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    Wilkes County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,565. The county...
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    Washington is the county seat of Wilkes County, Georgia, United States. Under its original name, Heard's Fort, it was for a brief time during the American...
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  • Wilkes County is the name of two counties in the United States: Wilkes County, Georgia Wilkes County, North Carolina This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    The Wilkes County Courthouse is a historic government building and clock tower located in the city of Washington, Georgia, the seat of Wilkes County. The...
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    located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Wilkes Street in Spitalfields, London Wilkes County, Georgia and Wilkes County, North Carolina Wilkes Street in Alexandria...
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    Rayle is a town in Wilkes County, Georgia, United States. The population was 158 in 2020. Rayle is located at 33°47′25″N 82°53′48″W / 33.79028°N 82.89667°W...
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  • Centerville is an unincorporated community in Wilkes County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The community was so named due to its relatively central location...
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    Tignall is a town in Wilkes County, Georgia, United States. The population was 485 in 2020. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Tignall as a town...
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  • up Wilkes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wilkes may refer to: Wilkes, Portland, Oregon, a US neighborhood Wilkes County, Georgia Wilkes County, North...
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    1796, Lincoln County was established as the twenty-fourth county in the state of Georgia. Before then, its territory was part of Wilkes County, now on its...
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    children. In Georgia the schools were segregated by race, so Beau would be able to attend school if they remained in the South. Wilkes is the character...
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    Charlie Bowdre (category People from Wilkes County, Georgia)
    associate of Billy the Kid and member of his gang. Bowdre was born in Wilkes County, Georgia. When he was three years old, he and his parents moved to Mississippi...
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  • The Wilkes County School District (also called "Wilkes County Schools") is a public school district in Wilkes County, Georgia, USA, based in Washington...
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    Robert Toombs (category People from Wilkes County, Georgia)
    owned 16 slaves at his Wilkes County plantation, and an additional 32 slaves at his 3,800-acre plantation in Stewart County, Georgia on the Chattahoochee...
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    DeKalb, Gwinnett, Walton, Oconee, Clarke, Oglethorpe, Wilkes, McDuffie, Columbia, and Richmond counties. Various portions of the highway, from the Alabama...
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    Central Savannah River Area (category Geography of Wilkes County, Georgia)
    and marketing region in the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina, spanning thirteen counties in Georgia and seven in South Carolina. The term was...
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    Callaway Plantation (category Museums in Wilkes County, Georgia)
    and home in Wilkes County, Georgia. Columbus, Georgia: Elizabeth Richardson Callaway, Callaway Family Association. pp. 47–48. The New Georgia Guide. University...
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    Mary Willis Library (category Buildings and structures in Wilkes County, Georgia)
    National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilkes County, Georgia "Georgia - Wilkes County". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved April 8,...
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  • Charlton County, Georgia Centerville, Elbert County, Georgia Centerville, Gwinnett County, Georgia Centerville, Talbot County, Georgia Centerville, Wilkes County...
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    Lake Strom Thurmond (category Protected areas of Wilkes County, Georgia)
    Clarks Hill Lake by the state of Georgia, is a man-made reservoir at the border between the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina in the Savannah...
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  • Joseph Emory Davis (category People from Wilkes County, Georgia)
    December 1784, near Augusta, Georgia. He was the oldest of the ten children of Samuel Emory Davis (Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Province of Pennsylvania...
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  • Wilkes County Courthouse may refer to: Wilkes County Courthouse (Georgia), Washington, Georgia Wilkes County Courthouse (North Carolina), Wilkesboro, North...
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    Richmond, and Wilkes. Georgia has the second-largest number of counties of any state in the United States, only behind Texas, which has 254 counties. One traditional...
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    formed by taking portions of five other counties: Wilkes, Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, and Warren Counties. The county was named for Colonel Benjamin Taliaferro...
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    production is at Four Peaks, Gila and Maricopa Counties, Arizona, and Jackson's Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Smaller occurrences have been reported in...
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    Battle of Kettle Creek (category Wilkes County, Georgia)
    the back country of Georgia during the American Revolutionary War that took place on February 14, 1779. It was fought in Wilkes County about eleven miles...
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  • Edward Walton (serial killer) (category People from Wilkes County, Georgia)
    Beulah Martin in 1908. According to his confession, Walton was born in Wilkes County near a town called Pistol (alternative name for Delhi), and his first...
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  • Wilkes County Schools is the name of two school districts in the United States: Wilkes County Schools (Georgia) Wilkes County Schools (North Carolina)...
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  • Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School is a public high school in Wilkes County, Georgia, United States. It is located at 1182 Tignall Road. The school's...
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    Washington-Wilkes Historical Museum, also known as the Washington Historical Museum, is a historical building in Washington, Georgia. The home was built...
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