To See Homes currently for sale in each School District in Pickens County, Click Here Pickens County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The Georgia General Assembly passed an act on December 5, 1863 to create Pickens County from portions of Cherokee and Gilmer counties. Pickens received several more land additions from Cherokee (1869) and Gilmer Counties (1858 and 1863); however several sections of Pickens County have also been transferred to other counties: Dawson County (1857), Gordon County (1860), and Cherokee County (1870). Pickens County is named for American Revolutionary War General Andrew Pickens. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area (Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. Pickens county has a total area of 233 square miles (603 km²), of which, 232 square miles (601 km²) of it is land and 1 square miles (2 km²) of it (0.28%) is water. Current Population of Pickens County: 30,488
(Source: Pickens County Forecasting and Research Division estimate, 2006) Community Information: · Approximately 60 miles south of downtown Atlanta · County seat: Jasper, GA · 233 square miles · Adjacent counties: Glimmer, Dawson, Cherokee, Bartow, and Gordan · 80 percent of the U. S. population is within a two-hour flight · Easy access to University of Georgia (at Athens) · The highest point in Pickens County is the 3,288 foot. · Labor Force: 7,969 Pickens Links: Pickens County Public Schools 159 Stegall Drive, Jasper GA 30143 Phone: 706-253-1700 Fax: 706-253-1705 Pickens County Government Building 1266 E. Church Street Jasper, Georgia 30143 Phone: 706-253-8809 Pickens County District Attorney’s Office 50 N, Main St. Jasper GA 30143 706-253.3511 The Pickens Chamber of Commerce 500 Stegall Drive, Jasper, Georgia 30143 Phone:706-692-5600, Fax: 706-692-9453 Marty Callahan President Donna Torres Secretary Pickens County Animal Control P.O. Box 45, Jasper, GA. 30143 (706) 692-2772 Sheriff C. David Stone Pickens County Sheriff's Office 40 Foothills Pkwy Marble Hill, GA 30148 770-893-1010 Gilmer County Court Service Office 10 Kiker St. Ellijay, Georgia 30540 Phone: 706-276-2371 Fax: 706-276-2373 Police Chief: Harold Cantrell JASPER Police Department 200 Burnt Mountain Rd Jasper, GA 29671 (706) 253-9110 100 Library Lane Jasper, GA 30143 706-692-5411 500 Dragon Dr
Jasper, GA 30143
(706) 253-1801 1826 Refuge Road Jasper, Georgia 30143 Phone: 706-253-8862 Fax: 706-253-8865 Electricity:
Georgia Power: 888-660-5890 Central Georgia EMC: 770-228-8939 Gas
Atlanta Gas Light: 800-427-5463 Telephone
ETC Communications: 706-253-2271
TDS-Telecom: 770-735-2000 Windstream: 706-692-4456 Transportation: Tax Commissioner’s Office (vehicle tags): 706-253-8882 Department of Motor Vehicles (Canton): 770-720-3693 Important Numbers: Police Department (non-emergency): 706-692-9110 Fire Department (non-emergency): 706-692-0911 Airport: 706-253-8830 Voter Registration: 706-253-8781 Pickens Animal Rescue: 706-692-2772 Ambulance Service: 706-253-8964 Hospitals
Pickens County Health Department: 706-253-2821 |