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
Hancock County had 16.6 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 7.7, compared to the state average of 19.3. For more community indicators, please go to OASIS .

History*

Hancock County was created in 1793. Originally part of Greene and Washington counties, Georgia's 15th county was named for the first signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock.

Four Georgia governors have come from Hancock County: Nathaniel Harris, James McDonald, William Northern, and William Rabun.

Several other notable people have called Hancock County home, including: Lucius H. Holsey, founder of Paine College in Augusta; Charles L. Harper, a civil rights leader who founded the Atlanta branch of the NAACP; and David Dixon, who advocated crop rotation and other innovative agricultural ideas and became known as the "Prince of Farmers."