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Health Care
Crisp County had 11.7 licensed nursing home beds per 100 persons in 1999, compared with the state average of 5.5 per 100 persons. In 1999, the number of physicians in the county per 10,000 persons was 13, compared to the state average of 19.3. For more community indicators, please go to OASIS .

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

Crisp County became the first county in the nation to own and operate its own electrical power plant. It was started in 1930, with Lake Blackshear on the Flint River providing its power source.

In 1993 Crisp Regional Hospital was ranked as one of the most cost-efficient hospitals in Georgia by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The hospital was chosen as the Rural Hospital of the Year by the Georgia Rural Health Association in 1991.