Barrow County, County division in northern Georgia, United States
Located in the Atlanta metropolitan area, Barrow County extends across 163 square miles of land with forests, residential areas, and commercial developments.
The Georgia voters established Barrow County in 1914 by combining sections of Gwinnett, Jackson, and Walton counties into the state's 149th administrative division.
The county bears the name of David Crenshaw Barrow Jr, a mathematics professor at the University of Georgia who served as Chancellor from 1906 to 1925.
Interstate 85 runs through Barrow County, connecting residents to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, located 58 miles from the county boundaries.
The Upper Oconee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River system flows through Barrow County, with water bodies covering 2.6 square miles of the territory.
Location: Georgia
Inception: July 7, 1914
Capital city: Winder
Shares border with: Hall County, Walton County, Gwinnett County, Jackson County, Clarke County, Oconee County
Website: http://barrowga.org
GPS coordinates: 33.99000,-83.71000
Latest update: May 27, 2025 11:47
Road Atlanta
20.1 km
Fort Yargo State Park
3 km
Elisha Winn House
18.7 km
Athens Confederate Monument
30 km
Lucy Cobb Institute
29.8 km
Holy Cross Cathedral
24.4 km
Gwinnett County Courthouse
26 km
Henry W. Grady House
29.9 km
Crawford W. Long Museum
19.1 km
Camak House
30.4 km
William Harris Homestead
10.8 km
Kilgore Mill Covered Bridge and Mill Site
10.4 km
Old Seminary Building
26.1 km
Bowman-Pirkle House
28.2 km
Jackson County Courthouse
19 km
Rockwell Universalist Church
5.1 km
John Quincy Allen House
30.6 km
Barrow County Courthouse
1.1 km
Walton County Courthouse
21.8 km
Maysville Historic District
32.4 km
Wilkins House
30.2 km
Cobbham Historic District
29.6 km
James A. Sledge House
29.1 km
Monroe City Hall
22 km
North Broad Street Residential Historic District
967 m
Monroe Commercial Historic District
21.8 km
Gwinnett Historic Courthouse
26 km
William Harris Homestead
10.6 kmReviews
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