Berrien County - Georgia

County Courthhouse

County Seat: Nashville
Incorporated: February 25, 1856
Population: 16,235
Total Area: 452.5 Square miles

Berrien County was created in 1856 from Coffee, Irwin, and Lowndes counties. The county was named for John McPherson Berrien, a U.S. Senator and Andrew Jackson's Attorney General.

Berrien County had one of the state's earliest post roads, the Coffee Road. It was opened in 1823 to channel settlers' crops to Florida.