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Georgia has more counties than any other state except Texas, a circumstance that has given the state a wealth of historic courthouses. Twenty-two of these stand in East Central Georgia. All are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and most are open to visitors during normal business hours.
Why are they important? Historian Wilber W. Caldwell perhaps said it best:
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"Just as the building stood at the center of the Southern town, it stood at
the center of Southern life. Just as all roads in the county converged upon the
courthouse square, all the twisting roads of Southern social being came together
at that same place. the building was strangely wound around and through, not
just Southern conscious life, but Southern heritage. In it were deeds to land,
vouchers for inheritance, family trees, proof of birth, marriage licenses,
testaments to births of children, liens on property, receipts for taxes. Here
Southerners voted, officially met to discuss matters of import, and judged their
neighbors. Its bell rang out calamity, heralded victory, tolled death. In this
one building, like no other, was the pattern of Southern life-hopes and fears
and every detail in between."