Named in favor of Charles Lenox, the third Duke of Richmond, Richmond County was created in the year 1777 with an area of 328.45 sq mi. The County has about 0.2 million people with the cultural ethnicity of White, Native American, Black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others including more than 73.9K households and 49.5K families. Augusta forms the county seat and the largest town of the county.

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