List of all cities and towns in Burke County
Burke County is a county in the Piedmont region of the United States, located along Georgia’s eastern border.
The population was 24,596 at the time of the 2020 census.
Waynesboro serves as the county seat.
Burke County is included in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Combined Statistical Area.
Burke County was established on February 5, 1777, and was named after English political writer Edmund Burke, a Whig Party Member of Parliament who supported peace with the colonies.
Col. John Twiggs, brothers Col. William and Benjamin Few, and 250 soldiers defeated the British in the Battle of Burke Prison in 1779.
The county has a total area of 835 square miles (2,160 km2), of which 827 square miles (2,140 km2) is land and 8.0 square miles (21 km2) (1.0%) is water, according to the United States Census Bureau.
It is Georgia’s second-largest county in terms of land area.
Here is a list of cities, towns, and villages in Burke County, Georgia: