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Jeff Davis County, Georgia

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

2historic places

—earliest paper

1906formed

14,779pop. 2020

16cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1980. Most listings are in or near Hazelhurst, Hazlehurst.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Georgia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Jeff Davis titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 2 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

2 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Jeff Davis County Courthouse	Hazelhurst	Building	1980
Pace House	Hazlehurst	Building	2003

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Jeff Davis was formed in 1906 (1906-01-01) from Appling, Coffee.

JEFF DAVIS created from APPLING and COFFEE. Act passed 18 Aug 1905; took effect 1 Jan 1906.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Jeff Davis County population from 1910 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1910	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
6,050	7,322	8,841	9,299	8,914	11,473	12,684	14,779

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

16 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 16 of 16 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bazemore Cemetery	31.87103	-82.57449
Carter Cemetery	31.89942	-82.43685
Ebenezer Cemetery	31.79279	-82.5997
Harris and McDew Cemetery	31.85212	-82.7143
Hester Cemetery	31.88596	-82.55227
Hinson Cemetery	31.78296	-82.62748
Hinson Cemetery	31.78292	-82.63903
Lynn Cemetery	31.93228	-82.57115
McEachin Cemetery	31.87523	-82.56399
Palms Memorial Gardens	31.8972	-82.61782
Rolland Cemetery	31.91723	-82.55331
Simmons Cemetery	31.69563	-82.61965
Wilcox and Hall Cemetery	31.91416	-82.58579
Williams Cemetery	31.71541	-82.75613
Wilson Cemetery	31.68046	-82.55624
Yawn Cemetery	31.68854	-82.59528

Historical populated places — 7 of 7

Name	Lat	Lon
Bingham	31.81879	-82.7682
Ellis	31.67658	-82.70736
Goldsmith	31.78352	-82.67903
Maysie	31.86574	-82.53791
Orico	31.9488	-82.5193
Paceville	31.78157	-82.82737
Quinn	31.79186	-82.5518

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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