The City of Hinesville is the county seat and largest city in Liberty County. The population is over 30,000, Hinesville is also one of the fastest growing cities in the State of Georgia in both size and population. Hinesville is the proud home of the 3rd Infantry Division and Fort Stewart with which it shares a special relationship of mutual cooperation. The presence of the active military installation has contributed significantly to the growth of the area. The military installation occupies nearly half of the County's 519 square miles and is the largest employer in the County
Here, in Liberty County residents can swim in the ocean and cast shrimp nets in the marshes. Families can hike or bike coastal trails to wind down and disconnect. Yet Liberty County, a mecca for manufacturers and businesses, is connected to the globe by a network of interstates, rails, air and sea ports.
In Liberty County, tidal creeks curl quietly through untouched marsh. Liberty County's tourist trade is increasing as city-weary travelers exit interstates to let tranquility lap gently at their feet. Liberty County school children race around the globe on web-wired computers and when the bell rings, they race their bicycles home through quiet neighborhoods.
Trained engineers, who spend the week manufacturing parts that keep our high-tech world spinning, spend Saturday mornings engineering the perfect golf swing. U.S. Army soldiers, proudly protecting our freedom, walk the busy business districts of Liberty County, home centuries ago of two signers of the Declaration of Independence. Liberty County is a fascinating portrait of the old South and the new, of comforting tradition and of well-planned cutting-edge progress.
Liberty County: www.libertycountyga.com
Hinesville (in Liberty County): www.cityofhinesville.org
Liberty County Schools: www.liberty.k12.ga.us