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On Aug. 15, 1917, the General Assembly proposed a constitutional
amendment to create Atkinson County from the southern half of
Coffee County and a small portion along the northern border of
Clinch County (Ga. Laws 1917, p. 41) [Click here
to view 1885 map showing future location of Atkinson County.]
According to the constitutional amendment, the boundaries of
Atkinson County were specified as:
Beginning at the point where the southern boundary line of
lot of land No. 334, in the fifth land district of Coffee County,
intersects the middle of the run of Willacoochee Creek, then
follow said land line directly east to the southeast corner of
lot of land No. 15, in the sixth land district of Coffee County;
thence south along the eastern boundary of lot of land No. 16,
in the sixth land district of Coffee County to the southwest
corner of said lot of land; thence along the land line directly
east to where it intersects the middle of the run of the Satilla
River; thence, in a southeasterly direction along the run of
the said Satilla River to where the same intersects the northern
boundary of lot of land No. 250, in the sixth (6) land district,
thence directly east along said line to where it intersects the
Ware County line; thence in a southerly direction along the Ware
County line to the southeast corner of lot of land No. 234, in
the seventh land district of Clinch County; thence directly westward
along the land line of said lot of land No. 234 on the south,
to where it intersects the middle of the run of Alapaha River;
thence in a northerly direction along the middle of the run of
the Alapaha River to the mouth of Willacoochee Creek; thence
along the middle of the run of Willacoochee Creek to point of
beginning.
Georgia voters ratified the constitutional amendment in the
Nov. 5, 1918 general election, which is considered the date of
the county's creation (although a state historical marker on
the Atkinson County courthouse grounds incorrectly cites the
1917 act proposing the constitutional amendment as the date of
the county's creation). Georgia's 153rd county was named for
former governor William
Y. Atkinson (who served 1894-1898). For more on the history
of Atkinson County, click here.
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