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Colquitt County, Georgia

Colquitt County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Moultrie
Year Organized: 1856
Square Miles: 552
Court House:

P.O. Box 517
Courthouse Annex
Moultrie, GA 31776-0517

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Georgia's 115th county was named for
US Sen. Walter T. Colquitt (1799-1855), who died the previous year.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Colquitt County was created on Feb. 25, 1856 by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1855-56, p. 108). Created from Lowndes and Thomas counties, Colquitt's original boundaries were designated as:


SECTION I. Be it enacted, & c., That from and after the first day of April next a new county shall be laid out and organized from the counties of Thomas and Lowndes, including the eighth district of originally Irwin now Thomas county and all that portion of the ninth district of originally Irwin now Lowndes lying west of Little river to where the river crosses the dividing line, between Lots of Land Nos. 443 and 444, in the 9th district, thence south to the district line between the 9th and 12th districts.

The 1902 Neoclassical Revival Courthouse stands in the center of Moultrie's town square. The courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is currently undergoing renovations.

Moultrie was named for General William Moultrie, a Revolutionary War leader.

Points of Interest

With its long growing season and varied types of soils, the county has traditionally been a state leader in agricultural production. Despite the county's agricultural strength, manufacturing has still replaced farming as the largest employment sector in the county.

Colquitt County is the home of a world class diving well at the Moose Moss Aquatic Center. Moultrie is host to local, state, national, and international diving tournaments. The center served as a training site for the 1996 Olympic Games.

Colquitt County also contains eight quail hunting preserves and is a mecca for hunting bobwhite quail, wild turkey, deer, and dove.

Neighboring Counties:

  • North: Worth County
  • Northeast: Tift County
  • East: Cook County
  • Southeast: Brooks County
  • Southwest: Thomas County
  • West: Mitchell County

Cities and Towns:

- Berlin town Incorporated Area
- Doerun city Incorporated Area
- Ellenton town Incorporated Area
- Funston town Incorporated Area
- Moultrie (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Norman Park city Incorporated Area
- Riverside town Incorporated Area

County Resources:

County http://www.ccboc.com/

Chamber of Commerce http://www.moultriechamber.com/

Additional County Info http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp?FIPS=13071

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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