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	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Pickens County
		The county was named for Andrew Pickens, a South Carolinian who served as a general during the American Revolution (1775-83).
		Marble from Pickens County went into major public buildings across the country and, reportedly, in 60 percent of the monuments in Washington, D.C. Mica was quarried for electric switchboards during the early 1900s, and copper, graphite, gold, iron, silver, slate, and talc mines have also operated in Pickens County.
		The population of Pickens County, according to the 2000 census, was 22,983 (96 percent white, 1 percent fl,
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2377 (765 words)

	Encyclopedia: Pickens County, Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Pickens County is a county located in the state of Georgia.
		Baker County is a county in the Georgia.
		Clarke County is a county in the Georgia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pickens-County,-Georgia (2899 words)

	Pickens County, Alabama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pickens County is a county of the State of Alabama.
		Pickens County was established on December 20, 1820, named for General Andrew Pickens of South Carolina.
		In the county the population is spread out with 27.30% under the age of 18, 8.50% from 18 to 24, 25.80% from 25 to 44, 22.80% from 45 to 64, and 15.70% who are 65 years of age or older.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pickens_County,_Alabama (522 words)

	Pickens County, Georgia GA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		Pickens County is one of 159 counties in Georgia.
		The county is in the Atlanta metro area.The estimated population in 2004 was 27,771.
		This was an increase of 20.83% from the 2000 census.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=8145 (411 words)

	About Pickens County Habitat for Humanity
		Founded in 1981, Pickens County Habitat for Humanity is the second oldest Habitat affiliate in South Carolina, and the twelfth oldest in the nation.
		Pickens Presbyterian Church is recognized as the birthplace of Pickens County Habitat.
		Pickens County Habitat is governed by a Board of Directors, made up of Pickens County citizens who are passionate about eliminating poverty housing throughout our county.
	www.pickenshabitat.org /about.htm (653 words)

	Pickens County Chamber of Commerce - Pickens County Georgia
		Pickens County is comprised of a number of close-knit communities scattered throughout the hills, valleys, streams and hollows of the area.
		Pickens County's diverse academic offerings are proof that living in a rural community does not mean sacrificing educational advantages.
		Pickens County opened the doors to Hill City Elementary School in the fall of 2002, for a total of three elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school.
	www.pickenschamber.com /aboutpc.html (951 words)

	Georgia Department of Community Affairs
		Georgia's 100th county was named for General Andrew Pickens, a Revolutionary War soldier.
		A railroad line built in 1883 from Atlanta, through the valleys and mountain passes of Pickens County to Tate and Nelson, made possible the development of large marble quarries.
		One of the largest marble veins in the world is in Pickens County, running at least four miles long.
	www.dca.state.ga.us /snapshots/p1.asp?County=Pickens (146 words)

	Public Safety in Pickens County
		Although Pickens 9-1-1 is a basic system, we are equipped with our own database which includes location look-ups by occupant, owner, telephone number, road name, and record number.
		Overseen by GBI Agent Rusty Grant, this department is staffed by twelve personnel and is responsible for drug supression in eight counties, one of which is Pickens County.
		is part of the county fire defense and remains the largest and busiest department in the county.
	www.geocities.com /capitolhill/9006/ps.html (309 words)

	Georgia Division of Public Health \| Counties \| Pickens County
		Pickens County had 8.3 licensed nursing home beds per 100 persons in 1999, compared with the state average of 5.5 per 100 persons.
		In 1999, the number of physicians in the county per 10,000 persons was 7.1, compared to the state average of 19.3.
		Pickens County was created in 1853 from parts of Cherokee and Gilmer counties.
	health.state.ga.us /regional/pickens/index.asp (195 words)

	Pickens County, South Carolina Genealogical Records Information
		Pickens County Clerk of Court has Court Records from 1823 and is located at PO Box 215, Pickens, S.C. Telephone: (864) 898 -5857, Fax: (864) 898 -5863.
		Pickens County Clerk of Probate Court has Marriage Records from 1911, Probate Records from 1828 and is located at Administration Facility, 222 McDaniel Avenue, B-16, Pickens, SC 29671; Phone: (864) 898-5903.
		Pickens County Register of Deeds has Land Records from 1828 and is located at Administration Facility, 222 McDaniel Avenue, B-5, Pickens, SC 29671; Phone: (864) 898-5868.
	www.mysouthcarolinagenealogy.com /sc_county/pks.htm (2715 words)

	West Alabama Economic Development Authority- Fayette County - Lamar County - Pickens County
		Pickens County is located in the western part of the state.
		The county was named for Revolutionary War General Andrew Pickens (South Carolina).
		The first county seat was established at Picken's Courthouse (later called Pickens and Pickensville) and moved to Carrollton in 1830.
	www.westalabamaeda.org /pickensprofile.htm (109 words)

	GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
		County History: Pickens County was created from Cherokee and Gilmer counties on Dec. 5, 1853 by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1853-54, p.
		Additional portions of Cherokee County were transferred to Pickens County in 1869, as were parts of Gilmer County in 1858 and 1863.
		No counties have been created from Pickens County, but areas of the county were transferred to Dawson County (1857), Gordon County (1860), and Cherokee County (1870).
	www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/courthouses/pickensCH.htm (400 words)

	Pickens County, Georgia - Genealogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		"Pickens County lies at the southern end of the Appalachians in North Georgia.
		The County was formed from portions of Cherokee and Gilmer Counties in 1853.
		Pickens County is renowned for its exceptionally pure marble.
	www.pickenscountyga.com /history.htm (463 words)

	Detention
		It shall be the mission of the Pickens County Detention Center to provide humane and just treatment to all persons detained without jeopardizing the safety and security of this facility or the community it serves.
		Inmates arrested by Central, Clemson, Clemson University, Easley, Liberty and Pickens Police Departments along with persons arrested by the Pickens County Sheriff's Office are housed at the facility.
		The Pickens County facility is inspected annually by the SCDC, the fire marshal, and the SC Department of Health.
	www.pickenscosheriff.org /detention.htm (441 words)

	Pickens County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Pickens County is a rural county in West Central Alabama with a population of roughly 21,000 (2001).
		The southern half of the county lies on the fringe of the Black Belt, a region characterized by flat lands with rich fl soil and once home to large plantations.
		The northern half of the county lies in the rolling tree-covered hills of the Appalachian region.
	www.pickens.net /~commerce/pickens.htm (148 words)

	PickensPolitics.com -- Pickens County
		The Pickens County Council have run the government of Pickens County in a transparent manner, obeying the Freedom of Information Act, and it has managed the finances of the county carefully, implementing innovations to make the most of every tax dollar.
		The Pickens County Republican Party requests the Pickens County Legislative Delegation phase out the three at-large seats, have two year terms for school board members and that a special election of the voters of the county is to be held to fill vacancies, if a board members happens to resign.
		The Pickens County Republican Party calls for greater protection of the unborn through the passage of the Ultrasound Bill, ensuring that every mother has the opportunity to view an ultrasound of their unborn child, if they so choose.
	www.pickenspolitics.com (376 words)

	Pickens County Georgia Jasper GA Business Event and Information Directory
		Yet Pickens County is best known for a mammoth deposit of remarkably pure marble found just beneath the soil in the 1830’s.
		Jasper is the county seat of Pickens County and the largest city with an approximated population in 2006 of 2,400.
		It is one of the oldest settlements in the county and features the breath-taking Tate House, a pink marble mansion that was the former home of Colonel Sam Tate and his family.
	www.pickenscountydirectory.com (1122 words)

	Pickens News - Topix
		That will put the group just short of their $800,000 goal, but Julie Capaldi, president of United Way of Pickens County, is ecstatic with the outcome: they've raised well beyond the about $715,000 from the...
		The proposed Pickens County budget for fiscal year 2007-2008 calls for no tax increase for the general fund and got first approval from County Council Monday night.
		The deafening roar of motorcycles cutting across a 100-mile route through the Upstate is like music to the ears of abused and neglected children in Pickens County.
	www.topix.net /city/pickens-sc (683 words)

	SC Economic Development - Pickens County South Carolina
		Pickens County is located in the I-85 "boom belt" of Upstate SC.
		Manufacturing is the county’s primary source of economic growth, with approximately 150 facilities in the Easley, Liberty and Pickens areas.
		Pickens County and the surrounding communities in the Upstate of South Carolina are an emerging automotive hub.
	www.alliancepickens.com (354 words)

	Pickens County Cultural Commission
		Monitors operation of Pickens County Museum of Art and History and the Hagood Mill historic site as public, nonprofit educational institutions whose purpose is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret the artifacts, antiquities and archival, cultural and natural history of the County and surrounding geographic region.
		The Pickens County Cultural Commission is proud to announce that the historic Hagood Mill has been chosen as one of an elite group of sites and events highlighted in the first-of-its-kind National Geographic Map Guide to Appalachia, to be featured in the April 2005 issue of National Geographic Traveler magazine.
		The Pickens County Cultural Commission and Pickens County Museum is recognized as a not for profit charitable organization as required by the Public Charities Division of the South Carolina Secretary of State and operates under the federal tax ID #576000395.
	www.co.pickens.sc.us /culturalcommission (2195 words)

	Pickens County Chamber of Commerce - Pickens County Georgia
		Pickens County Chamber of Commerce - Pickens County Georgia
		The Pickens County Chamber of Commerce began the Chamber Ambassador program to assist with recruiting new businesses in the community into becoming members and with spreading goodwill from the Chamber to the entire community.
		Pickens County Chamber of Commerce • 500 Stegall Drive • Jasper, GA 30143
	www.pickenschamber.com (459 words)

