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Chatham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 265,128,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13051.html )〕 making it the fifth-most populous county in Georgia (and the most populous Georgia county outside the Atlanta metropolitan area). The U.S. Census Bureau's 2014 population estimate was 283,379 residents.〔http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2013/PEPANNRES/0400000/US13.05000〕 The county seat and largest city is Savannah.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 One of the original counties of Georgia, Chatham County was created February 5, 1777, and is named after William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Chatham County is included in the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area. ==Geography== According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (32.6%) is water. Chatham County is the northernmost of Georgia's coastal counties on the Atlantic Ocean. It is bounded on the northeast by the Savannah River, and in the southwest bounded by the Ogeechee River. The bulk of Chatham County, an area with a northern border in a line from Bloomingdale to Tybee Island, is located in the Ogeechee Coastal sub-basin of the Ogeechee River basin. The portion of the county north of that line is located in the Lower Savannah River sub-basin of the Savannah River basin, while the very southern fringes of the Chatham County are located in the Lower Ogeechee River sub-basin of the Ogeechee River basin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chatham County, Georgia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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