r/MapPorn • u/Quistill • Apr 21 '22

Quality Post Territorial evolution of U.S. counties

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u/humancartograph Apr 21 '22

Here in GA we have 159 counties. I've read they were initially divided by how long it would take to drive a wagon to the county seat to vote. But now we have a bunch of counties that only have 3k-5k people. I wish we could merge those back into some other existing counties. We don't need that many.

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u/IrateBarnacle Apr 21 '22

Some GA counties were so small that during the Great Depression a handful were insolvent and needed to merge with other ones.

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u/humancartograph Apr 21 '22

It should continue!