Liberty County - Georgia

County Courthhouse

County Seat: Hinesville
Incorporated: February 5, 1777
Population: 67,610
Total Area: 519.1 square miles

Liberty County was created in 1777 from the colonial parishes of St. Andrews, St. James, and St. John. The land that made up these parishes was originally held by the Creek Indians. The county's name honors Lyman Hall and Button Gwinnett of Midway, who were Georgia's first delegates to the Continental Congress and signers of the Declaration of Independence.