- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Talbot County
- Creator:
- Webb, Toni Pierce
- Date of Original:
- 2004-09-08
- Subject:
- Counties--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Talbot County, 32.69949, -84.53301
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Talbot County, Georgia. Talbot County was created by an act of the Georgia legislature in 1827. The county was formerly a part of Muscogee County. It is located thirty miles northeast of Columbus and sixty miles west of Macon in west central Georgia. The Flint River forms the northeastern boundary, and Talbotton is the seat of the 393-square-mile county. Both the town and the county are named for Captain Matthew Talbot, who served as Georgia's governor for a short time in 1819. Collinsworth Institute and Talbotton Female Academy (later LeVert College), one of the first schools for females in Georgia, were located in Talbotton.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/talbot-county/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Talbot County," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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