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County in Georgia, United States

Harris County is a county located in the west central portion of the U. S. state of Georgia; its western border with the state of Alabama is formed by the Chattahoochee River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,668. The county seat is Hamilton. The largest city in the county is Pine Mountain, a resort town that is home to the Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park (the largest state park in Georgia). Harris County was created on December 14, 1827, and named for Charles Harris, a Georgia judge and attorney. Harris County is part of the Columbus, GA AL metropolitan area and has become a popular suburban and exurban destination of residence for families relocating from Columbus. Because of this, Harris has become the sixth wealthiest county in Georgia in terms of per capita income and the wealthiest in the state outside of Metro Atlanta.

The county was settled by European Americans largely after the federal government had removed the indigenous Creek people (Muscogee) in the 1830s, under treaties by which they ceded most of their homelands to the United States. They were relocated to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. In the antebellum era, parts of the county were developed for cotton plantations, the premier commodity crop. Planters acquired numerous enslaved African Americans as laborers from the Upper South through the domestic slave trade. The County Courthouse was designed by Edward Columbus Hosford of Georgia and completed in 1906. Moonshiners were active in the mountain areas of the county in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Both whites and blacks took part in this, and were common drinking patrons. and "notorious predator of black women." Of this group, Dusky Crutchfield was the first woman lynched in Georgia. Also murdered by the lynch mob were Eugene Harrington, Burrell Hardaway, and Johnie Moore. (Note: There was confusion about the names of victims at the time, and variations in spelling have been published.) Economic issues and competition were often at the bottom of lynchings. A white man took over Gilbert's land, cheating his family out of everything he had built.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 473 square miles (1,225 km2), of which 464 square miles (1,202 km2) are land and 9.1 square miles (24 km2) (1.9%) are covered by water. The county is located in the Piedmont region of the state, with forests, farmland, and rolling hills covering much of the county. The Pine Mountain Range begins in the county, and runs across the northernmost parts of the county, with the highest point on the range found at Dowdell's Knob near the Meriwether County line. The majority of Harris County is located in the middle Chattahoochee River–Lake Harding subbasin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola–Chattahoochee–Flint River Basin), with the exception of the county's southeastern border area, south of Ellerslie, which is located in the middle Chattahoochee River–Walter F. George Lake subbasin of the same ACF River Basin as that part of the county is drained by Bull Creek, which flows into Upatoi Creek south of Columbus. Lake Harding and Goat Rock Lake both form much of the county's western border along the Chattahoochee, and both are very popular recreational destinations, especially for metro Columbus residents.

+Harris County racial composition as of 2020RaceNum. Perc. White (non Hispanic)25,92574.78%Black or African American (non Hispanic)5,17014.91%Native American1010.29%Asian3881.12%Pacific Islander210.06%Other/Mixed1,6464.75%Hispanic or Latino1,4174.09%
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 34,668 people, 12,156 households, and 9,581 families residing in the county.