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Colquitt County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,898. [1] The county seat is Moultrie. [2] The county was created on February 25, 1856, and is named for Walter Terry Colquitt, a U.S. senator. [3] Colquitt County comprises the Moultrie, GA micropolitan statistical area.
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Apr 7, 2006 · Colquitt County, in south Georgia, was established in 1856 on lands ceded between 1814 and 1818 by the Creek and Seminole Indians. The state’s 115th county, it was created from parts of Thomas and Lowndes counties and named for Walter Terry Colquitt, an attorney, judge, circuit-riding Methodist preacher, and statesman who served Georgia in ...
Located in southwest Georgia, Moultrie is in the center of Colquitt County, 24 miles (39 km) west of Interstate 75, and about 200 miles (300 km) south of Atlanta and 60 miles (100 km) northeast of Tallahassee, Florida.
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Colquitt County was created on Feb. 25, 1856, by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1855-56, p. 108). Created from Lowndes and Thomas counties, Colquitt's original boundaries were designated as:
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Colquitt County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, 45,898 people lived there. The county seat is Moultrie.