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{{Short description|County in Georgia, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Wilkinson County
 | state                = Georgia
 | seal                 = 
 | ex image             = Ball's Ferry, Wilkinson County, Georgia.jpg
 | ex image cap         = Ball's Ferry Landing has been designated as a site on the [[Sherman's March to the Sea|March to the Sea]] Heritage Trail.
 | founded year         = {{start date and age|1803}}
 | founded date         = May 11
 | seat wl              = Irwinton
 | largest city wl      = Gordon
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 452
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 447
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 4.6
 | area percentage      = 1.0
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 8877
 | density_sq_mi        = 
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | footnotes            = 
 | web                  = http://www.wilkinsoncounty.net/
 | district             = 8th
 | named for            = [[James Wilkinson]]
 | coordinates          = {{coord|32.80|-83.17|display=inline,title|type:adm2nd_region:US-GA_source:UScensus1990}}
}}
'''Wilkinson County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[Central Georgia|central]] portion of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 8,877.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13319.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 27, 2014|archive-date=June 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607134208/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13319.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">US 2020 Census Bureau report, Wilkinson County, Georgia</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Irwinton, Georgia|Irwinton]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The county was created on May 11, 1803, and named for General [[James Wilkinson]] (1757–1825).<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/w.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030727152344/http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/w.pdf |archive-date=July 27, 2003 |url-status=live| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=254 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|452|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|447|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|4.6|sqmi}} (1.0%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The county is located mainly in the upper [[Atlantic coastal plain]] region of the state, but does have some rolling hills due to its close proximity to the [[Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line|fall line]].

The entirety of Wilkinson County is located in the Lower [[Oconee River]] sub-basin of the [[Altamaha River]] basin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Major highways===
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* [[File:US 80.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 80 in Georgia|U.S. Route 80]]
* [[File:US 441.svg|23px]] [[U.S. Route 441 in Georgia|U.S. Route 441]]
* [[File:Georgia 18.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 18|State Route 18]]
* [[File:Georgia 18 Spur.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 18 Spur (Gordon)|State Route 18 Spur]]
* [[File:Georgia 19.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 19|State Route 19]]
* [[File:Georgia 29.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 29|State Route 29]]
* [[File:Georgia 57.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 57|State Route 57]]
* [[File:Georgia 96.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 96|State Route 96]]
* [[File:Georgia 112.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 112|State Route 112]]
* [[File:Georgia 243.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 243|State Route 243]]
* [[File:Georgia 540.svg|23px]] [[Fall Line Freeway|State Route 540 (Fall Line Freeway)]]
{{div col end}}

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Baldwin County, Georgia|Baldwin County]] (north)
* [[Bleckley County, Georgia|Bleckley County]] (south)
* [[Washington County, Georgia|Washington County]] (northeast)
* [[Johnson County, Georgia|Johnson County]] (east)
* [[Laurens County, Georgia|Laurens County]] (southeast)
* [[Twiggs County, Georgia|Twiggs County]] (southwest)
* [[Jones County, Georgia|Jones County]] (northwest)

==Communities==

===Cities===
* [[Allentown, Georgia|Allentown]]
* [[Gordon, Georgia|Gordon]]
* [[Irwinton, Georgia|Irwinton]] (county seat)
* [[Danville, Georgia|Danville]]
* [[Ivey, Georgia|Ivey]]
* [[McIntyre, Georgia|McIntyre]]
* [[Toomsboro, Georgia|Toomsboro]]

===Towns===
<ref>{{Cite web | last=Chambers | first=Raymond | title=Municipal Services | publisher=New Georgia Encyclopedia | date=2017-06-08 | url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/municipal-services/}}</ref>

===Unincorporated communities===
* Nicklesville
* Stephensville

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1810= 2154
|1820= 6992
|1830= 6513
|1840= 6842
|1850= 8296
|1860= 9376
|1870= 9383
|1880= 12061
|1890= 10871
|1900= 11440
|1910= 10078
|1920= 11376
|1930= 10844
|1940= 11025
|1950= 9781
|1960= 9250
|1970= 9393
|1980= 10368
|1990= 10228
|2000= 10220
|2010= 9563
|2020= 8877
|estyear=2024
|estimate=8667
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html|title=County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2024|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 22, 2025}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref><br />1790-1880<ref name=1880CensusGACty>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800 |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-08.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web  |first=   |last=   |authorlink=   |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher= United States Census Bureau  |date= 1910  |url= https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf  |accessdate=   |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240116032336/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf  |archive-date= January 16, 2024  |page=   |url-status= dead  }}</ref><br /> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1930-1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br /> 1940-1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia - |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960-1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br /> 1980-2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF"/> 2020<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Wilkinson County racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US13319&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 18, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|5,110
|57.56%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|3,163
|35.63%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|30
|0.34%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|22
|0.25%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|3
|0.03%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|310
|3.49%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|239
|2.69%
|}

===2020 census===

As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the county had a population of 8,877. The median age was 44.9 years. 20.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 20.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 94.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.4 males age 18 and over. 0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.<ref name="Census2020DHC">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dhc?get=NAME%2CP2_002N%2CP2_003N&for=county%3A319&in=state%3A13|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2023|access-date=13 December 2025|df=mdy}}</ref><ref name="Census2020DP">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dp?get=NAME%2CDP1_0021P%2CDP1_0024P%2CDP1_0025C%2CDP1_0049C%2CDP1_0045C%2CDP1_0069C%2CDP1_0073C%2CDP1_0125P%2CDP1_0126P%2CDP1_0129P%2CDP1_0138P%2CDP1_0139P%2CDP1_0141P%2CDP1_0142P%2CDP1_0143P%2CDP1_0145P%2CDP1_0146P%2CDP1_0147C%2CDP1_0148C%2CDP1_0149C%2CDP1_0156C%2CDP1_0157C%2CDP1_0158C%2CDP1_0159P%2CDP1_0160P&for=county%3A319&in=state%3A13|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=13 December 2025|df=mdy}}</ref><ref name="Census2020PL">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N%2CP1_003N%2CP1_004N%2CP1_005N%2CP1_006N%2CP1_007N%2CP1_008N%2CP1_009N%2CP2_001N%2CP2_002N%2CH1_001N%2CH1_002N&for=county%3A319&in=state%3A13|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=13 December 2025|df=mdy}}</ref>

The racial makeup of the county was 58.2% White, 35.8% [[African Americans|Black or African American]], 0.3% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian and Alaska Native]], 0.3% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.1% [[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]] and [[Pacific Islander|Pacific Islander]], 1.3% from some other race, and 4.0% from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] residents of any race comprised 2.7% of the population.<ref name="Census2020PL"/>

There were 3,588 households and 2,079 families in the county, of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 31.6% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

There were 4,288 housing units, of which 16.3% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 76.7% were owner-occupied and 23.3% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.1% and the rental vacancy rate was 7.8%.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

==Politics==
Wilkinson County voted for every Democratic presidential nominee from 1828 to 1960; note that 1828 was the first year in which Georgia held a popular vote for presidential electors and also the first year in which the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] ran a presidential candidate. However, there was at least one example of [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] success in the county during [[Reconstruction era|Reconstruction]]: in the 1868 gubernatorial election, which was held in April, the Republican ticket swept the county, with [[Rufus Bullock]] receiving 59% of the vote; the Republican candidate for county ordinary won by just 1.7%.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mason |first1=J.A. |title=Georgia Elections: Wilkinson County |url=https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn86077235/1868-05-01/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=04%2F18%2F1868&nottext=&date2=05%2F01%2F1868&words=Bullock+Wilkinson+WILKINSON&searchType=advanced&sequence=0&index=0&proxdistance=5&rows=12&ortext=&proxtext=&andtext=bullock+wilkinson&page=1 |access-date=September 30, 2019 |work=The Georgia Weekly Telegraph |date=May 1, 1868 |page=3}}</ref> Decades later, in the 1948 presidential election [[Harry Truman]] only won the county by one vote from States’ Rights candidate [[Strom Thurmond]].

In 1964, Wilkinson County voted overwhelmingly for Barry Goldwater, the first Republican presidential nominee to win the county. It also delivered large victories to segregationist [[American Independent Party]] candidate George Wallace and Republican Richard Nixon in 1968 and 1972 respectively. In the presidential elections of both 1976 and 1980, former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter, a Democrat, won the county easily.

