- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Georgia county snapshots: McIntosh 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 M22 2006
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bc495-b-ps1-bs6-bm22-b2006-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bc495-b-ps1-bs6-bm22-b2006-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
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Community Profile
:: McIntosh County ::
County December 19, 1793 Formed
County Seat Darien
Incorporated Darien Cities
Total Area 433.5 square miles
History McIntosh County was created in 1793 from part of Liberty County. The state's 17th county was named for the McIntosh clan who pioneered the area.
McIntosh County is rich in historical sites. Fort King George, the first English fort in Georgia, was on the site of Darien. In the late 16th century, Franciscan friars from Spain established a mission on a bluff near Darien. On the same site had been an Indian village of great antiquity. Ruins of a Spanish fort and mission are also found on Sapelo Island.
Points of McIntosh County contains Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Interest Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness Area, Fort King
George, Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness, and Sapelo Island National Estuarine Sanctuary.
McIntosh County is located approximately midway between Savannah and Jacksonville, Florida on the Georgia coast.
St. Cyprians Episcopal Church was establised in 1876 by freed slaves. Still in use, this tabby-construction church features stained glass and buttresses, typical of Gothic architecture. Also, the St. Andrews Episcopal Church, on nearby Vernon Square, was burned in 1863 when Union troops torched Darien. The present structure, copied from an English church, was completed in 1878, and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Annual The biggest festival in McIntosh County is the Annual Blessing of the Events Fleet each spring, which is now known as the Altamaha Heritage and
Seafood Festival.
Chamber of http://www.mcintoshcounty.com/ Commerce
Additional http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp? County Info FIPS=13191
Sunrise at Fort King George
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Altamaha River