Muscogee County, Georgia
Muscogee County | |
|---|---|
Columbus Consolidated Government Center | |
Location within the U.S. state of Georgia | |
Georgia's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 32°31′N 84°52′W / 32.51°N 84.87°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| Founded | June 9, 1826 |
| Named after | Muscogee people |
| Seat | Columbus |
| Largest city | Columbus |
| Area | |
• Total | 221 sq mi (570 km2) |
| • Land | 216 sq mi (560 km2) |
| • Water | 4.6 sq mi (12 km2) 2.1% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 206,922 |
| • Density | 958/sq mi (370/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional districts | 2nd, 3rd |
| Website | columbusga.gov |
Muscogee County is a county located on the central western border of the U.S. state of Georgia named after the Muscogee that originally inhabited the land with its western border with the state of Alabama that is formed by the Chattahoochee River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 206,922. Its county seat and only city is Columbus, with which it has been a consolidated city-county since the beginning of 1971.
Muscogee County is part of the Columbus, GA–AL, metropolitan statistical area.
The only other city in the county was Bibb City, a company town that disincorporated in December 2000, two years after its mill closed permanently. Fort Benning, a large Army installation, takes up nearly one quarter of the county and extends southeast into neighboring Chattahoochee County; it generates considerable economic power in the region.