- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Georgia county snapshots: Effingham 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 E51 2006
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bc495-b-ps1-bs6-be51-b2006-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bc495-b-ps1-bs6-be51-b2006-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
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Community Profile
:: Effingham County ::
County February 5, 1777 Formed
County Seat Springfield
Incorporated Guyton, Rincon and Springfield Cities
Total Area 479.5 square miles
History Effingham County was created in 1777 from the colonial parishes of St. Matthew and St. Philip. Georgia's 4th county was named for Lord Effingham, an English nobleman who was a colonial rights advocate and who refused to take up arms against the revolutionaries.
Effingham County is one of the oldest settlement areas in America. The Lutheran Salzburg community established in 1734 at Ebenezer (German for "Stone of Help"), was the second settlement in Georgia.
Points of There are several buildings and sites on the National Register of Historic Interest Places in the county. These include the Effingham County Courthouse,
the New Hope AME Church, the Guyton-Whitesville Historic District, the Jerusalem Church, and the New Ebenezer Town site.
A length of the 314-mile long Savannah River forms Effingham County's eastern border, separating it from South Carolina.
Annual Every year the county is host to the model plane fly-in held at Sandhill Events Park, as well as the Guyton Tour of Homes.
County http://www.effga.com
Chamber of http://www.effinghamcounty.com/chamber-of-commerce.htm Commerce
Additional http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp? County Info FIPS=13103
Ebenezer Settlement
Historic House in Guyton
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