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Ben Hill County, Georgia
| County Formed |
July 31, 1906 |
| County Seat |
Fitzgerald |
| Incorporated Cities |
Fitzgerald |
| Total Area |
251.8 square miles |
| History |
Ben Hill County was created in
1906, from Irwin and Wilcox counties, and was named for Benjamin Harvey Hill,
U.S. Senator from Georgia, a Whig leader, and a staunch opponent of Reconstruction.
The Historic District on South Lee
and South Main streets in Fitzgerald is listed on the National Register. The
old railroad depot is now home to the Blue/Gray Museum.
The county has
only one incorporated city, Fitzgerald, which was founded by former Union
soldiers on a 50,000 acre tract owned by the non-profit American Tribune
Soldiers Colony Company. The citizens of Fitzgerald, pledging unity with their
former enemies, named streets after leaders of both armies. The early
concentration of population in the city aided the county's industrial
development. The colony also founded the first public school in Georgia to
offer free books and tuition.
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| Points of Interest |
Fitzgerald and Ben Hill County
maintain nine recreational parks and one river access park at the Ocmulgee
River. These facilities offer playgrounds, team sports, natural areas, meeting
and concert shelters, and public boat ramps. |
| Annual Events |
Events include the Blues and Grays
Festival in October, the Ebony-in-Arts Festival in the Spring, Colony City
Chase in October and the Fourth of July Celebration. |
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