Crisp County - Georgia

County Courthhouse

County Seat: Cordele
Incorporated: August 17, 1905
Population: 21,996
Total Area:  273.8 Square miles

Crisp County was created in 1905 from territory formerly belonging to Dooly County. It was named for Charles Frederick Crisp, a jurist, and Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives between 1891 and 1893.

Cordele, the county seat, was a "child of the railroad" having built up at a junction of the Savannah, Americus, and Montgomery Railroads. It was named for the daughter of the railroad's president.