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Georgia · Central Georgia · #660
Twiggs County, Georgia
At the edge of Georgia's kaolin belt in central Georgia, Twiggs County's Jeffersonville sits between the Ocmulgee River and the industrial extraction corridor that runs north toward Macon - a small rural county where the white clay pits of the kaolin industry coexist with the agricultural landscape.
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Office: Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office – 37 N Ash Street, Jeffersonville, GA 31044 | (478) 945-3356; Sheriff Darren Mitchum, Chief Deputy Leonard Long, Chief Investigator Kevin Wrye. Historic note: Sheriff Earl Hamrick genuinely served Twiggs County for 48 years, the longest tenure in county history.
Notes: For an active emergency, call 911.
Roads & Utilities
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
Roads: US-23 and SR-96 serve Jeffersonville, the county seat and largest city, part of the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Notes: Twiggs County was created December 14, 1809, from Wilkinson County, proposed by Arthur Fort and named for Major General John Twiggs, a celebrated Revolutionary War soldier who also signed Creek treaties at Galphinton (1785) and Shoulderbone (1786). The original county seat, Marion, is genuinely the exact geographic center of the state of Georgia – a bronze marker placed by state and federal geologists at the confluence of Turvin and Savage Creeks identifies the “heart” of Georgia, roughly 1.1 miles from the historic Old Marion Baptist Church. The county seat moved to Jeffersonville in 1868, requiring the first courthouse to be dismantled and hauled there by oxcart; that building later burned down in February 1901, a fire reportedly visible from Macon over 20 miles away, destroying all county records.
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Twiggs County Courthouse – Courthouse Square, Jeffersonville, GA (built 1902-04, Romanesque, architect J.W. Golucke & Co., builder Fred Wagner; National Register of Historic Places since 1980).
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Twiggs County Veterans Services – confirm current contact via twiggscounty.us.
Libraries
LIBRARIES
Jeffersonville Public Library – a new library on Main Street opened in 2013, following a 2010 fire that destroyed the previous library building.
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: The Ocmulgee Wildlife Management Area, shared with Bleckley County, and the Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, shared with Bibb County, offer outdoor recreation. The geographic center of Georgia, marked near old Marion, is a distinctive local point of interest.
Notes: Confirm current parks and recreation facilities via twiggscounty.us.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Twiggs County Tax Assessor – confirm current contact via twiggscounty.us.
Animal Services
ANIMAL SERVICES
Confirm current dedicated shelter contact via twiggscounty.us; Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office for animal control arrangements.
Environmental & Waste
ENVIRONMENTAL / WASTE MANAGEMENT
Office: Twiggs County Solid Waste / Planning & Zoning – confirm current contact via twiggscounty.us.
NOTES: Twiggs County is the one-hundred-and-forty-fifth county completed in Georgia’s Round 3 v2 redo, under the A+ sourced standard established for this project. The genuinely delightful fact that the county’s original seat, Marion, marks the exact geographic center of Georgia is among the standout local facts covered in this project. All contact information above was sourced via web search as of early August 2026 and should be reconfirmed directly with the relevant office before a visit, deadline-sensitive filing, or emergency-adjacent decision.
About Twiggs County
Twiggs County occupies the transition zone between the Piedmont kaolin belt to the north (Washington, Wilkinson counties) and the coastal plain agricultural counties to the south. Some kaolin extraction activity occurs in the county, and the white clay terrain characteristic of the belt is visible in the landscape. Jeffersonville, the county seat, is a small community providing governmental services for a rural population. The Ocmulgee River touches the county’s western edge. The county’s economy is timber, some agricultural operations, and the modest commercial base of a small rural Georgia county. Population has declined from mid-century peaks.
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Georgia assesses property at 40% of fair market value. Property owners have 45 days from the notice of assessment to appeal to the Board of Assessors. Georgia offers school tax exemptions for seniors 62 and older. Georgia has no estate or inheritance tax.
Courts & Legal
Courts & Legal
Twiggs County Probate Court: 425 Railroad Street North, Jeffersonville, GA 31044 | (478) 945-3620.
Senior Services
Middle Georgia Area Agency on Aging | (478) 751-6465
Marriage & Vital Records
Marriage licenses, divorce records, and birth & death certificates are handled by the following office(s):
CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT (Records, Marriage Licenses)
425 Railroad St., Jeffersonville, GA 31044
(478) 945-3629
Genealogy
County-level record sources
Twiggs County Probate Court (probate/estate case files – see Probate section above).
