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Welcome to Southwest GA
Sowega
SWGA
Your complete guide to the merchants,
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Southwest, Georgia
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Atkinson County, GA
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County Formed |
August 15, 1917 |
| County Seat |
Pearson |
| Incorporated Cities |
Pearson and Willacoochee
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| Total Area |
338.1 square miles |
| History |
The county is named for William
Yates Atkinson, who served as Governor and Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives.
Atkinson
County, created from Clinch and Coffee counties, has a county courthouse that was constructed in 1921.
Pearson, was named to honor Benjah Pearson who served in the Indian War of 1838.
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| Points of Interest |
The Minnie F. Corbitt Memorial
Museum was established in 1955 in the first residence built in Pearson (1873).
It is dedicated to the memory of South Georgia pioneers and their way of
life. The city of Willacoochee is home
of the "No Name Bar," fondly referred to by the late Lewis Grizzard
in many of his columns.
Throughout the
1960s and 1970s, Pearson was known as the "Chess Capital" of the
state. The town hosted four consecutive championships, and Pearson residents
made up one-fourth of the membership of the Georgia Chess Association.
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