Population by County in the United States There are 3,143 counties in the United States. This section compares Sherman County to the 50 most populous counties in the United States. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 929,214.
So it appears that what we long anticipated has come to pass at last, namely, that the gold region of North and South Carolina, would be found to extend into Georgia. The Great Intrusion By late 1829 north Georgia, known at the time as the Cherokee Nation, was flooded by thousands of prospectors lusting for gold.
The Cariboo Gold Rush took place in the remote, isolated Cariboo Mountains region between 1860 and 1863. It began when prospectors drawn from the Fraser River Gold Rush discovered gold on the Horsefly River. After news spread of the rich payload found near bedrock at Bakerville, a large number of gold-seekers were also drawn to the former fur-trading territories of Chilcotin and Carrier.