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Colquitt County, Georgia
| February 25, 1856 |
Colquitt County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Colquitt County, Georgia |
| April 5, 1957 |
Tornadoes strike Lamar, Schley, Macon, Peach, Warren, Columbia, Colquitt, Ware, and Chatham counties, killing 2 and injuring 6, with more than a million dollars in damage.
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Colquitt County, Georgia |
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Columbia County, Georgia |
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Georgia Tornadoes |
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Lamar County, Georgia |
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Schley County, Georgia |
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Macon County, Georgia |
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Peach County, Georgia |
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Warren County, Georgia |
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Ware County, Georgia |
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Chatham County, Georgia |
| September 30, 2005 |
Six people are killed, a woman is assaulted and four others are seriously injured in a string of brutal attacks in trailer parks in the city of Tifton and Colquitt County, Georgia |
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Colquitt County, Georgia |
Name derivation:Named in honor of W. T. Colquitt, a popular lawyer, politician and preacher.
Acquisition: Creek cession of Jan. 22, 1818
Taken from: Lowndes County, Thomas County
Counties created from: None
Cities: Moultrie (county seat), Norman Park, Funston
Web sites:
Colquitt Chamber of Commerce
Moultrie, Georgia
National Register of Historic Places in Colquitt County, GeorgiaColquitt County, Georgia, links
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