Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
RICHMOND COUNTY, situated on the northeasterly boundary of Georgia, with Savannah river on the northeast. Area, 384 square miles. Seat of justice, Augusta. Pop. in 1810, 6,189; in 1820, 8,608; in 1830, 11,644; in 1840, 11,932; in 1850, 16,246. (Fanning's, 1853)