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Effingham County was one of the eight original counties created by the Georgia Constitution in 1777 and was named for Lord Effingham, an ardent supporter of colonial rights. By act of February 26, 1784, the first county site was located at Tuckasee-King near the Screven County line. From 1787 to 1796 the site was at Elberton on the north side of the Ogeechee near Indian Bluff. On February 7, 1799, the legislature meeting at Louisville appointed five commissioners to lay out a new site, which became the town of Effingham. The site was later moved to Springfield, incorporated in 1838.
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Springfield, Georgia · United States
