The Little River is a 105-mile-long (169 km) tributary of the Withlacoochee River in the U.S. state of Georgia . Via the Withlacoochee and the Suwannee River its waters flow to the Gulf of Mexico . The Little River was also known historically as the Ockolocoochee River .
12-662: The Tift County School District is a public school district in Tift County, Georgia , United States, based in Tifton . It serves the communities of Omega , Phillipsburg , Tifton, Ty Ty , and Unionville . The following people make up the Tift County Government Board of Education The Tift County School District has a pre-K center, four primary schools, three elementary schools, two middle schools, one junior high school, one high school, and one alternative school. In 2010,
24-477: A city councilman and mayor. Through a variety of business and civic undertakings, Tift contributed significantly to the economic and social development of south central Georgia. Though a captain of industry, agriculture, and finance, he is best remembered for his civic service and generosity. Tift County was created on August 17, 1905, by an act of the General Assembly. Because Georgia law in 1905 did not allow
36-466: A new county to be named after a living person, the legislature voted to name Tift County after Nelson Tift of Albany, Georgia, who was an uncle of Henry Harding Tift. In 2013, John Edward (Edd) Dorminey a native of Tifton, author and historian drafted resolutions and presented them to the Tifton and Tift County Commissions which were passed unanimously. Soon after with assistance from Representative Jay Roberts
48-513: A village for his workers. Tift eventually expanded into turpentine and barrel-making operations, and turned his barren timberlands into farms for cotton, corn, livestock, fruit, tobacco, pecans and sweet potatoes. When the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway intersected the Brunswick and Western Railroad near Tift's mill in 1888, the settlement was connected to Atlanta and became a boom town. It
60-775: Is located in the Little River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin. The county's southeastern third, from north of Tifton heading southeast, is located in the Withlacoochee River sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin. The northeastern portion of the Tift County, east of Chula , is located in the Alapaha River sub-basin of the same larger Suwannee River basin. At the 2020 United States census , there were 41,344 people, 15,144 households, and 10,703 families residing in
72-465: The 2020 census , the population was 41,344. The county seat is Tifton . Tift County comprises the Tifton, Georgia micropolitan statistical area . The county was created on August 17, 1905, and is named for Henry Harding Tift , who founded Tifton in 1872. Tift purchased about 65,000 acres of virgin pine timberland there in the Wiregrass Region of South Georgia, and established a sawmill and
84-564: The Georgia House of Representatives and the Senate voted to approve the submitted resolution establishing the naming of Tift County after its rightful founder, Henry Harding Tift. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 269 square miles (700 km ), of which 259 square miles (670 km ) is land and 9.9 square miles (26 km ) (3.7%) is water. The western portion of Tift County, roughly west of Interstate 75 ,
96-478: The Tift County Board of Education turned J. T. Reddick Elementary School into a 6th grade-only school. In 2018, schools have been configured for grades K-5, 6-8 and 9–12. The new configuration will require that a new ninth grade wing be constructed at Tift County High School. Tift County, Georgia Tift County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia . As of
108-526: The boundary between Colquitt and Cook counties. The river subsequently becomes the boundary between Cook and Brooks counties, then between Brooks and Lowndes counties. It flows into the Withlacoochee River 4 miles (6 km) west of the center of Valdosta near the now abandoned town of Troupville, Georgia . Reed Bingham State Park is a recreational area along the Little River. It includes
120-435: The county. Tift County School District operates public schools. 31°28′N 83°32′W / 31.46°N 83.53°W / 31.46; -83.53 Little River (Withlacoochee River) The Little River rises in northwestern Turner County, Georgia , 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Ashburn . The river flows southeast into Tift County , passing west of Tifton , then turns more southerly as it becomes
132-581: The development of a region. Tift also established a model farm north of town and donated a large parcel of acreage for an agricultural experiment station; these enterprises led eventually to the development of Abraham Baldwin College and the Coastal Plain Experiment Station in Tifton. Tift's civic commitment was most evident in his donation of lands for churches (Methodist, Baptist, and Episcopal) and Fulwood Park, and in his decades of service as
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#1732859512379144-597: Was incorporated as Tifton by the Georgia Legislature in 1890. Tift provided employment and financial growth opportunities for his flourishing market center by founding the Tifton Cotton Mill, the Bank of Tifton, and other types of businesses in which he had a leading interest. These included fruit growing, groceries and general merchandise, cottonseed oil, lumber, brick and stone, and several railroads, all essential for
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