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Wilkes

Wilkes County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,565. The county seat is the city of .
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  • Type: County with 9,880 residents
  • Description: county in Georgia, United States
  • Also known as: “Wilkes County”, “Wilkes County, GA”, and “Wilkes County, Georgia”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Washington.

Town
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is the county seat of Wilkes County, Georgia, United States. Under its original name, Heard's Fort, it was for a brief time during the American Revolutionary War the Georgia state capital.

Wilkes

Latitude
33.7898° or 33° 47′ 23″ north
Longitude
-82.7386° or 82° 44′ 19″ west
Population
9,880
Elevation
433 feet (132 metres)
Open location code
865VQ7Q6+WH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316949314
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4231029
Wiki­data ID
Q491759
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Wilkes” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Wilkes County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ويلكس”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه ويلكس، جورجيا”
  • Armenian: “Ուիլկս շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Wilkes”
  • Basque: “Wilkes konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Wilkes County, Georgia”
  • Bavarian: “Wilkes County”
  • Bishnupriya: “উইলকিস কাউন্টি, জর্জিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “উইলকিস কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Уилкс”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Wilkes”
  • Cebuano: “Wilkes County”
  • Chechen: “Уилкс (гуо, Джорджия)”
  • Chechen: “Уилкс”
  • Chinese: “Wilkes Kūn”
  • Chinese: “威尔克斯县”
  • Chinese: “威爾克斯縣”
  • Chinese: “威爾克斯郡”
  • Dutch: “Wilkes County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Wilkes”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Wilkes”
  • Estonian: “Wilkesi maakond”
  • Finnish: “Wilkesin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Wilkes”
  • French: “Comté de Wilkes”
  • Ganda: “Wilkes County, Georgia”
  • Ganda: “Wilkes County”
  • Georgian: “უილკესის ოლქი”
  • German: “Wilkes County”
  • Gilaki: “ویلکس ٚ شأرستان (جؤرجيا)”
  • Gilaki: “ویلکس ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Ουίλκς”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Ουίλκς”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז וילקס”
  • Hungarian: “Wilkes megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Wilkes”
  • Italian: “contea di Wilkes”
  • Italian: “Contea di Wilkes”
  • Japanese: “ウィルクス郡”
  • Korean: “윌크스군”
  • Latin: “Wilkes”
  • Low German: “Wilkes County”
  • Marathi: “विल्क्स काउंटी, जॉर्जिया”
  • Marathi: “विल्क्स काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “ویلکس شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Wilkes Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wilkes Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wilkes County i Georgia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wilkes County”
  • Norwegian: “Wilkes County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ویلکس، جورجیا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ویلکس”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Wilkes”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Wilkes”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Wilkes”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Wilkes, Georgia”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Wilkes”
  • Russian: “Уилкс”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Wilkes”
  • Serbian: “Округ Вилкс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wilkes County, Georgia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wilkes County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Wilkes”
  • Slovenian: “Wilkes County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Wilkes”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Wilkes”
  • Swedish: “Wilkes County, Georgia”
  • Swedish: “Wilkes County”
  • Tatar: “Уилкс (округ, Джорджия)”
  • Tatar: “Уилкс”
  • Tumbuka: “Wilkes County, Georgia”
  • Tumbuka: “Wilkes County”
  • Turkish: “Wilkes County, Ga.”
  • Turkish: “Wilkes County, GA”
  • Turkish: “Wilkes County, Georgia”
  • Turkish: “Wilkes County”
  • Turkish: “Wilkes ilçesi, Ga.”
  • Turkish: “Wilkes ilçesi, GA”
  • Turkish: “Wilkes ilçesi, Georgia”
  • Turkish: “Wilkes ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Вілкс”
  • Urdu: “ویلکس کاؤنٹی، جارجیا”
  • Venetian: “contea de Wilkes”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Wilkes, Georgia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Wilkes”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Wilkes, Georgia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Wilkes”
  • Welsh: “Wilkes County, Georgia”
  • Welsh: “Wilkes County”

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Notable Places Nearby

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