Editing McIntosh County, Georgia

{{Short description|County in Georgia, United States}}
{{Use American English|date = January 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = McIntosh County
 | state                = Georgia
 | seal                 = [[File:McIntoshCountyGAseal.png|90px]]
 | founded              = {{start date and age|1793}}
 | seat wl              = Darien
 | largest city wl      = Darien
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 574
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 424
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 150
 | area percentage      = 26.1%
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 10975
 | density_sq_mi        = 26
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | district             = 1st
 | ex image             = GA Darien West HD courthouse01.jpg
 | ex image cap         = McIntosh County Courthouse in Darien
 | website              = {{URL|https://www.mcintoshcountyga.com/|mcintoshcountyga.com}}
 | named for            = [[Lachlan McIntosh]]
}}
[[Image:DarienMarkers.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Two of the dozens of historical markers in the county.]]

'''McIntosh County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 10,975,<ref>{{cite web |title=Census - Geography Profile: McIntosh County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/McIntosh_County,_Georgia?g=0500000US13191|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 27, 2022}}</ref> a drop of 23.4 percent since the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]]. The [[county seat]] is [[Darien, Georgia|Darien]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref>

McIntosh County is included in the [[Brunswick, Georgia|Brunswick]], GA [[Brunswick, Georgia metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==

=== Colonial and Revolutionary period ===
{{Main|San Miguel de Gualdape|Spanish Florida|Province of Carolina|Province of South Carolina|Province of Georgia}}

The area which was formally named McIntosh County was originally settled by the [[British Empire|British]] in 1721 with the construction of [[Fort King George]], which was part of a set of forts built as a [[Buffer state|buffer]] between the British colonies to the north and [[Spanish Florida]] to the south, under the direction of General [[James Oglethorpe]]. New Inverness (later named [[Darien, Georgia|Darien]]) was founded in 1736 by [[Scottish Highlands|Scottish Highlanders]] who were enticed to move to Georgia by General Oglethorpe. In 1760, the British built [[Fort Barrington]] on the north side of the [[Altamaha River]] about {{convert|12|mi|km}} northwest of present-day Darien. It was used for decades as a transportation and communication center up and down coastal Georgia. The County split off from [[Liberty County, Georgia|Liberty County]] in 1793.

The new county was named ''McIntosh'' for its most famous family, which included [[Lachlan McIntosh]], who was a general in the [[Continental Army]]. The McIntosh clan in Darien dates back to 1736.<ref>Highroad Guide to the Georgia Coast and Okefenokee By Richard J. Lenz page 179</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityofdarienga.com/mcIntoshCountyHistory.php|title=History of McIntosh County, Georgia|website=www.cityofdarienga.com|access-date=May 30, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518193531/http://www.cityofdarienga.com/mcIntoshCountyHistory.php|archive-date=May 18, 2016}}</ref><ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=72001447}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fort Barrington |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=William R. Mitchell Jr. |date=August 2, 1972 |access-date=January 28, 2017 }} with {{NRHP url|id=72001447|photos=y|title=six photos from 1972}}</ref>

=== Civil War period ===
{{Main|Georgia in the American Civil War}}
Few Georgia counties suffered during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] as much as McIntosh County. The agricultural loss of the plantations was devastating. Even the lumber industry was destroyed, along with the once-thriving seaport town of [[Darien, Georgia]] which was the result of the burning of Darien in the "[[total war]]" tactics of [[James Montgomery (colonel)|James Montgomery]] in June 1863.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/1stdragoon/files/rgs_darien.html |title=The Raid on Darien, Georgia |date=July 28, 2008 |access-date=May 30, 2016 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080728173706/http://www.geocities.com/1stdragoon/files/rgs_darien.html |archive-date=July 28, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw|last=Duncan|first=Russell|publisher=The University of Georgia Press|year=1992|isbn=9780820342771|location=Georgia|pages=341–345}}</ref>

==== Capture of 26 old men====
[[File:Capture of 26 men.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Sign about capture of 26 men]]
After the burning of Darien in 1863 under the command of [[U.S. Army]] Col. [[James Montgomery (colonel)|James Montgomery]], the area was left mostly defenseless. A group of civilians, generally too old for military service, were the only defense against looting by the U.S. military from the naval blockade boats. The men were meeting at Ebenezer Church on the night of August 3, 1864. A spy told the U.S. military about the meeting. U.S. troops surrounded the church and opened fire. The 26 men were captured, marched to near Darien (about 10 miles away), put on ships and sent to prisons in the north.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/wm3JMG_Capture_of_23_Old_Men_in_1864_095_33_McIntosh_County_GA|title=Capture of 23 Old Men in 1864 095-33 - McIntosh County, GA - Georgia Historical Markers on Waymarking.com|website=www.waymarking.com}}</ref>

