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Brooks County, Georgia
Brooks County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Quitman
Year Organized: 1858
Square Miles: 494
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Court House: P.O. Box 272
County Courthouse
Quitman, GA 31643-0272
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for Preston Brooks, a member of Congress prior to the Civil War and an avid defender of state rights.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
The first settlers, in what is now Brooks County, were Spanish missionaries from Florida who arrived around 1570. Brooks County was formed from parts of Lowndes and Thomas counties and was named for Preston Brooks, a member of Congress prior to the Civil
War and an avid defender of state rights.
During the Civil War, the county was the main producer of food for the confederacy and became known as the "Breadbasket of the South."
The county's courthouse was constructed in 1864. Brooks County officials paid for the structure with $14,958 in Confederate money, a fortunate circumstance for the county, since this currency was soon to become useless.
Points of Interest
The county is home to several endangered plant and animal species including the Pond Spicebush, the Wood Stork, and the Eastern Indigo snake.
The Quitman Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, contains late 19th and early 20th century brick buildings in the commercial district and mainly wood frame homes from various periods and styles in the residential area. The streets are laid out in a grid
with several central parks.
Also listed on the National Register are the Brooks County Courthouse and the Brooks County Jail.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Cook County
- East: Lowndes County
- South: Madison County, Fla.
- Southwest: Jefferson County, Fla.
- West: Thomas County
- Northwest: Colquitt County
Cities and Towns:
| - Barwick |
town |
Incorporated Area |
| - Morven |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Quitman (County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
Chamber of Commerce http://www.quitmangeorgia.org/
Additional County Info http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp?FIPS=13027
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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,
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Penn Foster High School
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