Chattooga County055Summerville1838Walker and Floyd counties.Chattooga River.81.9325,725314sqmi (813km) Cherokee County057Canton1831Cherokee Cession of 1831.CherokeeNation, which controlled this part of the state autonomously until 1831.521.97221,315424sqmi (1,098km) Clarke County059Athens1801Jackson County.Elijah Clarke(1733 – 99), a Revolutionary War hero.993.93120,266121sqmi (313km) Clay County061Fort Gaines1854Randolph and Early counties.Henry Clay(1777 – 1852), theSecretary of State, theSpeaker of the House of Representatives, and a U.S. Senator from Kentucky.15.983,116195sqmi (505km) Clayton County063Jonesboro1858Fayette and Henry counties.Augustin Smith Clayton(1783 – 1839), a local jurist and U.S. Congressman.1,859.36265,888143sqmi (370km) Clinch County065Homerville1850Lowndes and Ware counties.GeneralDuncan Lamont Clinch(1784 – 1849), a hero of theWar of 1812and theSeminole War, and a U.S. Congressman.8.306,718809sqmi (2,095km) Cobb County067Marietta1832Cherokee CountyColonelThomas Willis Cobb(1784 – 1835), a hero of theWar of 1812and a U.S. Congressman.2,080.71707,442340sqmi (881km) Coffee County069Douglas1854Clinch, Irwin, Telfair and Ware counties.GeneralJohn E. Coffee(1782 – 1836), a hero of theWar of 1812.72.0743,170