In 1984, Democrat Walter Mondale won the county by a 9% margin, which was only the second presidential result in the county within 30% since 1912. This was also the first time since 1848, when [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] Zachary Taylor narrowly won Georgia, that the county voted for a presidential candidate who did not win the state. In the following three presidential elections, Wilkinson continued to give Democratic candidates between 53% and 59% of the vote.

In 2000, [[Al Gore]] won Wilkinson County by a margin of 1.3%, or 84 votes, receiving 50.4% to [[George W. Bush]]'s 48.1%. The county then voted for all three Republican nominees from 2004 to 2012, each time by a margin of less than 1.5%. In 2016, it voted for [[Donald Trump]] by a margin of just over 10%. Wilkinson was thus one of many counties in Georgia's historic [[Black Belt in the American South|black belt]] that demonstrated a significant swing in favor of Republican presidential candidates from 2012 to 2016. Similarly, the county swung from a 0.25% victory for the [[Jason Carter (politician)|2014 Democratic gubernatorial nominee]]<ref name="2014 election results">{{cite web |title=Wilkinson - Election Results |url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/Wilkinson/54201/148911/en/summary.html |website=ClarityElections |publisher=Georgia Secretary of State |access-date=September 30, 2019 |date=November 10, 2014}}</ref> to an 11.63% victory for the [[Brian Kemp|2018 Republican gubernatorial nominee]].<ref name="2018 election results">{{cite web |title=Wilkinson - Election Results |url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/Wilkinson/91798/Web02.220748/#/ |website=ClarityElections |publisher=Georgia Secretary of State |access-date=September 30, 2019 |date=November 13, 2018}}</ref>

Even as it has become more favorable to Republicans at the state and federal level, Wilkinson's county government continued to be dominated by Democrats up until the 2020s. For most of this century the Democratic primary was often [[tantamount to election]]. In 2016, Democrats won all six county executive offices without Republican opposition, as well as the three school board seats up for election that year. While the Republican district attorney for the district that includes Wilkinson was also unopposed, he received only 65.6% of ballots cast, compared to at least 72.4% for each unopposed Democratic countywide official.<ref name="2016 election results">{{cite web |title=Wilkinson - Election Results |url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/Wilkinson/64150/183460/en/summary.html |website=ClarityElections |publisher=Georgia Secretary of State |access-date=September 30, 2019 |date=November 15, 2016}}</ref> In 2018, Democratic incumbents were reelected unopposed to two of the county's five commission seats unopposed and to a third seat by a 25% margin, as well as winning the race for commission chair unopposed. The Democratic candidate in the open first commission district lost, but by just 2.7%. Both school board members up that year were unopposed Democratic incumbents.<ref name="2018 election results" />

Similarly, the overwhelming majority of primary voters in Wilkinson have chosen Democratic ballots even in recent years, presidential primaries excepted. In 2014, 2,022 of 2,174 primary voters (93.0%) chose Democratic ballots. In 2016, 1,726 of 2,033 primary voters (84.9%) did so, and in 2018, 1,186 of the 1,862 primary voters (63.7%) did so, even in the context of a [[2018 Georgia gubernatorial election#Republican primary|competitive statewide Republican primary for governor]].<ref name="Georgia voter history files">{{cite web |title=Voter History Files |url=https://elections.sos.ga.gov/Elections/voterhistory.do |website=Georgia Secretary of State |access-date=September 30, 2019}}</ref> Three incumbent county commissioners faced opponents in their 2018 primaries; the incumbent county commission chair lost, and the District 2 incumbent won by just one vote.<ref name="2018 primary election results">{{cite web |title=Wilkinson - Election Night Reporting |url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/Wilkinson/74817/Web02.202538/#/c/C_5 |website=ClarityElections |publisher=Georgia Secretary of State |access-date=September 30, 2019 |date=May 25, 2018}}</ref>

Prior to the November 2022 elections, Democrats held a majority or 4 out of 5 seats on the County Commission. On election night, a Republican defeated the incumbent Democratic chairman by nearly 20 percentage points. Republicans were also able to flip an additional seat on the commission previously held by a Democrat, and in doing so captured a 3–2 majority. Republicans also captured a seat on the local Board of Education, in which they had none prior to the election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/Wilkinson/115624/web.307039/#/detail/13?v=313155/|title=Election Night Reporting|website=results.enr.clarityelections.com}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/Wilkinson/115624/web.307039/#/summary?v=313155/|title=Election Night Reporting|website=results.enr.clarityelections.com}}</ref>

