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County in Georgia, United States

Lanier County is a county in the south central portion of the U. S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,877. The county seat and only incorporated municipality is Lakeland. The county is named after the Georgia poet Sidney Lanier. Lanier County is part of the Valdosta, GA metropolitan statistical area. Lanier shares Moody Air Force Base with Lowndes County on its western boundary.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 200 square miles (518 km2), of which 185 square miles (479 km2) is land and 15 square miles (39 km2) (7.3%) is water. The vast majority of Lanier County is in the Alapaha River sub basin of the Suwannee River basin. Just a narrow section of the western border of the county, northeast and southeast of Ray City, is in the Withlacoochee River sub basin of the same Suwannee River basin, and a very narrow section of the eastern border of Lanier County is in the Upper Suwannee River sub basin of the same Suwannee River basin.

The Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1985, hosts approximately 20,000 visitors annually. It provides hiking, fishing, and boating opportunities on more than of water, Banks Lake marsh, and swamp. The Robert Simpson III Nature Trail, dedicated in August 2001, is in the Lakeland, Georgia city limits on of pine and hardwood forests. The county is known for its excellent fishing in the Alapaha River, Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge as well as in its many small lakes.

+Lanier County racial composition as of 2020RaceNum. Perc. White (non Hispanic)6,59566.77%Black or African American (non Hispanic)2,13821.65%Native American310.31%Asian810.82%Pacific Islander140.14%Other/Mixed4464.52%Hispanic or Latino5725.79%
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 9,877 people, 3,714 households, and 2,536 families residing in the county.

Lanier County News Legal organ and hometown newspaper since 1913. The paper was originally named The Milltown Advocate, but changed its name after Lanier County was formed in 1920. Lanier County Advocate (newspaper) Legal organ newspaper as of January 1, 2015.

Historic sites include Governor Eurith D. Rivers' home, which was moved from its original spot on Banks Lake to West Main Street in Lakeland in the early 1980s; Union Baptist Church, located near Georgia Highway 135; and Fender Cemetery, located east of Lakeland at the junction of U. S. 221 and Georgia Highway 37 on land that once belonged to David Fender. The site of the cemetery, in which many of the area's first settlers are buried, was chosen so that mourners would not have to ferry their dead across the river for burial. Also, the "Murals of Milltown," which depict community life in the 1920s, grace the exteriors of buildings in downtown Lakeland.

The Lanier County School District operates four schools: Lanier County Primary School, Lanier County Elementary School, Lanier County Middle School, and Lanier County High School.