Candler County GAGenWeb

 

Welcome To Candler County Georgia --Part of The USGenWeb Project

 

About GAGenWeb

 

 

                                                                                             

                                                                                    

 

                                               

Ed Gordon, State Coordinator

Vivian Price Saffold, Assistant State Coordinator

Nancy Gay Crawford, County Coordinator & Regional Assistant

 

 

Records

                      

 

 

Candler County Courthouse

705 N Lewis St.

Metter, GA 30439-3333
(912) 658-2835
FAX: (912) 685-4823

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Candler County History


Candler County was created from parts of Bulloch, Emanuel, and Tattnall counties on November 3, 1914 by an amendment to the Constitution of 1877. Georgia's 48th county was named for former Governor Allen D. Candler (1834-1910).  Cities and Towns include the cities of Metter and Pulaski.

The Candler County Courthouse, built in 1921, and the South Metter Residential Historic District, comprised of 75 late 19th and early 20th century homes on landscaped boulevards, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 

Candler County covers about 247 square miles.  The proposed constitusional amendment provided that Metter be the county seat.  Originating as a railroad station on the Georgia Railroad, Metter was first incorporated as a town in 1903.  Kenneth Krakow attributes the name to a railroad officials explanation of how he first met his wife…….he “met her” at the train station. 

 

 

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