- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Tift County
- Creator:
- Womack, Carlise E.
- Date of Original:
- 2005-04-22
- Subject:
- Counties--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Tift County, 31.45744, -83.52659
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Tift County, Georgia. Covering an area of 265 square miles in south central Georgia, Tift County was created in 1905 from sections of Berrien, Irwin, and Worth counties. The county was named after Nelson Tift (1810-91), who was an instrumental civic and political force in the Albany area. His nephew Henry Tift founded the county seat, Tifton, in 1872 when a sawmill began operating in the town. The city was later incorporated in 1890.
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- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/tift-county/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," 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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