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Banks
County,
Georgia
A Proud Member of the Genealogy
Trails Group
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This County is available for
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Banks County was created on February 1, 1859 from Franklin and
Habersham Counties.
The county seat is Homer, Georgia
The County is named for Richard Banks, a prominent 19th century
physician in Gainesville, Georgia.
Ty Cobb, Baseball Hall of
Famer, was born in Banks County in 1886 in an area of the county knows
as The Narrows - a small farming community consisting of fewer than 100
people
Cities and towns
Alto -- Baldwin -- Gillsville -- Homer -- Lula -- Maysville
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Census
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Website Updates: Nov 2009: WW2 Casualties; Oct 2009: WW2
Enlistment Index; Sep 2009: 1919-1925 Deaths; Nov 2009 Obit for Calvin
S. Weld; Jan 2011 Marriages 1872-1880, Cemetery List- List of towns-
Court Records
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