gwinnett county is in the north central portion of atlanta.
gwinnett county is in the north central portion of atlanta.
what part of atlanta is gwinnett county in?
north central portion
gwinnett county, georgia









































gwinnett county is a county in the north central portion of the u.s. state of georgia. , the population is estimated to be 927,781, making it the second-most populous county in georgia. its county seat is lawrenceville. the county is named for button gwinnett, one of the signatories of the declaration of independence.









































gwinnett county is included in the atlanta-sandy springs-roswell, ga metropolitan statistical area.









































section::::history.
gwinnett county, georgia
being part of the newly formed county of gwinnett, the elisha winn house gained historical significance. this is where much of the planning for the new county took place. gwinnett county government functions were first carried out in the house and the backyard. early sessions of the superior court (1819–1822), serving several other counties including gwinnett county, were held in winn's barn on the third floor. the first enslaved person sold in gwinnett county was auctioned here, a six-year-old boy named isham. the inferior court and the first county elections were held in the parlor of the elisha winn house. in 1819, gwinnett county had a full slate of elected county officials. the first gwinnett county jail was built on the property, the jail was a small barn in the backyard, which was demolished in august 1933. county executions also took place at this location, the first being jack winn, an enslaved person owned by elisa winn, who was tried and hung on property. also, the first five judges of the inferior court, including elisha winn, were commissioned in february 1819. in 1820, the newly created lawrenceville, became the permanent setting for the seat of government. a wooded courthouse was erected and the county government moved there. the winn family moved to lawrenceville in 1824 where elisha winn had a seat in the county government in the permanent setting of the gwinnett county court house.
elisha winn house