Springfield is the county seat for Effingham County
Springfield is in Effingham County
Effingham County(30) ► ADJACENT TO EFFINGHAM COUNTY Bryan County(54) ► Bulloch County(76) ► Chatham County(555) ► Screven County(28) ► Hampton County, South Carolina(25) ► Jasper County, South Carolina(38) ►
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The settlement of Bethany was effected near here in 1751 by John Gerar William DeBrahm, His Majesty's Surveyor General for the Southern District of North America. Comprised at first of 160 Germans, the group was joined 11 months later by an equal . . . — — Map (db m14587) HM
1861 1865 To Honor The Confederate Heroes
Of Effingham County
Reverse
Erected by Salzburger Chapter
United Daughters Of The Confederacy
April 26, 1923 — — Map (db m7504) HM
This is one of the eight original Counties created by the Georgia Constitution in 1777 and is named for Lord Effingham who was an ardent supporter of Colonial Rights. By Act of Feb. 26, 1784, the first County Site was located at Tuckasee-King near . . . — — Map (db m7505) HM
Effingham Camp Meeting has the longest record of continuous service in South Georgia - from 1790 according to oral tradition. The first camp ground was off Sister’s Ferry Road on land of George Powledge, later sold to Gideon Mallette. In 1864 this . . . — — Map (db m14592) HM
[Front]:
In grateful memory of those from Effingham County who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of our country that freedom might live and grow and increase its blessings
[Along the base of the memorial are the seals for each . . . — — Map (db m7695) HM
About .5 miles East on this Road is the site of Old Ebenezer, the first settlement of the Salzburgers in Georgia. They selected this location and named it Ebenezer -- the stone of help. General Oglethorpe
marked out their town, and soon they . . . — — Map (db m7617) HM
On Dec. 8, 1864, the Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) of Gen. Sherman's army (USA), which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, was moving through Effingham County toward Savannah. Hq. Left Wing, Maj. Gen. H. W. Slocum, . . . — — Map (db m7686) HM
Georgia Governor Herman Talmadge created the Minimum Foundation Program in 1949 as part of a statewide equalization effort to improve school buildings and yet maintain racial segregation. Completed in 1956, Springfield Central High School . . . — — Map (db m238216) HM
