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*

Quitman County was created from parts of Randolph and Stewart Counties in 1858. The county was named for General John A. Quitman, a leader in the Mexican War, once Governor of Mississippi, and an avid spokesman for states' rights.

An earlier fortified settlement, believed to have been built by prehistoric Indians, was located where Cool Branch flows into the Chattahoochee River. Much of that area - indeed all of Quitman's western border - is now beneath the waters of Lake Walter F. George, an impoundment on the Chattahoochee River.

The county's only incorporated municipality is Georgetown, the county seat. It was named for the area in Washington, D.C. Originally it was called Tobanana after a nearby creek. It was from Georgetown that the world's first long-distance phone call was made.