Heard County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA.

Heard County was created by Act of the Legislature on December 22, 1830.

[3] It was named for Stephen Heard,[4] elected President of the Council on February 18, 1781, thus, in the absence of Governor Howley, becoming Governor de facto.

Heard moved to Wilkes County from Hanover County, Virginia, and fought in the American Revolutionary War where he distinguished himself at Kettle Creek.

[6] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 11,412 people, 4,502 households, and 3,254 families residing in the county.