A giraffe's neck alone is 6 feet (1.8 meters) long and weighs about 600 lbs. (272 kilograms). The animal's legs are also 6 feet long. In full, females grow up to 14 feet (4.3 m) tall and weigh up to 1,500 lbs. (680 kg), while males grow up to 18 feet (5.5 m) tall and weigh up to 3,000 lbs.
Bartow County, originally known as Cass County, was created from Cherokee County on Dec. 3, 1832 by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1832, p. 56). . In way of background, by 1830, the Cherokee Nation consisted of most of northwest Georgia (see map), plus adjoining areas in Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
Superior Court conducts hearings and trials, both jury and non-jury, in civil and criminal cases. Hall County and Dawson County comprise the Northeastern Judicial Circuit. Under the Georgia Constitution, Hall County Superior Court is a part of the judicial branch of State Government and not a department of Hall County Government. State law, however, makes each county in the state responsible for most of the operating expenses of Superior Court.