[2] The county was named for Logan Edwin Bleckley, a soldier and Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

[3] The state constitutional amendment to create the county was proposed by the Georgia General Assembly on July 30, 1912, and ratified November 5, 1912.

[4] Bleckley County High School made news in March 2010 for allowing a same-sex couple to attend its senior prom, after another same-sex couple in Mississippi were denied attendance at another senior prom.

The current County Commissioner is Mike Davis, the Sheriff is Daniel Cape, the Fire Chief is Brock Wilcher, the Clerk of Superior Court is Dianne C. Brown, the Tax Commissioner is Paige Baggs, and the Probate Judge is Hon.

Bleckly County's sole commissioner form of government was discussed in Holder v. Hall,[6] decided by the United States Supreme Court on June 30, 1994.