Lowndes County is a county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 118,251. The county seat is Valdosta. The county was created December 23, 1825.
Lowndes County Courthouse in Valdosta
The Old Lowndes County Courthouse as it appeared around the early 1900s.
Valdosta is a city in and the county seat of Lowndes County in the U.S. state of Georgia. As the principal city of the Valdosta metropolitan statistical area, which in 2023 had a metropolitan population of 151,118, according to the US Census Bureau its metropolitan area includes Brooks County to the west. With a city population of 55,378 in 2020, Valdosta is the home of Valdosta State University, a regional university in the University System of Georgia with over 12,000 students as of 2021.
Valdosta Commercial Historic District
Lowndes County Courthouse and Confederate Monument c. 1915
Downtown Valdosta c. 1900
Valdosta streetcar in 1912