=== Reconstruction ===
{{Main|Georgia during Reconstruction}}
[[File:The Smallest Church in America, McIntosh Co, GA, US.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Smallest Church in America <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.exploregeorgia.org/darien/general/historic-sites-trails-tours/the-smallest-church-in-america |title=The Smallest Church in America }}</ref>]]
From the end of the Civil war to Georgia's 1907 disenfranchisement laws, McIntosh County was a base of black political power in the state. "Tunis Campbell was the highest-ranking and most influential African American politician in nineteenth-century Georgia", according to the ''New Georgia Encyclopedia''.<ref name="Tunis Campbell (NGE)">{{cite web |last1=Duncan |first1=Russell |title=Tunis Campbell (1812-1891) |url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/tunis-campbell-1812-1891 |website=New Georgia Encyclopedia |publisher=Georgia Humanities |access-date=February 25, 2020 |date=February 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703181107/https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/tunis-campbell-1812-1891 |archive-date=July 3, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> In March 1865, [[Tunis Campbell Sr.|Tunis G. Campbell Sr.]] was put in supervision of land claims at the [[Freedmen's Bureau]] for a group of Georgia barrier islands, including [[Sapelo Island|Sapelo]] in McIntosh County. After the land in question was returned to plantation owners by President Andrew Johnson, “Campbell quickly purchased 1,250 acres at Belle Ville in McIntosh County and there established an association of black landowners to divide parcels and profit from the land.”<ref name="Tunis Campbell (NGE)"/>

After the military registration carried out in early 1867, 600 black people and 307 white people were on the voter rolls in McIntosh.<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Returns |newspaper=The Weekly Constitutionalist |url=https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn87090503/1868-05-06/ed-1/seq-7/ |access-date=September 24, 2019 |publisher=Stockton & Co. |date=May 6, 1868 |location=Augusta, Ga. |page=7 |volume=27 |issue=19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225195456/https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn87090503/1868-05-06/ed-1/seq-7/ |archive-date=February 25, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Election Returns |newspaper=Federal Union |url=https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85038488/1868-05-05/ed-1/seq-3/ |access-date=October 4, 2019 |publisher=Boughton, Barnes & Moore |date=May 5, 1868 |location=Milledgeville, Ga. |page=3 |volume=38 |issue=40 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225195457/https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85038488/1868-05-05/ed-1/seq-3/ |archive-date=February 25, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In late 1867, Campbell was elected as one of two delegates from the second senatorial district – Liberty, McIntosh, and Tattnall counties – to Georgia's constitutional convention.<ref name="Order 89">{{cite book |last1=Pope |first1=John |title=United States Congressional serial set, Volume 1346 |chapter=General Orders No. 89 |date=November 19, 1867 |publisher=Headquarters Third Military District |location=Atlanta, Ga. |page=118 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hlpHAQAAIAAJ&q=third+military+district+general+orders+no+89&pg=RA15-PA118 |access-date=February 25, 2020}}</ref>

In April 1868, Campbell was elected as the state senator for the second district, and his son Tunis G. Campbell Jr. was elected as state representative for McIntosh County.<ref name="Order 90">{{cite book |last1=Drum |first1=R.C. |title=United States Congressional serial set, Volume 1362 |chapter=General Orders No. 90 |date=June 25, 1868 |publisher=Headquarters Third Military District |location=Atlanta, Ga. |pages=5–7 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cvxXAAAAcAAJ&q=third+military+district+general+orders+no+90&pg=RA6-PA45 |access-date=February 25, 2020}}</ref> While both Campbells were among the black legislators expelled later in 1868, they were able to return to office in 1871; Campbell Sr. left office in 1872, while Campbell Jr. served until 1874.<ref name="Register 1957-8">{{cite book |title=Georgia's Official Register, 1957-1958 |publisher=Longino & Porter |location=Hapeville, Ga. |pages=986, 1176 |url=http://statregister.galileo.usg.edu/statregister/view?docId=statregister/stat1957/stat1957-1180.xml |access-date= February 25, 2020}}</ref>

Campbell Sr. also served as the Vice President of the Georgia Republican Party. As an elected official, “Campbell [Sr.] organized a black power structure in McIntosh County that protected freed people from white abuses, whether against their bodies or in labor negotiations,” and he was rumored to be protected by a 300-person militia.<ref name="Tunis Campbell (NGE)"/> In fact, that power structure lasted for decades, as evidenced by the fact that the county had three black representatives from 1875 to 1907: Amos R. Rodgers (1878–79), Lectured Crawford (1886–7, 1890–1, 1900–1), and William H. Rogers (1902–07).<ref name="Register 1957-8"/>

