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Gordon County was named for William Washington Gordon of Savannah (1796-1842), the first Georgian to graduate at West Point, who entered the practice of law and became a pioneer in the railroad field in Georgia. He was the founder and first president of the Central Railroad and Banking Company, now the Central of Georgia System. Gordon County was created by act of the Georgia Legislature on Feb. 13, 1850. Its area is 375 square miles, and its 1950 population was 18,957.
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