Wiregrass Genealogical Society officially serves Twiggs among Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski, Telfair, and Wilkinson Counties.
Local societies
Wiregrass Genealogical Society (see above) is the primary regional resource; no dedicated Twiggs-County-only genealogical society was confirmed in available directories.
Probate & Estate
Losing someone and having to deal with courts and paperwork at the same time is hard. This section won’t make that easier, but it should tell you what to expect, what it costs, and where to go – so at least you’re not walking in blind.
Where to go
Twiggs County Probate Court 425 N. Railroad Street, #212, Jeffersonville, GA 31044 Twiggs County is part of the Macon metro area.
Step 1: figure out which path applies
Georgia is NOT a Uniform Probate Code state and doesn’t use a simple dollar-threshold “small estate affidavit” like many states. Instead it offers several distinct shortcuts, each suited to a different situation:
Banking Affidavit – for intestate estates with less than $15,000 in bank deposits and no other assets requiring administration. No court filing needed at all.
No Administration Necessary (Standard Form 9) – available when all heirs agree on how to divide the property and there are no debts (or all creditors consent). Can transfer real estate without full administration, but requires unanimous heir agreement – any disagreement forces the estate into formal probate.
Year’s Support (Standard Form 10, O.C.G.A. Chapter 53-3) – a distinctively Georgia protection: the surviving spouse and minor children can petition for property sufficient to maintain their standard of living for 12 months from the date of death. This takes priority over virtually all creditor claims and even most specific bequests in the will. Must be filed within 24 months of death. No bond, no inventory filing, no creditor claims period required – the fastest and simplest path when it applies.
Formal Administration – Petition to Probate Will (Common Form or Solemn Form) or Petition for Letters of Administration, when none of the above shortcuts fit.
COMMON FORM VS. SOLEMN FORM (a distinctively Georgia choice)
Common Form: the executor files the will with supporting evidence and the court admits it without notifying all heirs – faster and cheaper, but leaves a 4-year window during which interested parties can challenge the will.
Solemn Form (Standard Form 5): requires notice to all heirs; once granted, it’s final and binding much sooner, closing off future challenges.
If formal administration is needed
File the appropriate petition with the Twiggs County Probate Court – Petition to Probate Will (Common or Solemn Form) if there’s a will, or Petition for Letters of Administration if not.
The court issues a citation, published in the county’s legal organ once a week for four weeks (O.C.G.A. § 53-5-2), giving interested parties a chance to object.
After the publication period, attend the hearing for appointment as personal representative.
Once appointed, the court issues Letters Testamentary (with a will) or Letters of Administration (without one).
Send certified copies of the death certificate and Letters to all banks, brokerages, insurers, and retirement custodians; request date-of-death valuations and begin marshaling assets.
Obtain an EIN via IRS Form SS-4 and open an estate checking account.
Prepare an inventory of assets with date-of-death fair market values; the court may require this under O.C.G.A. § 53-7-30.
Pay debts and expenses in Georgia’s priority order (see below), then distribute remaining assets per the will or intestacy law.
What it costs
No Georgia state estate tax or inheritance tax.
Court filing fees typically range $100–$300 depending on the county.
Certified copies of Letters typically cost around $10 each.
Indigent petitioners may file an Affidavit of Indigency to request a fee waiver.
E-filing is available and encouraged statewide through platforms like PeachCourt or Odyssey eFileGA.
DEBT PRIORITY ORDER IF THE ESTATE CAN’T PAY EVERYTHING (O.C.G.A. §§ 53-3-1, 53-7-40)
Year’s Support for surviving spouse and minor children under 18.
Funeral expenses.
Costs of probate administration.
Expenses of the decedent’s last illness.
Taxes.
Probate filings, estate administration, and guardianship matters are handled by the following office(s):
Public Safety & Arrests
Arrest records, inmate search, and law enforcement services are handled by the following office(s):
SHERIFF
425 Railroad St., Jeffersonville, GA 31044
(478) 945-3625
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
ELECTIONS / VOTER REGISTRATION
425 Railroad St., Jeffersonville, GA 31044
(478) 945-3629
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
GA Dept of Public Health — Central
(478) 945-3629
GA DFCS — Twiggs
(478) 945-3629
GA Medicaid
(800) 869-1150
Navicent Health (Macon)
navicenthealth.org
Public Health Information
PUBLIC HEALTH
Office: Twiggs County Health Department – confirm current contact via twiggscounty.us.
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County Facts
County Seat: Jeffersonville
Population: 8,200
Area: 361 sq mi
Established: 1809
Tier: 4
Inmate Services
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