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
Toombs County had 13.4 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 12.8, compared to the state average of 19.3. For more community indicators, please go to OASIS .

History*

Toombs County, the 142nd county formed in Georgia, was created in 1905 from parts of Emanuel, Tattnall and Montgomery counties. The county was named for Robert Toombs, the Confederacy's Brigadier General and Secretary of State. Toombs had served in both houses of the U.S. Congress but was a leading secession advocate at the Secession Convention at Milledgeville.

The county has three incorporated municipalities: Vidalia, Lyons, and Santa Clause. Lyons is the county seat, while Vidalia is the largest and the location of the Southeastern Technical Institute.

Some of the special events in Toombs County are the Vidalia Onion Festival, held every spring, the Southeastern Georgia Soapbox Derby, and the Franklinia Playhouse.