===Representation===
For elections to the [[United States House of Representatives]], Wilkinson County is part of [[Georgia's 8th congressional district]], currently represented by [[Austin Scott]]. For elections to the [[Georgia State Senate]], Wilkinson County is part of [[Georgia's 26th Senate district|District 26]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Georgia General Assembly |url=https://www.legis.ga.gov/senate |access-date=2025-11-28 |website=www.legis.ga.gov}}</ref> For elections to the [[Georgia House of Representatives]], Wilkinson County is part of [[Georgia's 133rd House of Representatives district|District 133]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Georgia General Assembly |url=https://www.legis.ga.gov/house |access-date=2025-11-28 |website=www.legis.ga.gov}}</ref>

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===Government===
Current county officials:<ref>{{cite web |title=Commissioners |url=https://wilkinsoncounty.net/index.php/commissioners/# |website=Wilkinson County |publisher=Wilkinson County Commission |access-date=September 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930181939/https://wilkinsoncounty.net/index.php/commissioners/ |archive-date=September 30, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Board Members |url=http://www.wilkinson.k12.ga.us/Default.asp?PN=StaffList&L=1&DivisionID=23677&LMID=1161056&ToggleSideNav=DepartmentOnly |website=Wilkinson County Schools |publisher=Wilkinson County Board of Education |access-date=September 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930182323/http://www.wilkinson.k12.ga.us/Default.asp?PN=StaffList&L=1&DivisionID=23677&LMID=1161056&ToggleSideNav=DepartmentOnly |archive-date=September 30, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Qualifying Candidates |url=https://elections.sos.ga.gov/GAElection/CandidateDetails |website=Georgia Secretary of State |access-date=September 30, 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Category !! Specific office !! Name !! Party !! Year of last election
|-
| Executive or judicial office || Clerk of Superior Court || Cinda Sloan Bright || D || 2020
|-
| Executive or judicial office || Coroner || William “Billy” Matthews || R || 2020
|-
| Executive or judicial office || Probate/Magistrate Judge || Lisa Vance Dykes || R || 2020
|-
| Executive or judicial office || Sheriff || Richard Chatman || D || 2020
|-
| Executive or judicial office || County Surveyor || Donald D. Brooks || D || 2020
|-
| Executive or judicial office || Tax Commissioner || Jemesha Anderson || D || 
|-
| Board of Commissioners || Chairman || Anthony Bentley || R || 2024 Special
|-
| Board of Commissioners || District 1 || Zachery Shepherd || R || 2022
|-
| Board of Commissioners || District 2 || James Hagins || D || 2022
|-
| Board of Commissioners || District 3 || Robert Dames || R || 2022
|-
| Board of Commissioners || District 4 || Anderson Ford || D || 2022
|-
| Board of Education || Chairman || Roger Smith || D || 2020
|-
| Board of Education || District 1 || Leigh Scott || R || 2022
|-
| Board of Education || District 2 || Kimberly S. Watkins || D || 2022
|-
| Board of Education || District 3 || Leroy Strange || D || 2020
|-
| Board of Education || District 4 || Charles Pitts || D || 2020
|}

==Education==
The only school district is the [[Wilkinson County School District (Georgia)|Wilkinson County School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st13_ga/schooldistrict_maps/c13319_wilkinson/DC20SD_C13319.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Wilkinson County, GA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-27}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st13_ga/schooldistrict_maps/c13319_wilkinson/DC20SD_C13319_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|State of Georgia}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilkinson County, Georgia]]
*[[List of counties in Georgia]]
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==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Wilkinson County, Georgia
|North     = [[Baldwin County, Georgia|Baldwin County]]
|Northeast = [[Washington County, Georgia|Washington County]]
|East      = [[Johnson County, Georgia|Johnson County]]
|Southeast = [[Laurens County, Georgia|Laurens County]]
|South     =
|Southwest = [[Twiggs County, Georgia|Twiggs County]]
|West      =
|Northwest = [[Jones County, Georgia|Jones County]]
}}
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