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County in Georgia, United States

Bleckley County is a county located in the central portion of the U. S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,583. The county seat is Cochran.

The county was named for Logan Edwin Bleckley, a soldier and Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. The state constitutional amendment to create the county was proposed by the Georgia General Assembly on July 30, 1912, and ratified November 5, 1912. Bleckley County was formerly home to Middle Georgia College, the oldest two year public college in the nation. In 2013 it merged with Macon State College to become Middle Georgia State University. Bleckley County High School made news in March 2010 for allowing a same sex couple to attend its senior prom, after another same sex couple in Mississippi were denied attendance at another senior prom.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 219 square miles (567 km2), of which 216 square miles (559 km2) is land and 3.3 square miles (9 km2) (1.5%) is water. The county is located in the upper Atlantic coastal plain region of the state. The eastern quarter of Bleckley County, roughly in a line from west of Danville running southeast, is located in the Lower Oconee River sub basin of the Altamaha River basin. The central quarter of the county, between Cochran and the previous line, is located in the Little Ocmulgee River sub basin of the same Altamaha River basin. The western half of the county, west of Cochran, is located in the Lower Ocmulgee River sub basin of the same larger Altamaha River basin.

+Bleckley County racial composition as of 2020RaceNum. Perc. White (non Hispanic)8,86770.47%Black or African American (non Hispanic)2,78822.16%Native American110.09%Asian1531.22%Pacific Islander80.06%Other/Mixed2872.28%Hispanic or Latino4693.73%
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 12,583 people, 4,176 households, and 2,727 families residing in the county.