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Turner County, Georgia
| County Formed |
August 18, 1905 |
| County
Seat |
Ashburn |
| Incorporated Cities |
Ashburn, Rebecca and
Sycamore |
| Total
Area |
286.1 square miles |
| History |
Turner County was created in 1905
from parts of Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox and Worth counties. Georgia's 143rd county
was named after Henry Gray Turner, a captain in the Confederate Army who was
captured at Gettysburg and later served in the state legislature, on the State
Supreme Court, and in the U.S. Congress.
Rebecca was named for the daughter
of a prominent local family, while Sycamore was named for the tree. Ashburn was
named for W.W. Ashburn who, in 1890, purchased a portion of the future town
site for ten dollars.
Until the 1920s, when the boll
weevil struck, Turner County farmers planted over 30,000 acres of cotton.
Unable to continue growing cotton, Turner County instituted Georgia's first
"cow-hog-hen" programs, beginning an age of diversified farming that
spread throughout the state.
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| Points
of Interest |
Shingler Heights, five blocks of
residential buildings and one institutional building in Ashburn, was
constructed from 1895 to 1937. The district is listed on the National Register
of Historic Places. Its most elaborate structure is "Sparrow's Nest,"
built by a local turpentine and agriculture entrepreneur, J.S. Shingler. Many
of the homes in the historic district were built by Shingler's
relatives.
Other entries on the National
Register are the Ashburn Heights-Hudson College Avenue area and the Ashburn
Commercial Business District.
Turner County is home to several
endangered species on the Federal Protected list including the Florida Panther,
the Indigo Snake, and the Southern Bald Eagle.
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Cities and Towns In Turner County
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