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Other Information:
Crisp County's first courthouse, a two-story brick structure,
was built in 1907. After this building burned in 1950, the present
courthouse was built the same year.
County Courthouse Historical
Marker: Click
here
County History:
Crisp County was created from Dooly County on Aug. 17, 1905 by
an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1905, p. 52). [Click
here
to see a legal description of Cook County's boundaries.] Georgia's
138th county was named for Charles
F. Crisp (1845-1896). Crisp served as Speaker of the U.S.
House of Representatives from 1883 until his death.
County Seat:
The 1905 act creating Crisp County designated Cordele as county
seat. Cordele originated as a railroad station in 1888. Subsequently,
it was incorporated as a town by the General Assembly in an act
of Dec. 22, 1888 (Ga. Laws 1888, p. 209). The town was named
for Cordelia Hawkins, daughter of Samuel Hawkins, president of
the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railroad.
Maps
Size of County (Total
Area): 281.2 square miles
County Rank in Total
Area: 110th out of 159
Population:
Crisp County
City of Cordele
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