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'''Thomas County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. As of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]] the population was 45,798.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Thomas County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Thomas_County,_Georgia?g=0500000US13275|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 29, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Thomasville, Georgia|Thomasville]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> Thomas County comprises the Thomasville, GA [[Micropolitan Statistical Area|micropolitan statistical area]].

Thomas County was created by an act of the [[Georgia General Assembly]] on December 23, 1825, from portions of [[Decatur County, Georgia|Decatur]] and [[Irwin County, Georgia|Irwin]] Counties.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/t.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030917143007/http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/t.pdf |archive-date=2003-09-September 17, 2003 |url-status=live| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=225 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> [[Colquitt County, Georgia|Colquitt]] (1856), [[Brooks County, Georgia|Brooks]] (1858), and [[Grady County, Georgia|Grady]] (1905) Counties all were formed partially from lands within Thomas County's original borders.

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|552|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|545|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|7.6|sqmi}} (1.4%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-April 23, 2011|date=2011-02-February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

The northwestern half of Thomas County, bordered by [[U.S. Route 319 in Georgia|U.S. Route 319]] southwest of [[Thomasville, Georgia|Thomasville]], and a line that ends up bisecting the distance between [[Coolidge, Georgia|Coolidge]] and [[Pavo, Georgia|Pavo]] in the northeast, is located in the Upper [[Ochlockonee River]] sub-basin of the larger Ochlockonee River basin. The northeastern edge of the county, from north of Pavo to [[Boston, Georgia|Boston]], is located in the [[Withlacoochee River (Suwannee River)|Withlacoochee River]] sub-basin of the [[Suwannee River]] basin. The southeastern portion of Thomas County, running southeast from Thomasville, is located in the [[Aucilla River]] sub-basin of the larger Aucilla-[[Waccasassa River|Waccasassa]] basin. Almost all of the southwestern portion of the county is located in the [[Apalachee Bay]]-[[St. Marks River|St. Marks]] sub-basin of the Ochlockonee River basin, with the exception of the tiny southwesternmost corner, which is located in the Lower [[Ochlockonee River]] sub-basin of the same Ochlockonee River basin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=2015-11-November 25, 2015}}</ref>

|+Thomas County racial makeup as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US13275&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 9, 2021-12-09|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

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