- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Georgia county snapshots: Toombs 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 T61 2006
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bc495-b-ps1-bs6-bt61-b2006-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bc495-b-ps1-bs6-bt61-b2006-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
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Community Profile
:: Toombs County ::
County August 18, 1905 Formed
County Seat Lyons
Incorporated Lyons, Santa Claus and Vidalia Cities
Total Area 366.7 square miles
History Toombs County , the 142nd county formed in Georgia, was created in 1905 from parts of Emanuel, Tattnall and Montgomery counties. The county was named for Robert Toombs, the Confederacy's Brigadier General and Secretary of State. Toombs had served in both houses of the U.S. Congress, but was a leading secession advocate at the Secession Convention at Milledgeville.
Points of Toombs County is most famous for its sweet Vidalia onions, the state Interest vegetable of Georgia. In fact, Vidalia is known as the "Sweet Onion
Capital of the World." Plain onion seeds, when planted in the sandy loam soil of Toombs County, grow onions that are sweeter and juicier than the average onion.
The Ladson Genealogical Library, located in Toombs County, is one of the largest of such libraries in the Southeastern United States.
The Altamaha River forms the county's southern border.
Annual Some of the special events in Toombs County are the Vidalia Onion Events Festival, held every spring, the Southeastern Georgia Soapbox Derby,
and the Franklinia Playhouse.
Chamber of http://www.toombsmontgomerychamber.com/ Commerce
Additional http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp? County Info FIPS=13279
Robert Toombs Home, Washington
Toombs County Courthouse, Washington
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