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Turner County, Georgia                         A Proud Member of the Genealogy Trails Group TURNER COUNTY GEORGIA HISTORY Turner County was organized by act of the legislature in August, 1905, and was laid off from Irwin, Wilcox, Dooly and Worth counties. It was named in honor of Henry G. Turner, who at one time served in the Georgia legislature, was a member of the State constitutional convention of 1877, and represented Georgia in the United States house of representatives. Turner county is bounded on the north by Crisp and Wilcox, on the east by Irwin and Wilcox, on the south by Worth and Tift and on the west by Worth county. Tributaries of the Allapaha and Little rivers water the surface and the Georgia Southern & Florida railway traverses the county. The soil is a light, sandy loam with clay subsoil, but on the creek bottoms it is alluvial and very productive. The agricultural products are corn, cotton, wheat, oats, rye, upland rice, sorghum, sugar-cane, Irish and sweet potatoes, field peas, ground peas, chufas and hay from crab grass and pea-vines. The horticultural products are apples, peaches, plums, cherries, grapes, figs, melons, berries and all the usual vegetables. Mineral products are clay, limestone and sandstone. Ashburn, on the Georgia Southern & Florida railway, is the county seat. Turner county belongs to the Second Congressional district and Albany judicial circuit.