For pre-formatted natality & mortality data please see Vital Statistics Reports (VSR).

For other health data resources please see the Health Data & Info section.

Health Care
In 1999, the number of physicians in Chattahoochee County per 10,000 persons was 12, compared to the state average of 19.3. For more community indicators, please go to OASIS .

History*

Chattahoochee County was formed in 1854 from parts of Marion and Muscogee counties. It was named for the Chattahoochee River, which forms the county's western boundary.

The county is home to the Fort Benning Military Reservation, the county's largest employer. Fort Benning was founded at the beginning of the first World War, and was named for General Henry Lewis Benning, a Confederate general who hailed from Columbus.

It is the world's largest infantry camp, and is often called the "West Point of the South." Fort Benning recently becamse the new home of a Regional Civilian Personnel Center and will server over 40,000 civilian employees of the Department of the Army in the Southeast.