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Other Information:
Sometime after Miller County's creation in 1856, its first courthouse
was built in Colquitt. This structure was replaced by a new courthouse
that burned in 1873. The county's third courthouse was a two-story
brick structure with a dome clock tower (see
postcard 1 and
postcard 2). This building burned down in 1974 and was replaced
by the present courthouse in 1977.
County Courthouse Historical
Marker: Click
here
County History: Miller
County was created from Baker and Early counties on Feb. 26,
1856, by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1855-56, p.
114). According to that act, Miller County's boundaries were
prescribed as:
Beginning at the north-west corner of lot of land number
one hundred and one, (101,) in the twenty-sixth district of
Early county, and running due south to the south-west corner
of lot of land number one hundred and twenty, (120,) in said
district, and from thence running due east to the south-east
corner of lot number three hundred and one (301) in the twelfth
district of Baker county, and from thence running due north
to the north-east corner of lot number two hundred and thirty-eight
in said twelfth district, thence running due west to the beginning
. . . .
Georgia's 117th county was named for Georgia lawyer, politician,
and Medical College of Georgia president Andrew Miller (1806-1856).
County Seat:
The act creating Miller County authorized the justices of the
county's inferior court to select a "central and convenient
place" for the county seat, lay off the site into town lots,
and provide for construction of a courthouse and other public
buildings. In 1856, the inferior court designated the town of
Colquitt as county seat of Miller County. On Dec. 19, 1860, the
General Assembly incorporated Colquitt as a town (Ga. Laws 1860,
p. 86). Colquitt was named for U.S. Sen. Walter
T. Colquitt (1799-1855).
Maps
Size of County (Total
Area): 283.7 square miles
County Rank in Total
Area: 107th out of 159
Population:
Miller County
City of Colquitt
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