Английская Википедия:Berrien County, Georgia

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Berrien County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,160. The county seat is Nashville. The county was created February 25, 1856 out of portions of Coffee, Irwin and Lowndes counties by an act of the Georgia General Assembly. It is named after Georgia senator John M. Berrien.

History

Establishment

The citizens of the area of Lowndes County and Irwin County that would become Berrien County had to travel long distances to get the county courthouse at Franklinville, Georgia and later Troupville, Georgia for those in Lowndes County, and Irwinville, Georgia for those in Irwin County. By at least June 1853, citizens had petitioned to form a new county. The 1853 attempt of a new county failed. By 1856, a renewed attempt at the creation of a new county was successful.

World War I

Berrien County lost a disproportionate number of men in World War I in part because companies at that time were organized by militia districts at home. Eight weeks before the Armistice, 25 Berrien County men were among the 200 recently enlisted soldiers who perished at sea off the coast of Scotland. Many of the bodies were returned to the soldiers' hometowns for burial, and the names of the dead were engraved on a memorial located on the courthouse grounds in Nashville. The memorial was the first in a series of pressed copper sculptures by artist E. M. Viquesney entitled The Spirit of the American Doughboy.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Шаблон:Convert, of which Шаблон:Convert is land and Шаблон:Convert (1.3%) is water.

The western portion of Berrien County, from just north of U.S. Route 82 and roughly west of U.S. Route 129 heading south, is located in the Withlacoochee River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin. The eastern portion of the county is located in the Alapaha River sub-basin of the larger Suwannee River basin.

Major highways

• Файл:US 82.svg U.S. Route 82
• Файл:US 129.svg U.S. Route 129
• Файл:Georgia 11.svg State Route 11
• Файл:Georgia 37.svg State Route 37
• Файл:Georgia 64.svg State Route 64
• Файл:Georgia 76.svg State Route 76
• Файл:Georgia 125.svg State Route 125
• Файл:Georgia 135.svg State Route 135
• Файл:Georgia 158.svg State Route 158
• Файл:Georgia 168.svg State Route 168
• Файл:Georgia 520.svg State Route 520

Adjacent counties

• Irwin County - north
• Coffee County - northeast
• Atkinson County - east
• Lanier County - southeast
• Lowndes County - south
• Cook County - west
• Tift County - northwest

Communities

Cities

• Nashville
• Ray City

Towns

• Alapaha
• Enigma

Unincorporated communities

• Bannockburn
• Glory

Demographics

Berrien County racial composition as of 2020

Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	14,396	79.27%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	1,934	10.65%
Native American	22	0.12%
Asian	80	0.44%
Pacific Islander	10	0.06%
Other/Mixed	673	3.71%
Hispanic or Latino	1,045	5.75%

At the 2020 United States census, there were 18,160 people, 7,367 households, and 5,055 families residing in the county, down from 19,286 at the 2010 census. Previously, the county had a historic-high population of 22,722 in 1910, although in 1860, Berrien County's population was 3,475.

According to the American Community Survey in 2022, its median household income was $48,670 with a per capita income of $25,100. Approximately 51% of its population made less than $50,000 a year; 30% from $50,000-100,000; 17% from $100,000-200,000; and 2% more than $200,000 annually. Of the county, 23.2% lived at or below the poverty line, and an estimated 30% of children under 18 years of age were at or below the poverty line. The median value of owner-occupied housing units was $108,300.

The Association of Religion Data Archives in 2020 denoted the largest religion in the area is Christianity. The largest Christian groups within the county are Baptists and non or interdenominational Protestants, followed by Methodists and Pentecostals. Within Berrien County, the largest single Christian denomination as of 2020 has been the Southern Baptist Convention.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Berrien County, Georgia
• List of counties in Georgia

External links

• Official website
• Berrien County historical marker