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 the county per 10,000 persons was 0, compared to the state average of 19.3. For more community indicators, please go to OASIS .

History*

Echols County, located on the Georgia/Florida border, was created in 1858 from portions of Clinch and Lowndes counties. It was named for Robert M. Echols, a member of the General Assembly for 24 years and a Senate President, who died fighting as a brigadier general in the Mexican War.

Echols County is the only county in Georgia with no incorporated municipalities in the traditional sense. Statenville is the county seat, but only the boundaries of the courthouse were ever incorporated. The rest of the town remains unincorporated.

Echols County is one of Georgia's least populated counties. Over 90 percent of the county is forest and under contract to private companies.