History |
McIntosh County was created in 1793 from part of Liberty County. The state's 17th county was named for the McIntosh clan who pioneered the area.
McIntosh County is rich in historical sites. Fort King George, the first English fort in Georgia, was on the site of Darien. In the late 16th century, Franciscan friars from Spain established a mission on a bluff near Darien. On the same site had been an Indian village of great antiquity. Ruins of a Spanish fort and mission are also found on Sapelo Island.
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Points of Interest |
McIntosh County contains Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness Area, Fort King George, Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness, and Sapelo Island National Estuarine Sanctuary.
McIntosh County is located approximately midway between Savannah and Jacksonville, Florida on the Georgia coast.
St. Cyprians Episcopal Church was establised in 1876 by freed slaves. Still in use, this tabby-construction church features stained glass and buttresses, typical of Gothic architecture. Also, the St. Andrews Episcopal Church, on nearby Vernon Square, was burned in 1863 when Union troops torched Darien. The present structure, copied from an English church, was completed in 1878, and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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