===Civil rights period===
Despite its large number of black residents, McIntosh County politics continued to be dominated by whites well into the 1970s, even following the federal civil rights legislation of the previous decade. In September 1975, the Georgia Legal Services Program, on behalf of the local [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People|NAACP]], filed suit in [[United States district court|United States District Court]], alleging that women and blacks were systematically excluded from [[Grand jury|grand juries]] responsible for appointing members to the McIntosh County Board of Education. The following May, plaintiffs and county officials reached an agreement providing for random jury selection.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rationing Justice: Poverty Lawyers and Poor People in the Deep South|last=Shepard|first=Kris|publisher=Louisiana State University Press|year=2001|isbn=9780807132074|pages=182–187}}</ref>

In 1977, the NAACP filed separate suits against McIntosh County and the City of Darien, alleging improper districting for county and city commission seats. The county settled out of court, agreeing to redraw its commission boundaries to include a black-majority district. The NAACP lost its suit against the city, but this decision was remanded and reversed in 1979 by the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Circuit.|first=United States Court of Appeals, Fifth|date=October 19, 1979|title=605 F2d 753 McIntosh County Branch of the Naacp v. City of Darien|url=http://openjurist.org/605/f2d/753/mcintosh-county-branch-of-the-naacp-v-city-of-darien|volume=F2d|issue=605|page=753|access-date=June 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617075156/http://openjurist.org/605/f2d/753/mcintosh-county-branch-of-the-naacp-v-city-of-darien|archive-date=June 17, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[Melissa Fay Greene#Publications|Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction]]'' ({{ISBN|0-201-55048-2}}) by [[Melissa Fay Greene]] narrates the events surrounding the civil rights movement in McIntosh County, particularly the death of Sheriff Thomas H. Poppell and the 1978 election of black rights activist Thurnell Alston as [[county commissioner]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/20/books/books-of-the-times-changing-race-relations-in-a-georgia-county.html|title=Books of The Times; Changing Race Relations In a Georgia County|last=Mitgang|first=Herbert|date=November 20, 1991|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=May 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630171019/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/20/books/books-of-the-times-changing-race-relations-in-a-georgia-county.html|archive-date=June 30, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|574|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|424|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|150|sqmi}} (26.1%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824085937/https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|archive-date=August 24, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

The vast majority of McIntosh County is located in the [[Ogeechee River|Ogeechee]] Coastal sub-basin of the larger Ogeechee basin. The entire southwestern border of the county is located in the [[Altamaha River]] sub-basin of the basin by the same name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022025219/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |archive-date=October 22, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Liberty County, Georgia|Liberty County]] (north)
* [[Glynn County, Georgia|Glynn County]] (south)
* [[Wayne County, Georgia|Wayne County]] (west)
* [[Long County, Georgia|Long County]] (northwest)

===National protected areas===
* [[Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge]]

===Islands===
{{div col}}
* [[Sapelo Island]]
* [[Blackbeard Island]]
* Four Mile Island
* [[Creighton Island]]
* Wolf Island
* [[Black Island, Georgia|Black Island]]
* [[Hird Island]]
* Little Sapelo Island
* [[Wahoo Island]]
{{div col end}}

==Communities==

===City===
* [[Darien, Georgia|Darien]] (county seat)

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Crescent, Georgia|Crescent]]
* [[Eulonia, Georgia|Eulonia]]
* [[Townsend, Georgia|Townsend]]
* [[Valona, Georgia|Valona]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1800 = 2660
| 1810 = 3739
| 1820 = 5129
| 1830 = 4998
| 1840 = 5360
| 1850 = 6027
| 1860 = 5546
| 1870 = 4491
| 1880 = 6241
| 1890 = 6470
| 1900 = 6537
| 1910 = 6442
| 1920 = 5119
| 1930 = 5763
| 1940 = 5292
| 1950 = 6008
| 1960 = 6364
| 1970 = 7371
| 1980 = 8046
| 1990 = 8634
| 2000 = 10847
| 2010 = 14333
| 2020 = 10975
|estyear=2023
|estimate=11501
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 31, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref><br>1790-1880<ref name=1880CensusGACty>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800 |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-08.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1910|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref><br> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1930-1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1940-1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia - |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960-1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1980-2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web |title=State & County QuickFacts |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13191.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=June 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607131537/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13191.html |archive-date=June 7, 2011 }}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+McIntosh County racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US13191&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 14, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|7,060
|64.33%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|3,176
|28.94%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|32
|0.29%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|43
|0.39%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|433
|3.95%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|231
|2.1%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 10,975 people, 6,042 households, and 4,065 families residing in the county.

