Cusseta-Chattahoochee County is unified city-county

Consolidated city-county

In United States local government, a consolidated city–county is a city and county that have been merged into one unified jurisdiction. As such it is simultaneously a city, which is a municipal corporation, and a county, which is an administrative division of a state...

 in Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

, United States

United States

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. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia

Columbus, Georgia

Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795...

-Alabama

Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...

 Metropolitan Statistical Area

Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area

The Columbus, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties in Georgia and one county in Alabama, anchored by the city of Columbus...

. The population was 1,196 at the 2000 Census..
The history of Cusseta begins with the creation of Chattahoochee County, Georgia

Chattahoochee County, Georgia

Chattahoochee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created on February 13, 1854. The 2000 Census reported a population of 14,882. The 2009 Census Estimate shows a population of 14,402. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on February 13, 1854. The county was formed from portions of Muscogee

Muscogee County, Georgia

Muscogee County is a county located on the central western border of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the population was 186,291. The 2009 Census Estimate shows a population of 190,414...

 and Marion

Marion County, Georgia

Marion County is located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created on December 14, 1827. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2000 Census reflected a population of 7,144. The 2009 Census Estimate shows a population of 6,995...

 counties and named for the river

Chattahoochee River

The Chattahoochee River flows through or along the borders of the U.S. states of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers and emptying into Apalachicola Bay in the Gulf of...

 that forms its western boundary. The act appointed five commissioners to choose a site for the county seat, which they named Cusseta to commemorate the Creek Indian town

Cusseta, Creek Nation

Cusseta was one of the principal towns of the Creek Nation in Georgia, United States. Until the forced removal of the Creek Indians from Georgia and Alabama, Cusseta was the largest of the Creek towns....

 that used to exist nearby.

The original courthouse, built in 1854 by slaves, is preserved at the tourist attraction of Westville

Westville (Georgia)

Westville is an open air museum recreating an 1850 working town in Lumpkin, Georgia, United States.A citizens group supported creation of the living history museum. More than 30 authentically furnished, restored antebellum buildings were moved here to create the village...

, near Lumpkin, Georgia

Lumpkin, Georgia

Lumpkin is a city in, and the county seat of, Stewart County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,369 at the 2000 census.-History:This area of Georgia was inhabited by indigenous Native Americans for thousands of years before European contact...

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Cusseta was incorporated as a city on December 22, 1855.