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:: Twiggs County :: 
 
County December 14, 1809 Formed 
County Seat Jeffersonville 
Incorporated Danville and Jeffersonville Cities 
Total Area 360.4 square miles 
History Twiggs County was created in 1809, taking its territory from Wilkinson County. Georgia's 37th county was named for General John Twiggs, a prominent leader in the Revolutionary War and the Indian Wars. 
There are several sites of interest listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Hollywood Plantation, the Old Richland Baptist Church (1811), the county courthouse (1903), Gleeson Hall, Bullard house, Charlane Plantation, and Myrick's Mill. LaFayette stopped at this mill during his tour of Georgia in 1825. 
 
Points of Industrial development in the county centers on the mining and Interest production of kaolin. There are 36 mines and 3,797 acres used for kaolin 
and sand. Kaolin is the white clay-like mineral used for ceramics and refractories. Timber is the largest agricultural product. 
Twiggs County is the geographic center of the state. 
Twiggs County shares the Ocmulgee Wildlife Management Area with its southern neighbor, Bleckley County. 
 
Notable Dudley Mays Hughes, from Twiggs County, was a four-time member of Citizens Congress and the co-author of the Smith Hughes Vocational Education 
Bill in 1917. This law provided federal aid for vocational education in such areas as agriculture and various technical skills. 
County http://www.twiggscounty.us 
Additional http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp? County Info FIPS=13289 
 
City Hall, Jeffersonville 
 
Downtown Jeffersonville 
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