	ACES: Pickens County Extension Office
		The county encompasses 890 square miles and the county seat is Carrollton.
		A rural county, the population of Pickens is 20,172 with 42 percent fl and 58 percent white residents.
		Poultry, forestry and swine are the major agricultural crops in Pickens County.
	www.aces.edu /counties/cnty_cookie.php?county=Pickens (204 words)

	Pickens SC
		The town and county of Pickens, South Carolina are located in the picturesque northwestern Piedmont area of the state.
		Pickens County, largely rural by nature, is bordered to the north by the state of North Carolina, and the foothills of the famed Blue Ridge Mountains.
		Named after Revolutionary War hero Andrew Pickens, the county once included the areas now occupied by Anderson and Oconee counties, and was Indian territory until 1777.
	bbayles.home.mindspring.com /pickens/pickens.htm (130 words)

	Adult Education and Lifelong Learning
		The Mission of Pickens Lifelong Learning/Adult Education is to create a caring and safe environment that emphasizes high achievement and career preparation for all students by providing quality educational opportunities to meet the needs of our adult community.
		Pickens Adult Education will pay the $60 fee to take the GED for adult students who meet program qualifications.
		To qualify, students must attend class a minimum of 24 hours at one of the Pickens Adult Education sites AND score at least 2400 on the Official Practice GED Test.
	www.pickens.k12.sc.us /AdultEdu (104 words)

	Pickens County Vision 2025
		Pickens County Vision 2025 is a citizen inspired and directed effort to engage the community in creating a community vision, along with long-term goals for our county.
		We expect to have the draft of our vision plan in mid May. The draft will be posted on this website for viewing, and comments by citizens.
		A final town hall meeting will be held in the county on Tuesday, May 22nd to obtain input from citizens on the draft of the plan.
	www.pickensvision2025.org /index.html (213 words)

	Pickens County, Alabama AL, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		Pickens County is one of 67 counties in Alabama.
		This was a decrease of -2.62% from the 2000 census.
		In 2002, the per capita personal income in Pickens County was $19,604.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=12144 (423 words)

	Pickens County Coroner's Office
		The mission of the Pickens County Coroner's Office is to professionally investigate deaths occurring in Pickens County with integrity, respect, courtesy, fairness, and consideration in a timely manner on behalf of the decedent and their families.
		Dr. Mahanes was elected Coroner of Pickens County in the general election held November, 2000 where he ran unopposed.
		After graduation from Easley Senior High, she married J. Kelley of Walhalla who is currently a Lieutenant in the Criminal Investigations Division of the Pickens County Sheriff's Office.
	www.pickenscountycoroner.org /default.asp (547 words)

	Pickens County Herald Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He was a member of West End Baptist Church in Aliceville, a retired plant engineer at Aliceville Cotton Mill and a life-long resident of Pickens County.
		She was a member of Carroll-ton First United Methodist Church and a retired teacher for the Pickens County Board of Education.
		She was a member of the Willett Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confed-eracy, Pickens County Retired Teachers Association, a retired member of the Alabama Education Association and a life-long resident of Pickens County.
	theherald.pickens.net /content/obits.htm (1145 words)

	Pickens County Progress
		The county's planning director said Thursday he is confident county ordinances restricting large signs will meet future court challenges by billboard companies seeking to locate signs here.
		The county recently lost a lawsuit at the federal Court of Appeals level with a billboard company, but since the suit was filed more than three years ago, county ordinances have been updated and modified to address weaknesses spotted in the suit, according to Norman Pope, the county's director of planning and development...
		A 27-year-old Pickens County man died in a single-car accident on Henderson Mountain Road, not far from where he lived, Monday, April 9.
	www.pickensprogress.com (384 words)

	Pickens County Courthouse
		Twenty years ago, the Pickens County Historical Society asked Dr. Hoole if he would mind if they had reprints of the book made.
		There is a story that I think is authentic that there was a terrible hale storm in the north end of Pickens County in 1929 or thereabouts, and it broke out every pane in that courthouse except for that one pane.
		The county board of education went to federal court, and they sent a federal marshal down with a warrant for them to cease and desist these disturbances.
	facstaff.uwa.edu /ab/pickens.htm (882 words)

	Pickens County, AL
		Pickens County was created by the Alabama Legislature on December 19, 1819, out of Tuscaloosa County.
		It was named for General Andrew Pickens of South Carolina, a hero of the Revolution.
		Early Settlers: The first white settler in the county was Joseph Tilly who was born in North Carolina or Tennessee about 1785, lived in Tuscaloosa and in 1817, settled on the bluff, now known as Tilly's Bluff, on the Tombigbee, about half a mile above Pickensville.
	www.rootsweb.com /~alpicken/pcpage.htm (698 words)

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