American Forest Management, Inc.

About forestry service, 30802, Appling, GA, US, Georgia

The city of Sandersville is the county seat of Washington County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,813 in 2020. It is also a part of the Central Savannah River Area. Sandersville is known as the "Kaolin Capital of the World" due to its abundance of kaolin. == History == Established by British settlers in Creek territory in the 18th century, shortly after the American Revolution, the town of Sandersville became the county seat of Washington County in 1796. Creek leaders had not yet ceded their territory when Sandersville was settled. According to a book on Georgia place names, the city was named after M. Saunders, a local store owner. The settlement was located at an intersection of Native American Indian trails, and later the site of Saunders' general store. The town appears on Anthony Finley's 1827 map of Georgia. In 1864, during the Civil War, General William T. Sherman skirmished and then paused in Sandersville during his March to the Sea.