==Transportation==

===Major highways===
* {{jct|I|95|state=GA}} (Interstate 95)
* {{jct|BL|95|state=GA|dab1=Darien}} (Business Loop 95)
* {{jct|US|17|state=GA}}
* {{jct|SR|25|state=GA}}
* {{jct|SR|57|state=GA}} (The Wiregrass Trail)
* {{jct|SR|99|state=GA}}
* {{jct|SR|131|state=GA}} (decommissioned)
* {{jct|SR|251|state=GA}}
* {{jct|SR|405|state=GA}} (unsigned designation for I-95)

===Traffic signals===
McIntosh County is noteworthy for being the only county in its area having no cycled traffic lights. There are two flashing lights in the county, however. One is at the four-way stop intersection of [[U.S. Highway 17|US-17]] and [[Georgia State Route 99|GA-99]] in [[Eulonia, Georgia|Eulonia]], and the other is at the intersection of [[U.S. Highway 17|US-17]] and First Street in downtown Darien. There have been discussions in Darien of placing a traffic signal at the intersection of [[Georgia State Route 251|GA-251]] and [[U.S. Highway 17|US-17]], as well as at the [[Interstate 95 in Georgia|Interstate 95]] exit ramps on [[Georgia State Route 251|GA-251]], as traffic flow has increased in Darien in recent years. However, no definite plans have been made in regards to potential future traffic signals.{{Citation needed|date=May 2016}}

===Railroads===
McIntosh County is also one of just a handful of counties in Georgia that no longer has an active [[Rail transport|railroad]]. The short-lived [[Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad]] once ran along present-day SR 99 and SR 57 but was removed by 1919. The more recent [[Seaboard Coast Line Railroad]] ran north to south along the western part of the county, through [[Townsend, Georgia|Townsend]] for most of the twentieth century. However, the track from [[Riceboro, Georgia|Riceboro]] in Liberty County to Seals in Camden County was removed by [[CSX Transportation|CSX]] in the late 1980s, leaving McIntosh County without any railroad track. Evidence of the railroad corridor can still be seen in many areas, though.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abandonedrails.com/Ludowici_to_Collins|title=Abandoned Rails: Ludowici to Collins|website=www.abandonedrails.com|access-date=May 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403065353/http://www.abandonedrails.com/Ludowici_to_Collins|archive-date=April 3, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Politics==
A [[Solid South|Democratic stronghold]] in the 20th century, McIntosh has now more recently leaned Republican, backing [[Donald Trump]] by the most it has supported a GOP presidential candidate since [[Richard Nixon]] in [[1972 United States presidential election in Georgia|1972]], despite Trump's narrow statewide loss in [[2020 United States presidential election in Georgia|2020]] and Nixon's landslide victory.{{PresHead|place=McIntosh County, Georgia|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323225526/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|archive-date=March 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
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==Notable people==
* [[Thomas Spalding]] (March 25, 1774 – January 5, 1851) United States Representative
* [[John McIntosh Kell]] (1823 - October 5, 1900) Executive Officer of the [[CSS Alabama]]
* [[Charles S. Thomas]] (December 6, 1849 – June 24, 1934)  [[United States Senator]] for [[Colorado]]
* [[Arthur Conley]] (January 4, 1946 – November 17, 2003) soul singer
* [[Allen Bailey]] (March 25, 1989 – ) Defensive end for [[Kansas City Chiefs]]

==See also==
{{Portal|State of Georgia}}
* [[Fort King George]]
* [[Fort Barrington]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in McIntosh County, Georgia]]
*[[List of counties in Georgia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.mcintoshcountyga.com/ McIntosh County website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051024164649/http://gabooks.com/mcntinfo.htm History of McIntosh County]
* [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/gahistmarkers/gamarkersL-R.htm#anchor1336865 Historical Markers in McIntosh County]
* [http://www.Shoutforfreedom.Synthasite.com McIntosh County Shouters]

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = McIntosh County, Georgia
|North     = [[Liberty County, Georgia|Liberty County]]
|Northeast =
|East      = [[Atlantic Ocean]]
|Southeast =
|South     = [[Glynn County, Georgia|Glynn County]]
|Southwest =
|West      = [[Wayne County, Georgia|Wayne County]]
|Northwest = [[Long County, Georgia|Long County]]
}}
{{McIntosh County, Georgia}}
{{Georgia (U.S. state)}}
{{Gullah topics|state=collapsed}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Coord|31.48|-81.37|display=title|type:adm2nd_region:US-GA_source:UScensus1990}}

[[Category:McIntosh County, Georgia| ]]
[[Category:Georgia (U.S. state) counties]]
[[Category:1793 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Brunswick metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Gullah country]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1793]]