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Button Gwinnett Day Presentation 2011
- 1. A Baseline History of Gwinnett County Button Gwinnett Day April 13, 2011 Michael Gagnon, PhD
- 2. Gwinnett’s Best Known Landmarks
- 3. Button Gwinnett • Born in England in 1735 • Married in 1757 • Had 3 Children, all girls • Came to Georgia in 1765
- 4. Button Gwinnett • Fails in Business several times. Petty Merchant • Good Politician. Elected to Colonial Legislature • Elected President of Georgia Committee of Safety • Champion of Non-elite. Gets elected Commander of Georgia’s Militia but resigns • Goes to Continental Congress instead, and signs Declaration of Independence
- 5. Button Gwinnett • Disagrees with leader of Elite Revolutionary Members in Georgia • Elite see him as beneath them, but he irritates them
- 6. Button Gwinnett • Dismisses soldiers loyal to Lachlan McIntosh’s party • Challenged to duel by McIntosh, May 16, 1777. • Both men wounded but Gwinnett dies three days later. McIntosh leaves Georgia as an assistant to George Washington Lachlan McIntosh
- 7. 1926 fantasy of what the duel may have looked like
- 8. 1975 fantasy sketch of the duel
- 9. Gwinnett County Basics • Founded in 1817 from land deeded from treaty with Creek Indians. • Legal foundation of Cherokee Removal took place in Lawrenceville in early 1830s • Largely typical rural county until 1960 • Construction of I-85 in early 1960s increased growth of county • 1970s White Flight from Atlanta made Gwinnett really take off • 1990s Gwinnett became ethnically diverse • In 2010, Gwinnett 2nd most populous county in state
- 10. Gwinnett Population to 1960 4589 13289 10804 11257 12940 12431 19531 19899 25585 28824 30327 27853 29087 32320 43541 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 45000 50000 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960
- 11. The Trail of Tears Began in Lawrenceville • Clayton Street is named for the judge who presided over all the original court cases that ultimately led to the removal of the Cherokee from Georgia in 1830s
- 12. Gwinnett Population to 1960 4589 13289 10804 11257 12940 12431 19531 19899 25585 28824 30327 27853 29087 32320 43541 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 45000 50000 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960
- 13. The Civil War Largely Avoids Gwinnett County as a battlefield
- 14. Gwinnett County
- 15. Gwinnett Population to 1960 4589 13289 10804 11257 12940 12431 19531 19899 25585 28824 30327 27853 29087 32320 43541 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 45000 50000 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960
- 16. The Boll Weevil
- 17. Gwinnett Population since 1950 32320 43541 72349 166903 352910 588448 805321 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 500000 600000 700000 800000 900000 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
- 20. Population Density 1920-1960 68.9 63.3 66.6 74.7 99.9 0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0 120.0 140.0 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 Georgia Gwinnett Barrow Forsyth Hall Jackson Walton
- 21. Population Density 1970-2010 165.6 383.7 815.2 1359.9 1851.3 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Georgia Gwinnett Barrow Forsyth Hall Jackson Walton
- 23. Race in Gwinnett 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0% 100.0% 120.0% 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 % White % Black % Other
- 24. Gender Ratio Number of Men per 1000 Women
- 25. Native Georgians in Gwinnett 90.47% 81.30% 73.90% 70.95% 64.52% 57.85% 93.16% 90.90% 79.30% 59.36% 45.04% 37.31% 0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 70.00% 80.00% 90.00% 100.00% 1800 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Georgia Gwinnett
- 26. Foreign Born in Gwinnett 0.00% 2.00% 4.00% 6.00% 8.00% 10.00% 12.00% 14.00% 16.00% 18.00% Georgia Gwinnett
- 27. Hispanics in Gwinnett 0% 1% 2% 11% 20% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 1940 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Georgia Gwinnett
- 28. Farming in Gwinnett Hay Family Farm in Gwinnett in 1890s
- 29. Number of Georgia Farms 0 50000 100000 150000 200000 250000 300000 350000 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
- 30. Number of Gwinnett Farms 1036 822 938 2498 2743 3442 4410 4460 3925 3309 3104 1345 449 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 Gwinnett
- 31. Average Improved Acres per Farm 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 Georgia Gwinnett
- 32. Conclusions • Gwinnett is currently the second most populous county in the state • Gwinnett was a somewhat typical rural county until about 1950 • The 1970s experienced the greatest growth rate, but the county continues with greater growth than the rest of the state • The 1990s started a real growth in diversity