Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
GWINNETT COUNTY, situated toward the northerly part of Georgia, with Chattahoochee river on the northwest. Area, 648 square miles. Seat of justice, Lawrenceville. Pop. in 1820, 4,589; in 1830, 12,220; in 1840, 10,804; in 1850, 11,257. (Fanning's, 1853)