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Candler County Courthouse

705 N Lewis St.

Metter, GA 30439-3333
(912) 658-2835
FAX: (912) 685-4823

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Candler County History

Candler County was created from parts of Bulloch, Emanuel, and Tattnall counties on November 3, 1914 by an amendment to the Constitution of 1877. Georgia's 48th county was named for former Governor Allen D. Candler (1834-1910).

The Candler County Courthouse, built in 1921, and the South Metter Residential Historic District, comprised of 75 late 19th and early 20th century homes on landscaped boulevards, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Candler County covers about 247 square miles. The proposed constitusional amendment provided that Metter be the county seat. Originating as a railroad station on the Georgia Railroad, Metter was first incorporated as a town in 1903. Kenneth Krakow attributes the name to a railroad officials explanation of how he first met his wife…….he “met her” at the train station.

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Bordering counties are Bulloch, Emanuel, and Tattnall Counties

Candler County Messages Boards – Post your queries, bible records, biographies, cemeteries, census & more.

Candler Public Library
P.O. Box 268
Metter, GA 30439- 0083

Candler County Historical Society
PO Box 325
Metter, GA 30439
 

Dixie Guards.org

Georgia Counties List

Georgia Birth Certificates - Birth-Certificates.net

Georgia Newspapers by County

John E. Ladson, Jr. Genealogical Library, Vidalia, GA.

Metter-Candler Chamber of Commerce

Metter Georgia

49 S.Rountree Street

Metter, Georgia 30439

Phone: (912)685-2527

Fax: (912)685-3364

Statesboro Regional Library
124 South Main Street
Statesboro, Georgia 30458
(912) 764-1329

The Huxford Genealogical Society, Inc.

USGenWeb Archives Candler County

County Records

• Clerk of Superior Court [has Court Records from 1915 and Land Records from 1915 ]
  355 S. Broad St., Courthouse Sq. , 9 PO Drawer 830, METTER, GA 30439; 9126855257, Fax: 9126852946
• Probate Court Clerk [has Probate Records from 1915 and Marriage Records from 1915 ]
  Courthouse Square, Metter, GA 30439; 912-685-2357 / FAX 685-5130
• Vital Records [Birth & Death Records from 1919-Present ] [Order Online]
  (see Georgia Dept of Health below)

Genealogical Addresses & Links

• The Statesboro Regional Library
• Georgia Division of Public Health, Vital Records Department,
  Rm 217-H, 47 Trinity Ave. SW, Atlanta, GA 30334-5600; Tel: 404-656-4750, [EMAIL]
• Georgia State Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260; 678.364.3700
  For history, genealogy, or other research: Reference Services Tel: (678) 364-3710 , [EMAIL]
• Georgia Historical Society, 501 Whitaker Str, Savannah, GA 31401; 912-651-2125,  Fax: 912-651-2831
• Georgia Genealogical Society,P.O. Box 54574, Atlanta, Georgia 30308-0575, [EMAIL]
• Vital Records.com

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