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Quitman County, Georgia
| County Formed |
December 10, 1858 |
| County
Seat |
Georgetown |
| Incorporated Cities |
Georgetown |
| Total
Area |
151.6 square miles |
| History |
Quitman County was created from
parts of Randolph and Stewart counties in 1858. The county was named for
General John A. Quitman, a leader in the Mexican War, once Governor of
Mississippi, and an avid spokesman for states rights.
The county's only incorporated
municipality is Georgetown, the county seat. It was named for the area in
Washington, D.C. It was originally called Tobanana after a nearby creek.
An earlier fortified settlement,
believed to have been built by prehistoric Indians, was located where Cool
Branch flows into the Chattahoochee River. Much of that area--indeed all of
Quitman's western border--is now beneath the waters of Lake Walter F. George,
an impoundment on the Chattahoochee River.
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| Points
of Interest |
Quitman County shares the Lake
Walter F. George Wildlife Management Area with Clay County to the south.
The Quitman County Jail is on the
National Register of Historic Places. The Harrison-Guerry-Brannon-Crawford
Family Cemetery has many distinguished Georgians buried in it.
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Cities and Towns In Quitman County
(County Seat)
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