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Pickens County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,431.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13227.html )〕 The county seat is Jasper.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Pickens County is part of the ''Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area''. ==History== The Georgia General Assembly passed an act on December 5, 1853 to create Pickens County from portions of Cherokee and Gilmer counties.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pickens County )〕 Pickens received several more land additions from Cherokee (1869) and Gilmer Counties (1858 and 1863); however several sections of Pickens County have also been transferred to other counties: Dawson County (1857), Gordon County (1860), and Cherokee County (1870). Pickens County is named for American Revolutionary War General Andrew Pickens. Most of Pickens County's early industry revolved around the marble industry. Georgia Marble Company is located in Marble Hill near Tate. The Tate Elementary school is built out of marble. The marble was also used to make the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial. Most of the marble is white, but there is also very rare pink marble. It is one of the few places in the world where pink marble is found. The marble is also used for tombstones for the United States Military. Pickens County has seen very rapid growth with the building of Georgia State Route 515, locally referred to as the '4 lane'. Many new businesses and residents continue to move to Pickens County. Pickens County is home the Georgia Marble Festival. 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「Pickens County, Georgia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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