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Tift County, Georgia
| County Formed |
August 17, 1905 |
| County
Seat |
Tifton |
| Incorporated Cities |
Omega, Tifton and Ty Ty
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| Total
Area |
265.1 square miles |
| History |
Tift County was created in 1905
from portions of Berrien County. The county was named for Nelson Tift, who had
helped found the city of Albany, served as that city's mayor, and later served
as a congressman. His nephew founded the city of Tifton in 1872 when he opened
a sawmill there.
The county's courthouse was
constructed in 1912.
TyTy was named for the trees
lining the banks of a nearby creek: the Ironwood (white titi) and Buckwheat
(black titi) trees.
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| Points
of Interest |
In 1976, the Agrirama was
developed in the county by the State Department of Agriculture. Here, at the
state's Living History Museum, people can experience daily life on a recreation
of a working farm of the 1800s, including cooking, planting and caring for
animals.
Tift County is known as the
"Plant Capital of the World," with many plants and vegetables grown
here being shipped worldwide for replanting.
Tift County is home to a tree said
to be the largest Southern Magnolia in Georgia and among the oldest anywhere.
It has long been a special meeting place for county residents; in 1991 they
formed the Magnolia Tree Foundation to help preserve and protect it for future
generations.
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| Education |
Located in the heart of one of the
state's prime agricultural areas, Tift County has become a center for farm
experimentation and agricultural education. Abraham Baldwin Agricultural
College and the University of Georgia's Rural Development Center are located
there. |
| Annual
Events |
Tift has many festivals and
special events including the Love Affair Fine Arts Festival, the Folk Life
Festival and Fiddler's Jamboree, and the Victorian Christmas. |
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Cities and Towns In Tift County
(County Seat)
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