3, 1832 Cherokee Forsyth 83 Dec 3, 1832 Cherokee Franklin 9 Feb. 25, 1784 Cherokee cession of May 31, 1783 and Creek cession of Nov. 1, 1783 an original county Fulton 104 Dec. 20, 1853 DeKalb Gilmer 84 Dec 3, 1832 Cherokee Glascock 120 Dec 19, 1857 Warren Glynn 5 Feb 5, 1777 Creek cessions of Nov 10, 1763 and Nov. 12, 1785 - an original county previously organized a the Parishes of St. David and St. Patrick Gordon 93 Feb 13, 1850 Barton (Cass) and Floyd Grady 137 Aug 17, 1905 Decatur and Thomas Gwinnett 42 Dec. 15, 1818 Cherokee cession of July 8, 1817 Dec. 19, 1818 and Creek cession of Jan. 22, 1818 an original county Green 11 Feb. 3, 1786 Creek cession of Jan 22, 1817 an original county.