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That slogan may sound a little boastful. But, we're serious about pleasing prospective industry and newcomers in Worth County, Georgia! Please allow us to show you first-hand the many advantages of living, working and playing in our community. Here you will find excellent schools, attractive neighborhoods, modern healthcare facilities, diverse shopping, progressive city and county governments, a wonderful climate conducive to year-round outdoor recreation, and the people who wrote the book on "Southern H ospitality". In Worth County you will be delighted to discover the peaceful, serene amenities of rural living. Yet, you'll be only 20 minutes away from cosmopolitan dining and night life in neighboring Albany. Now, won't it be nice to have the best of both worlds?

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Worth County, created in 1853 from parts of Dooly and Irwin counties has 580 square miles, making it the fourteenth largest county in Georgia.

Worth County was named for Major General William Jenkins Worth,  Major William A. Harris, leader in organizing the new county served under Worth in the Mexican War.

The county's first known inhabitants were the Apalachee Indians. Their nation was destroyed in a war between the Florida Spanish and the Carolina English. When Oglethorpe arrived more than thirty (30) years later to establish the colony of Georgia, the Worth area was occupied by the Lower Creeks.

San Bernard was the original County Seat. It was located approximately where the Isabella Cemetery is now. San Bernard was renamed Isabella in 1854. The county courthouse, a large two story frame building, was on the public square center. Four or five substantial warehouses were on the corners northwest of the square. The county jail was on the west side of the Warwick road, two hundred yards north of the square. Before the Civil War, the people attended services at nearby country churches or the cour t house.

After the Civil War, the population was several hundred. In 1872, the Brunswick & Albany (now the Atlantic & Gulf) Railroad was built, passing within three miles of Isabella. Other towns sprung up along the rail line and in 1904, the county seat was moved to Sylvester.