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30-627: Hoschton / ˈ h ʊ ʃ t ən / is a city in Jackson County , Georgia , United States. The population was 1,377 at the 2010 census. As of 2018 the estimated population was 1,916. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the city in 1891 as the Town of Hoschton. The community was named after Russell A. Hosch, a local merchant. Hoschton is located in western Jackson County at 34°05′46″N 83°45′40″W  /  34.096164°N 83.761083°W  / 34.096164; -83.761083 . It

60-531: A Superior Court and Sheriff (as an officer of the court ), both located in a designated "shire town". Bennington County, Vermont has two shire towns; the court for "North Shire" is in the shire town Manchester , and the Sheriff for the county and court for "South Shire" are in the shire town Bennington. In 2024, Connecticut , which had not defined their counties for anything but statistical, historical and weather warning purposes since 1960, along with ending

90-410: A county seat may be an independent city surrounded by, but not part of, the county of which it is the administrative center; for example, Fairfax City is both the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia and completely surrounded by Fairfax County, but the city is politically independent of the county. When the county seat is in the independent city, government offices such as the courthouse may be in

120-485: A state college. Franklin College (now University of Georgia ) began classes the same year, and the city of Athens was developed around the school. Also the same year, a new county was developed around the new college town, and Jackson lost territory to the new Clarke . The county seat was moved to an old Indian village called Thomocoggan, a location with ample water supply from Curry Creek and four large springs. In 1804,

150-710: Is bordered to the north by the city of Braselton . Georgia State Route 53 runs through the center of town, leading northwest 12 miles (19 km) to Oakwood and south 9 miles (14 km) to Winder . Jefferson , the county seat , is 12 miles (19 km) to the east, and Atlanta is 50 miles (80 km) to the southwest. According to the United States Census Bureau , Hoschton has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km), of which 0.02 square miles (0.05 km), or 0.79%, are water. Water bodies in Hoschton drain west and east into tributaries of

180-401: Is estimated at 1,612. There were 388 households, out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.2% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.4% were non-families. 17.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

210-409: Is known as the seat of its county. Generally, the county legislature, county courthouse, sheriff's department headquarters, hall of records, jail and correctional facility are located in the county seat, though some functions (such as highway maintenance, which usually requires a large garage for vehicles, along with asphalt and salt storage facilities) may also be located or conducted in other parts of

240-727: Is land and 3.4 square miles (8.8 km ) (1.0%) is water. The vast majority of Jackson County is located in the Upper Oconee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River basin, with just a small portion of the county's northern edge, between Maysville to just east of Commerce , located in the Broad River sub-basin of the Savannah River basin. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 75,907 people, 25,180 households, and 19,467 families residing in

270-606: The Mulberry River , part of the Oconee River watershed. The ZIP Code for Hoschton, 30548, goes well beyond the city limits and covers part of four counties: Jackson , Gwinnett , Hall , and Barrow . Hoschton's ZIP Code is used within about 40 percent of the Braselton town limits. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,070 people, 388 households, and 304 families residing in the city. The population density

300-947: The United States, followed by Towson , the county seat of Baltimore County, Maryland . Likewise, some county seats may not be incorporated in their own right, but are located within incorporated municipalities. For example, Cape May Court House, New Jersey , though unincorporated, is a section of Middle Township , an incorporated municipality. In some states, often those that were among the original Thirteen Colonies , county seats include or formerly included "Court House" as part of their name, such as Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia . Most counties have only one county seat. However, some counties in Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Iowa , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Mississippi , Missouri , New Hampshire , New York , and Vermont have two or more county seats, usually located on opposite sides of

330-418: The city was $ 50,625, and the median income for a family was $ 57,917. Males had a median income of $ 40,000 versus $ 27,153 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 22,416. About 9.5% of families and 11.5% of the population were below the poverty line , including 12.5% of those under age 18 and 18.8% of those age 65 or over. Jackson County, Georgia Jackson County is a county located in

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360-409: The city was renamed Jefferson , after Thomas Jefferson . Jackson lost more territory in 1811 in the creation of Madison County , in 1818 in the creation of Walton , Gwinnett , and Hall counties, in 1858 in the creation of Banks County , and in 1914 in the creation of Barrow County . The first county courthouse, a log and wooden frame building with an attached jail, was built on south side of

390-526: The counties after his unification, there were about 1,000. Under the Eastern Han dynasty , the number of counties increased to above 1,000. About 1400 existed when the Sui dynasty abolished the commandery level (郡 jùn), which was the level just above counties, and demoted some commanderies to counties. In Imperial China, the county was a significant administrative unit because it marked the lowest level of

420-418: The county, especially if it is geographically large. A county seat is usually an incorporated municipality . The exceptions include the county seats of counties that have no incorporated municipalities within their borders, such as Arlington County, Virginia , where the county seat is the entire county. Ellicott City , the county seat of Howard County, Maryland , is the largest unincorporated county seat in

