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Grady
County,
Georgia
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Grady
County Georgia History
Grady County was organized by
act of the legislature on August 17, 1905, and was laid off from Thomas
and Decatur counties. It was named after Henry W. Grady, who was
one of Georgia’s most gifted and eloquent sons and stood among the
foremost in the noble task of bringing about a better understanding
between the people of once discordant sections of the American
union. The county is bounded on the north by Mitchell county, on
the east by Thomas, on the south by the State of Florida, and on the
west by the county of Decatur. It is well watered in every
section, the most important streams being the Ocklockonee river and its
tributaries. It is traversed from east to west by the Atlantic
Coast Line railway. The soil is mostly red clay with a good
subsoil. There is also some light gray and sandy soil. The
agricultural products are cotton of both long and short staple,
tobacco, corn, Irish and sweet potatoes, field peas, ground peas, oats,
grass and forage crops, and sugar cane. In sugar-cane syrup this
country does a good business, large quantities being shipped from Cairo
every season. Vegetables of all kinds, fruits and berries do
well. The forest timber is mostly yellow pine and there is an
extensive trade in all pine products. Marls are the only
minerals. Cairo, on the Atlantic Coast Line, is the county
seat. Grady county is in the Second congressional district and
the Southern judicial circuit.
(Georgia:
Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and
Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. VOL III Publ. 1906. Transcribed
by Marilyn Clore)
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