Welcome to Taliaferro County, Georgia

Taliaferro County is located in east central Georgia in the Piedmont region. It is 197 square miles of rolling farmland, pastures, forests and streams. Taliaferro is ninety miles east of Atlanta and fifty miles west of Augusta. Interstate 20, Hwy 278 and the Augusta-Atlanta railroad come through the center of the county.

Taliaferro County (pronounced “Tolliver”) is a Camera Ready Community. Thirteen movies, made for the theatre and television, have been made in Taliaferro County/ Crawfordville since 1978. Most notable are Sweet Home Alabama, Get Low, and Coward of the County. Actors and actresses who starred in Taliaferro productions throughout the years include Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Patrick Dempsey, Dennis Quaid, Kenny Rogers, Dennis Hopper, Neil Patrick Harris, Jane Seymour, and Lou Gossett, Jr. to name just a few.

Come see what all the buzz is about – Visit Taliaferro County, Crawfordville & Sharon, Georgia!

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETINGS:

Taliaferro County Board of Commissioners meetings: First Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m., Old Athens Tech Building, 116 Monument Street, Crawfordville.

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