- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Georgia county snapshots: Ben Hill County [2006]
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Community Affairs
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Community Affairs
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Community Affairs
- Date of Original:
- 2006
- Subject:
- Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- publications (documents)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA C495 .S1 S6 B41 2006
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bc495-b-ps1-bs6-bb41-b2006-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bc495-b-ps1-bs6-bb41-b2006-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
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Community Profile
:: Ben Hill County ::
County July 31, 1906 Formed
County Seat Fitzgerald
Incorporated Fitzgerald Cities
Total Area 251.8 square miles
History Ben Hill County was created in 1906, from Irwin and Wilcox counties, and was named for Benjamin Harvey Hill, U.S. Senator from Georgia, a Whig leader, and a staunch opponent of Reconstruction.
The Historic District on South Lee and South Main streets in Fitzgerald is listed on the National Register. The old railroad depot is now home to the Blue/Gray Museum.
The county has only one incorporated city, Fitzgerald, which was founded by former Union soldiers on a 50,000 acre tract owned by the non-profit American Tribune Soldiers Colony Company. The citizens of Fitzgerald, pledging unity with their former enemies, named streets after leaders of both armies. The early concentration of population in the city aided the county's industrial development. The colony also founded the first public school in Georgia to offer free books and tuition.
Points of Fitzgerald and Ben Hill County maintain nine recreational parks and one Interest river access park at the Ocmulgee River. These facilities offer
playgrounds, team sports, natural areas, meeting and concert shelters, and public boat ramps.
Annual Events include the Blues and Grays Festival in October, the Ebony-in-Arts Events Festival in the Spring, Colony City Chase in October and the Fourth of
July Celebration.
County http://www.benhillcounty.com
Additional http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp? County Info FIPS=13017
Depot in Fitzgerald
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