Forsyth County, Georgia
Forsyth County is a county in the American state of Georgia. The county seat of Forsyth County is Cumming, Georgia. Forsyth County has one of the fastest growing populations of any county in the United States. The number of people grew from 98,407 to 175,511 between 2000 and 2010, and was 251,283 in 2020.[1] The county was made in 1832 and is named after John Forsyth. The county has five main high schools including; North Forsyth, West Forsyth, Lambert High, Forsyth Central, and South Forsyth.
Forsyth County, Georgia Media
- View from Indian Seats, Sawnee Mountain, March 2017.jpg
View of northern Forsyth County from Sawnee Mountain's Indian Seats
- Mob batters down jail door at Cumming, Atlanta Georgian Newspaper Sep 10 1912.jpg
The Rob Edwards lynching made front-page news in all the Atlanta papers. Many newspapers first reported that Ed Collins was lynched because the body was so damaged that it could not be identified.
- Aerial view of Forsyth County, Georgia, US, August 2023.jpg
Aerial view of Forsyth County
- University of North Georgia Cumming Library.jpg
The library at the University of North Georgia Cumming campus.
One of the steam engines in the July 4, 2002 Parade in downtown Cumming
References
- ↑ "QuickFacts: Forsyth County, Georgia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
Other websites
- Government site
- Forsyth County Georgia, Local Web Portal and Directory
- John Forsyth, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- History and Records, Forsyth County, GA
- North Forsyth High School Archived 2017-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- West Forsyth High School[dead link]
- Lambert High School[dead link]
- Forsyth Central High School[dead link]
- South Forsyth High School Archived 2017-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
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