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Berrien County, Georgia
Berrien County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Nashville
Year Organized: 1856
Square Miles: 452 |
Court House: P.O. Box 446
County Courthouse
Nashville, GA 31639-0446
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
The county was named for John McPherson Berrien, a US Senator and Andrew Jackson's Attorney General.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Berrien County was created in 1856 from Coffee, Irwin, and Lowndes counties. The county was named for John McPherson Berrien, a US Senator and Andrew Jackson's Attorney General.
Berrien County had one of the state's earliest post roads, the Coffee Road. It was opened in 1823 to channel settlers' crops to Florida.
Nashville was named for General Francis Nash of North Carolina, a distinguished soldier of the Revolutionary War. Alapaha, named by Cherokee Indians who once lived there, means "smiling sunshine" or "laughing water".
Points of Interest
The county is predominantly agricultural and is known as the "Bell Pepper Capital of the World".
The old jail and the Berrien County Courthouse, both in Nashville, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Paradise Public Fishing Area is a 1,060-acre state-owned recreation/wildlife area. Fishing, picnicking, hiking, bird-watching, and primitive camping are available around its 76 lakes and ponds.
There are several animals on the Federal Endangered Species list found in Berrien County. These include the Peregrine Falcon, the Southern Bald Eagle, and the Florida Panther.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Irwin County
- Northeast: Coffee County
- East: Atkinson County
- Southeast: Lanier County
- South: Lowndes County
- Southwest: Cook County
- Northwest: Tift County
Cities and Towns:
| - Alapaha |
town |
Incorporated Area |
| - Enigma |
town |
Incorporated Area |
| - Nashville (County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Ray City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
Chamber of Commerce http://www.berrienchamber.com/
Additional County Info http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp?FIPS=13019
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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Penn Foster High School
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