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
Jeff Davis County had 5.7 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 9.4, compared to the state average of 19.3. For more community indicators, please go to OASIS .

History*

Jeff Davis County was created in 1905 form parts of Appling and Coffee counties. Georgia's 140th county was named for Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy. Davis had served as the U.S. Secretary of War prior to the Civil War.

The county has two municipalites: Hazlehurst, the largest and the county seat, and Denton. Hazlehurst was named for Colonel George Hazlehurst, a civil engineer who surveyed the Macon & Brunswick Railroad. In August of 1995, Hazlehurst celebrated its "Censilver," 150 years of existence.

There are many festivals and special events in the county including the Pilot's Club Antique Car and Truck Show, the Altamaha River Races, the Golden Leaf Arts and Crafts Festival, and the Annual Cotton Arts & Crafts Harvest Festival.