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Quitman County Jail: August 13, 1981 : 115 Main St. Georgetown: The original jail was a wooden structure built in 1859. ... This page was last edited on 22 March 2023 ...
Quitman is a city in and the county seat of Brooks County, Georgia, United States. [4] The population was 4,064 in 2020. The Quitman Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Quitman was the home of James Pierpont, author of the song "Jingle Bells" (1857), and uncle of American financier J.P. Morgan.
The county seat is Quitman. [2] The county was created in 1858 from portions of Lowndes and Thomas counties by an act of the Georgia General Assembly and was named for pro-slavery U.S. Representative Preston Brooks , after he severely beat abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner with a cane for delivering a speech attacking slavery.
The Quitman Historic District is a 417-acre (169 ha) historic district located in Quitman, Georgia.It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]The district 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.
Wiregrass ecosystem on the Gulf Coast Map showing southern Georgia, southeastern Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle.. The Wiregrass region, also known as the Wiregrass plains or Wiregrass country, is an area of the Southern United States encompassing parts of southern Georgia, southeastern Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle.
GA-39 runs north–south through the city briefly concurrent with U.S. 82, leading north 22 mi (35 km) to Omaha and south 23 mi (37 km) to Fort Gaines. GA-27 begins in the city and leads northeast 24 mi (39 km) to Lumpkin.
In 1924, the Wiregrass Farmer won the "Sutlive Trophy" as the newspaper that did the greatest service to its community. In 1931, also received the "Bankston Trophy" [1] for giving the best local news. Joe Lawrence and unnamed partners were the first owners. The Wiregrass was later owned by Nora Lawrence Smith and business manager F.M. Tison ...
The Brooks County Courthouse was built from 1859–64; it was designed by architect John Wind. [3] Because of shortages of material and labor, the courthouse was one of only two courthouses in Georgia built during the Civil War; the other is the Banks County Courthouse in Homer. [3]