For pre-formatted natality & mortality data please see Vital Statistics Reports (VSR).

For other health data resources please see the Health Data & Info section.

Health Care
Greene County had 7.3 licensed nursing home beds per 100 persons in 1999, compared with the state average of 5.5 per 100 persons. In 1999, the number of physicians in the county per 10,000 persons was 9.5, compared to the state average of 19.3. For more community indicators, please go to OASIS .

History*

Greene County, the 11th county formed in Georgia, was created in 1786. Originally part of Washington County, Greene County was named for Revolutionary War hero General Nathaniel Greene.

There are several historical figures of note from Greene County. Thomas P. Janes was the first Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture; William C. Dawson was a judge, a U.S. congressman and a senator; George Foster Pierce was a Methodist bishop who served as the first president of Wesleyan College and later as President of Emory; and Peter Early was a state senator, congressman, and governor of Georgia.

There are two houses on Lick Skillet Road in Greensboro, a municipality in Greene County, that are reputed to be haunted. At Ducaro Hall, built in 1837, footsteps can be heard late at night. At Early Hill, built in 1840, two ghosts appear. One is a man who sits in the rocking chair on the front porch. The other is a small girl who wanders upstairs and in the backyard.