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A Baseline History of Gwinnett County
Button Gwinnett Day
April 13, 2011
Michael Gagnon, PhD
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Gwinnett’s Best Known Landmarks
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Button Gwinnett
• Born in England in 1735
• Married in 1757
• Had 3 Children, all girls
• Came to Georgia in 1765
• Fails in Business several times. Petty Merchant
• Good Politician. Elected to Colonial Legislature
• Elected President of Georgia Committee of Safety
• Champion of Non-elite. Gets elected Commander of Georgia’s Militia but resigns
• Goes to Continental Congress instead, and signs Declaration of Independence
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Button Gwinnett
• Disagrees with leader of Elite Revolutionary Members in Georgia
• Elite see him as beneath them, but he irritates them
• Dismisses soldiers not loyal to his party
• Challenged to duel with Lachlan McIntosh, May 16, 1777.
• Both men wounded but Gwinnett dies three days later. McIntosh leaves Georgia as an assistant to George Washington
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1926 fantasy of what the
duel may have looked
like
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1975 fantasy sketch of the duel
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Basics • Founded in 1817 from land deeded from treaty with
Creek Indians.
• Legal foundation of Cherokee Removal took place in Lawrenceville in early 1830s
• Largely typical rural county until 1960
• Construction of I-85 in early 1960s increased growth of county
• 1970s White Flight from Atlanta made Gwinnett really take off
• 1990s Gwinnett became ethnically diverse
• In 2010, Gwinnett 2nd most populous county in state
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Gwinnett Population to 1960
4589
13289
10804 11257
12940 12431
19531 19899
25585
28824 30327
27853 29087
32320
43541
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10000
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20000
25000
30000
35000
40000
45000
50000
1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960
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The Trail of Tears Began in Lawrenceville
• Clayton Street is named for the judge who presided over all the original court cases that ultimately led to the removal of the Cherokee from Georgia in 1830s
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Gwinnett Population to 1960
4589
13289
10804 11257
12940 12431
19531 19899
25585
28824 30327
27853 29087
32320
43541
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
40000
45000
50000
1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960
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The Civil War Largely Avoids
Gwinnett County as a battlefield
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Gwinnett Population to 1960
4589
13289
10804 11257
12940 12431
19531 19899
25585
28824 30327
27853 29087
32320
43541
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
40000
45000
50000
1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960
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The Boll Weevil
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Gwinnett Population since 1950
32320 43541 72349
166903
352910
588448
805321
0
100000
200000
300000
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700000
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900000
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
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Growing Gwinnett County!!
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Population Growth Rates
34.72%
66.16%
130.69%
111.45%
66.74%
36.86%
-40.0%
-20.0%
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
120.0%
140.0%1
84
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10
Georgia
Gwinnett
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Population Density 1920-1960
68.9 63.3
66.6
74.7
99.9
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
120.0
140.0
1920 1930 1940 1950 1960
Georgia
Gwinnett
Barrow
Forsyth
Hall
Jackson
Walton
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Population Density 1970-2010
165.6
383.7
815.2
1359.9
1851.3
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Georgia
Gwinnett
Barrow
Forsyth
Hall
Jackson
Walton
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Slavery in Gwinnett
43.9%
11.7%
42.1%
17.5%
40.6%
20.7%
42.1%
20.4%
43.7%
19.7%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
100.0%
%White
%Enslaved
%Free Blacks
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Race in Gwinnett
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
120.0%1
82
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18
30
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40
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% White
% Black
% Other
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Gender Ratio Number of Men per 1000 Women
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Native Georgians in Gwinnett
90.47% 81.30%
73.90% 70.95%
64.52%
57.85%
93.16% 90.90%
79.30%
59.36%
45.04%
37.31%
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
1800 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Georgia
Gwinnett
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Foreign Born in Gwinnett
0.00%
2.00%
4.00%
6.00%
8.00%
10.00%
12.00%
14.00%
16.00%
18.00%
Georgia
Gwinnett
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Hispanics in Gwinnett
0% 1%
2%
11%
20%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
1940 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Georgia
Gwinnett
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Farming in Gwinnett
Hay Family Farm in Gwinnett in 1890s
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Number of Georgia Farms
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
300000
350000
1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
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Number of Gwinnett Farms
1036
822 938
2498
2743
3442
4410 4460
3925
3309 3104
1345
449
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
5000
1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
Gwinnett
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Average Improved Acres per Farm
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970
Georgia
Gwinnett
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Conclusions
• Gwinnett is currently the second most populous county in the state
• Gwinnett was a somewhat typical rural county until about 1950
• The 1970s experienced the greatest growth rate, but the county continues with greater growth than the rest of the state
• The 1990s started a real growth in diversity