450-641: The county. Most of the county is in the Jackson County School District . Portions in Commerce and Jefferson are in, respectively, Commerce City School District and Jefferson City School District . 34°08′N 83°34′W  /  34.13°N 83.56°W  / 34.13; -83.56 County seat In Canada , the provinces of Ontario , Quebec , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , and Nova Scotia have counties as an administrative division of government below

480-420: The county. Examples include Harrison County, Mississippi , which has both Biloxi and Gulfport as county seats, and Hinds County, Mississippi , which has both Raymond and the state capital of Jackson . The practice of multiple county seat towns dates from the days when travel was difficult. There have been few efforts to eliminate the two-seat arrangement, since a county seat is a source of civic pride for

510-424: The imperial bureaucratic structure; in other words, it was the lowest level that the government reached. Government below the county level was often undertaken through informal non-bureaucratic means, varying between dynasties. The head of a county was the magistrate , who oversaw both the day-to-day operations of the county as well as civil and criminal cases. The current number of counties mostly resembled that of

540-585: The increase of Han Chinese population in Taiwan, the number of counties also grew by time. By the end of Qing era, there were 11 counties in Taiwan. Protestant missionaries in China first romanized the term as hien . When Taiwan became a Japanese colony in 1895, the hierarchy of divisions also incorporated into the Japanese system in the period when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. By September 1945, Taiwan

570-625: The independent city under an agreement, such as in Albemarle , or may in be enclaves of the county surrounded by the independent city, such as in Fairfax . Others, such as Prince William , have the courthouse in an enclave surrounded by the independent city and have the county government, the Board of Supervisors, in a different part of the county, far from the county seat. The following counties have their county seat in an independent city: Bedford

600-758: The later years of the Qing dynasty . Changes of location and names of counties in Chinese history have been a major field of research in Chinese historical geography, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s. There are 1,355 counties in Mainland China out of a total of 2,851 county-level divisions. In Taiwan , the first counties were first established in 1661 by the Kingdom of Tungning . The later ruler Qing empire inherited this type of administrative divisions. With

630-562: The northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia . As of the 2020 census , the population was 75,907. The county seat is Jefferson . Jackson County comprises the Jefferson, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area , which is included in the Atlanta - Athens-Clarke County - Sandy Springs , GA Combined Statistical Area . Most of the first non-Native American settlers came from Effingham County in 1786. On February 11, 1796, Jackson County

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660-775: The provincial level, and thus county seats. In the provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia the term "shire town" is used in place of county seat. County seats in China are the administrative centers of the counties in the People's Republic of China . Xian have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin dynasty . The number of counties in China proper gradually increased from dynasty to dynasty. As Qin Shi Huang reorganized

690-474: The public square; a second, larger, two-story brick courthouse with a separate jailhouse was built in 1817. In 1880, a third was built on a hill north of the square. This courthouse was the oldest continuously operating courthouse in the United States until 2004, when the current courthouse was constructed north of Jefferson. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 343 square miles (890 km ), of which 340 square miles (880 km )

720-777: The state's area, has no borough government or borough seat. One borough, the Lake and Peninsula Borough , has its borough seat located in another borough, namely King Salmon in Bristol Bay Borough . In Louisiana , which is divided into parishes rather than counties, county seats are referred to as "parish seats". In New England , counties have served mainly as dividing lines for the states' judicial systems. Rhode Island has no county level of government and thus no county seats, and Massachusetts has dissolved many but not all of its county governments. In Vermont , Massachusetts , and Maine county government consists only of

750-416: The towns involved, along with providing employment opportunities. There are 33 counties with multiple county seats in 11 states: Alaska is divided into boroughs rather than counties; the county seat in these case is referred to as the "borough seat"; this includes six consolidated city-borough governments (one of which is styled as a "municipality"). The Unorganized Borough, Alaska , which covers 49% of

780-544: The use of county seats in particular, will fully transition with the permission of the United States Census Bureau to a system of councils of government for the purposes of boundary definition and as county equivalents. Two counties in South Dakota , Oglala Lakota and Todd , have their county seat and government services centered in a neighboring county. Their county-level services are provided by Fall River County and Tripp County , respectively. In Virginia ,

810-409: Was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.12. In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.3% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.2 males. The median income for a household in

840-411: Was 437.2 inhabitants per square mile (168.8/km). There were 404 housing units at an average density of 165.1 per square mile (63.7/km). The racial makeup of the city was 93.36% White , 4.86% African American , 0.19% Native American , 0.09% Asian , 0.28% from other races , and 1.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.40% of the population. As of July 2009 the population

870-635: Was divided into 8 prefectures ( 州 and 廳 ), which remained after the Republic of China took over. There are 13 county seats in Taiwan, which function as county-administered cities , urban townships , or rural townships . In most of the United States , a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The city, town, or populated place that houses county government

900-622: Was split off from part of Franklin County , Georgia . The new county was named in honor of Revolutionary War Lieutenant Colonel, Congressman, Senator and Governor James Jackson . The county originally covered an area of approximately 1,800 square miles (4,662.0 km ), with Clarksboro as its first county seat. In 1801, the Georgia General Assembly granted 40,000 acres (160 km ) of land in Jackson County for

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