- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Georgia county snapshots: Jeff Davis 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 J41 2006
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bc495-b-ps1-bs6-bj41-b2006-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bc495-b-ps1-bs6-bj41-b2006-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
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Community Profile
:: Jeff Davis County ::
County August 18, 1905 Formed
County Seat Hazlehurst
Incorporated Denton and Hazlehurst Cities
Total Area 333.4 square miles
History Jeff Davis County was created in 1905 from parts of Appling and Coffee counties. Georgia's 140th county was named for Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy. Davis had served as the U.S. Secretary of War prior to the Civil War.
Hazlehurst was named for Colonel George Hazlehurst, a civil engineer who surveyed the Macon & Brunswick Railroad. In August of 1995, Hazlehurst celebrated its "Censilver," 150 years of existence.
Points of The Altamaha River is formed from the merger of the Oconee and Interest Ocmulgee rivers just northwest of Jeff Davis County. This is the largest
free-flowing stream in Georgia and a haven for sports enthusiasts. Some of the largest largemouth bass in Georgia are found in these rivers. At least ten fishing tournaments are held in the county every year.
The tobacco crop was very important in the early history of Jeff Davis County, and the Hazlehurst Tobacco Market was one of Georgia's strongest.
Jeff Davis County shares the Bullard Creek Wildlife Management Area, totaling 16,000 acres, with Bacon County.
Annual There are many festivals and special events in the county including the Events Pilot's Club Antique Car and Truck Showl, the Annual Cotton Arts and
Crafts Harvest Festival, Annual Christmas Parade and the 1890 Homestead Celebration.
Additional http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp? County Info FIPS=13161
Jeff Davis County Courthouse, Hazlehurst
Hazlehurst Carrot Harvest
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