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By 1914, there was a sturdy steel bridge at Darien, spanning the mighty Altamaha River and steel rails linking Darien with Brunswick. Here was a final blow to fell the already wounded port of Darien. The railroad, which she had begun in order to compensate for the diminishing importance of river transportation, had, in the end, been qPublic provides websites for Georgia Tax Commissioners & Assessors. employed to boost harbor traffic at nearTax Commissioner’s website visitors query your data by Name, Address, by Brunswick. Darien was demoted to or Parcel/Account Number. Search result webpages display the account information with a convenient Pay Now button. just another stop along the way. In 1919, only 24 years after the first train arrived In addition to the searchable database features, all of our websites provide in Darien, the old depot there saw the static webpages for general county information, downloadable forms, last train pass into history. The depot at jurisdiction information, important dates, tax estimator, etc., making it a Darien burned in 1976. convenient, efficient community service tool. Although the usual helping of high hopes had arrived in Darien with her Reduce your phone calls and office visits by 80%! little railroad, these aspirations were Virtually keeps your office open 24/7! not sufficient to beget a new courthouse Satisfaction Guaranteed! in McIntosh County. The county’s first courthouse had been erected at the first qPublic specializes in cross-linking the data from the county seat of Sapelo Bridge (later called Assessor’s office with the Tax Commissioner’s data! Eulonia) shortly after the county was created from Liberty County in 1793. qPublic provides automated data transfers. The seat of local government was moved qPublic works with ALL systems, including YOURS. to Darien in 1818, and it appears that a courthouse was erected shortly thereafter. Sadly no description of this building comes down to us. The first mention of a courthouse at Darien comes in 1863, when the courthouse and most of the county’s records were destroyed by Federal raiders. A replacement court building rose immediately following the war, but this structure burned in 1873. An unusual two-story courthouse was qPublic –GET HOOKED TODAY! begun in 1874 and completed sometime For more information contact John Cox: around 1876. This building was partially john@qpublic.net | (386) 801-5249 | Fax (866) 800-8637 destroyed by fire in 1931, but its distinctive low pediment remained at the core of the old McIntosh County Courthouse. 326768_Q_public.indd 1 11/19/08 3:13:29 PM Strangely, Darien, a village desperately in need of a railroad to save her failing harbor, had failed to build a monument to hope after the first train 4931 Riverside Drive arrived. This was a maritime town. From Macon, Georgia 31210 the beginning, all her successes and fail478-474-9092 ures had centered on the river and the sea. Accordingly, in the decades of surrounding the turn of the last century, Proudly Supplying Quality Asphalt Products and Pavement Solutions to Georgia there were many in Darien, who viewed Counties Since 1955 the railroad with extreme skepticism. In this climate, little zeal for a new courtVisit www.reevescc.com for locations in your area. house was forthcoming. ■ qPublic.net Your On-Line Data & GIS Experts Georgia’s Leading Provider COURTHOUSES continued from page 33 34 GEORGIA 385057_Reeves.indd 1 COUNTY GOVERNMENT 6/23/08 8:52:28 AM http://www.qPublic.net http://www.reevescc.com

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Georgia County Government - January 2009 Contents President’s Message County Matters Forward-Thinking Bulloch County Leaders Put Progress on the Front Burner Robert Farris: Champion for Georgia’s Forests ACCG, BCBS of Georgia Work Together to Improve County Employee Health Georgia’s Grand Old Courthouses: McIntosh County Extension News: Cooperative Extension Generates ROI Research Corner: How Does Your County Rate? County Parade Index of Advertisers

Georgia County Government - January 2009

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