Paulding County, Georgia - Wikipedia Entries on Waymarking.com

County of Paulding County
Location of courthouse: Main St. & Memorial Drive, Dallas
Location of county: Northwestern quarter of state: crossroads of US-278, GA-120, GA-360 and GA-61, GA-92, GA-113
Founded: December 3, 1832
Named After: John Paulding
Elevation: 780 feet (238 m)
Population: 173,780 (2021)

"Paulding County was founded on December 3, 1832 as Georgia’s 89th county. Paulding County is named after John K. Paulding, a Revolutionary War hero, who captured the British spy Major John André. Major André was an accomplice to Benedict Arnold in the attempted surrender of the fort in West Point, New York to the British Army.

"Van Wert became the county seat. Van Wert was named after Issac Van Wert, another Revolutionary War solider who participated in the capture Major John André. In the Gold Lottery of 1832, Paulding County was separated into forty-acre “gold lots”. People came from other parts of Georgia and other states to seek gold; however, many were not successful. Some of the immigrants remained in the county for agricultural purposes thus farming became the main occupation for Paulding County. Primary crops grown in Paulding County were cotton, corn, wheat, and tobacco.

"Although the Removal Act was passed in 1830, most Cherokee Indian tribes that had inhabited much of Georgia did not leave Paulding County until 1838 on the Trail of Tears.

"Between 1832 and 1874, parts of Paulding were annexed into Carroll, Cobb, Polk and Douglas counties. On December 20, 1851, a section of Paulding was used to form Polk County and the county seat of Van Wert was included in Polk County. Dallas became Paulding Countys new seat in 1851. Dallas is named after George Mifflin Dallas, Vice President of the United States under James Polk. On May 14, 1852, Dallas was founded on land deeded from Garrett H. Spinks and became incorporated in 1854. Paulding County has two other incorporated cities, Hiram and Braswell." ~ Paulding County