In , LinkedIn ranked her as its number one global voice for education. Atlanta Regional Commission. Gwinnett County. Heather McGowan Bio. Population Change since Gwinnett County is governed by a five-member Board of County Commissioners , which generally meets the first and third Tuesdays of each month, at 10 am for a work session and 2 pm for the business session, at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville.
Please enable JavaScript in your browser for a better user experience. Skip to Main Content. Farming , particularly cotton , was the main industry, with enslaved labor contributing to the wealth of the area. The Civil War destroyed much of that economic prosperity but actually caused little physical damage in the county. With the completion of the Southern Railroad in , and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in , Dacula, Lilburn, and other new towns began to spring up.
By the population had more than doubled to 25, people. In the early twentieth century the boll weevil and falling cotton prices, along with a population boom in Atlanta, led to a large-scale switch from cotton to dairy farming.
In the Buford Dam was completed. It blocks the Chattahoochee River which forms the northwest border of the county to form Lake Lanier , thereby occasioning the rise in tourism as a significant industry for Gwinnett County. Gwinnett County boasts numerous recreational opportunities.
Sporting venues include the Road Atlanta raceway and the Ice Forum. The Infinite Energy Center in Duluth is a convenient venue for exhibitions such as woodworking, craft, and home and garden shows and performances in the Infinite Energy Arena and the Infinite Energy Theater.
The county also includes three sizable indoor malls , including the Mall of Georgia in Buford, the largest mall in the state.
Only a handful of plantation houses from the s still exist in Gwinnett County, and most are privately owned. The Gwinnett Historical Society offers a driving tour of those still in existence with information on those that are open to the public, such as the Elisha Winn House and the Wynne-Russell House ca. Gwinnett County is home to several institutions of higher learning.
For three consecutive years, through , Gwinnett ranked as the fastest growing county in the U. During that period, voters passed the bond issue, and the and one-percent special purpose local option sales tax programs, mechanisms which provided funds for significant capital investments.
The late s witnessed a dramatic increase in the County's road construction program, the development of a countywide Parks and Recreation program, construction of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, renovation of the historic courthouse, construction of new public libraries, and other capital improvements. Growth slowed during the recessions of and , but the influx of new residents and businesses continued.
The county's population in stood at ,, up more than , residents from the count of , source: U. Census Bureau decennial population estimates. Gwinnett County's population is expected to reach one million residents by the year Gwinnett has many advantages, beginning with its location and road system.
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