Henry County

Henry County, Georgia was created by the Georgia State Legislature in 1821 from land acquired from the Creek Indian Nation by the First Treaty of Indian Springs. Henry County also, provided for the Land Lottery of 1821. This act provided that the County be divided and surveyed into Land Districts and each Land District be subdivided into Land Lots of 202 and 1/2 acres each. The construction of l-75 and the ready access the Interstate provided to Atlanta jobs has forever changed the nature of our community. During the twenty year period from 1970 to 1990 the population of Henry County exploded. In 1970 our population finally regained its 1920 level of 20,000; up from the 1940 low of 15,000. It took 50 years for our population to recover from the Boll Weevil Depression. Between 1970 and 1990 our population almost tripled. Our population has almost doubled again since 1990. Projections are our population will top 200,000 by 2010.