County Georgia In Southwest
Southwest Georgia United Empowerment Zone
The zone includes all of Dooly County and three of the five census tracts in Crisp County. Crisp County became the first county in the nation to own and operate its own electrical power plant. The county is the gateway to the Presidential Pathways Travel region. Dooly was one of the original land lot counties and was later divided to make Crisp and parts of five other counties. The counties are located 123 miles south of Atlanta along the I-75 corridor. Agribusiness is the largest employer in Dooly. In Crisp, forestry alone has generated almost six million dollars. ... [Read More]
Georgia Weather
Select a county or area Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Coastal Bryan Inland Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Coastal Camden Inland Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Coastal Chatham Inland Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson DeKalb Decatur Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton North Fulton South Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn Coastal Glynn Inland Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall H ... [Read More]
USGS Water Resources of Georgia
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides reliable, impartial, and timely information needed to understand the water resources of the United States. The Georgia Water Information Network (GWIN) offers water information for thousands of surface-water, ground-water, and water-quality measurement sites in Georgia. Select a county from the map or use the GWIN home page . ... [Read More]
georgia.gov - Cook County
Another historic building, located in Adel, is the Jim Paulk-SOWEGA Building, owned by the Adel-Cook County Chamber of Commerce. The building was constructed in 1930 and originally the home office of Southwest Georgia Melon Growers Association (SOWEGA), which started in 1920 as the only cooperative association for marketing watermelons in the world. ... One of the first roads cut through the Wiregrass Territory ran through Cook County at Cecil. This road, known as the Coffee Road, was called for by an act of the state legislature in 1823 and was built by General John Coffee. The Coffee Road became a main thoroughfare for early settlers, who traveled to Tallahassee and the Gulf Coast for salt and other staples. ... [Read More]
georgia.gov - Heard County
There are several interesting old gristmills and cotton gins scattered throughout the county, including the Armstrong Mill in the northeast section of the county. ... The Chattahoochee River bisects Heard County from northeast to southwest. The West Point Reservoir is a popular recreation area. ... [Read More]
georgia.gov - Macon County
Macon County is named in honor of General Nathaniel Macon, a North Carolina statesman and president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate. Macon County was carved from Houston and Marion counties in 1837. ... Andersonville National Cemetery and Park is in the southwest tip of Macon County. Approximately 45,000 Union soldiers were imprisoned here during the Civil War, with 13,000 perishing from hunger and disease. ... www.maconcountyga.org/ ... [Read More]
georgia.gov - Early County
As with many counties in Southwest Georgia, peanut farming is a vital component of Early County's economy. Early County is the largest peanut quota holding county in the nation. In recognition of this crop's importance, a statue of a peanut was erected on the square in Blakely in 1954. ... Erected in 1861, the only known Confederate Flag Pole is the last remaining wooden Confederate flag pole standing. Located on the northside grounds of the Early County Courthouse in downtown Blakely. This historic landmark is the only one of its kind in the Southeastern area. ... [Read More]
georgia.gov - Miller County
Some of the festivals in Miller County include Storytelling Festival held in the Fall and the Annual Mayhaw Festival which attracts almost 20,000 visitors. Colquitt is known as the "Mayhaw Capital of the World." A Mayhaw is a small, red berry often used for jams and jellies and found only in the Southwest Georgia area. ... [Read More]
georgia.gov - City of Marshallville
Macon County is named in honor of General Nathaniel Macon, a North Carolina statesman and president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate. Macon County was carved from Houston and Marion counties in 1837. ... Andersonville National Cemetery and Park is in the southwest tip of Macon County. Approximately 45,000 Union soldiers were imprisoned here during the Civil War, with 13,000 perishing from hunger and disease. ... Region 8 » Macon County » City of Marshallville ... [Read More]
georgia.gov - DHR Division of Aging Services
Mitchell County ... 3. Click on a county using the map below. ... Seminole County ... [Read More]
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