Toombs County Courthouse

Photo: Ed Jackson

Note: This is NOT the official web site of Toombs County or of any county officials; it is an educational web site about the history of the county courthouse and the county itself.  For the address and phone number of the courthouse and county officials, see the NaCO web page for Toombs County, linked below:

Address and Phone Number: See NaCO web page for Toombs County

Location: Lyons

Date Built: 1964

Architectural Style: Modern

Designer: W.P. Thompson, Jr.

Other Information: Toombs County's first courthouse was a brick structure built in 1906 (see postcard). The building was destroyed by fire in 1917 and rebuilt in 1919. The present courthouse was built several blocks from downtown in 1964.

County Courthouse Historical Marker: Click here

County History: Toombs County was created on Aug. 18, 1905, by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1905, p. 62). Formed from portions of Emanuel, Montgomery, and Tattnall counties, Georgia's 144th county was named for famous politician and unreconstructed secessionist Gen. Robert Toombs.

County Seat: The law creating Toombs County provided that Lyons be the county seat. The town was settled in the 1880s or 1890s and became a railroad stop on the Central of Georgia line connecting Albany with Savannah. The town was named for a Mr. Lyons, who reportedly was instrumental in getting the railroad built through the town. Lyons was incorporated by an act of the legislature approved Dec. 9, 1897.

Maps

• Historical Maps of Toombs County
• Georgia DOT Map of Toombs County, pdf (671K)

Size of County (Total Area): 368.7 square miles

County Rank in Total Area: 70th out of 159

Population:

Toombs County

• 26,067 (2000)
• Toombs County Historical Population Profile

City of Lyons

• 41,69 (2000)

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