Lee County, Georgia

Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,298. Its county seat is Leesburg.

Lee County is included in the Albany, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The land for Lee, Muscogee, Troup, Coweta, and Carroll counties was ceded by the Creek people in the 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs. The counties' boundaries were created by the Georgia General Assembly on June 9, but they were not named until December 14, 1826. The county was named in honor of Henry Lee III.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 362 square miles (940 km²), of which 356 square miles (920 km²) is land and 5.9 square miles (15 km²) (1.6%) is water.

Most of the western three-quarters of Lee County is located in the Kinchafoonee-Muckalee sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The eastern quarter of the county is located in the Middle Flint River sub-basin of the same ACF River Basin, while a very small corner in the south of Lee County is located in the Lower Flint River sub-basin of the same larger ACF River Basin. An even smaller southwestern corner is located in the Ichawaynochaway Creek sub-basin of the ACF River Basin.

Lee County

Lee County is the name of twelve counties in the United States:

Lee County, Mississippi

Lee is a county in Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 82,910. The county seat is Tupelo. Lee County is included in the Tupelo Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Lee county was established on October 26, 1866, and named for Robert E. Lee, the General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States. It was carved from the counties of Itawamba and Pontotoc; therefore, the record and list of pioneers mentioned in those counties embrace a great number who were residents of what is now Lee.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 453 square miles (1,170 km²), of which 450 square miles (1,200 km²) is land and 3.2 square miles (8.3 km²) (0.7%) is water.

Major highways

U.S. Highway 45

U.S. Highway 78

Natchez Trace Parkway

Mississippi Highway 6

Adjacent counties

National protected areas