Description

Located in southeast Georgia, 68 km (42 mi) southwest of Savannah; County Seat: Ludowici.

History

Formed from Liberty County; created on 14 August 1920 and named in honor of Crawford Williamson Long (1815-1878), a medical doctor who pioneered the use of sulphuric ether as an anesthesia for surgury in March 1842. (GA-T21/p135)

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