OUR HISTORY
Tifton is known as the Friendly City and the heartbeat hub of South Central Georgia. It was founded in 1872 by Captain Henry Harding Tift, a steamship engineer from Connecticut, who arrived in Georgia to harvest timber for the family shipbuilding business.
Agri-farming region
With easy travel access from 1-75, U.S. 319 and U.S. 82, Tifton is an agricultural center, an $80 million agri-farming region of the richest land in the South, producing row crops, turf, and vegetables. Tifton has a great background in education, defending the title of the Reading Capital of the World, plus two colleges and a technical college. Tifton is a regional medical hub, with Tift Regional Medical Center staffed by 125+ doctors.
Museums and more
Tifton provides a great location for business meetings and conventions at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, which has seating for 2,500 for concerts and fifteen meeting rooms with free parking and a full event-planning staff. Tifton has many unique museums: the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Living History Farm and Village, the Tifton Terminal Railroad Museum, The Museum of Arts and Heritage, and the Plant Telecommunications Telephone Museum.
the great outdoors
Tifton has wonderful sporting facilities, including a sanctioned aquatic center, an updated football stadium as a professional practice field, eight football and soccer fields, eight softball and baseball fields, fifteen tennis courts, a bowling alley, and two public championship golf courses and private golf courses. Public fishing areas, numerous parks and gardens, and a variety of “u-pick” farms provide plenty of outdoor family enjoyment. Visit tifton.net or tiftontourism.com for more info.
KEY NUMBERS
130 E. 1st Street
Tifton, GA 31794
229-391-3957
tifton.net
5518 Alabama Ave.
Omega, GA 31775
229-528-4400
141 E. Elman St.
TyTy, GA 31795
229-382-9476
3057 US Hwy 41 S
Tifton, GA 31794
dds.ga.gov
205 John Howard Way
Tifton, GA 31794
800-275-8777
usps.com
225 Tift Ave. Room 106
Tifton, GA 31794
229-386-7820
tiftcounty.org
100 S. Central Ave.
Tifton, GA 31794
229-382-6200
tiftonchamber.org
229-382-8700
tiftontourism.com
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222-B Chestnutt Ave.
Tifton, GA 31794
229-386-7915
tiftcounty.org
Plant TiftNet
1703 US Hwy 82 W
Tifton, GA 31793
229-382-3003
tiftnet.com
Colquitt EMC
1612 King Rd.
Tifton, GA 31793
229-386-2278
colquittemc.com
Georgia Power Co.
888-660-5890
georgiapower.com
City of Tifton
1000 Armour Road
Tifton, GA 31794
229-391-3964
Constellation Energy
877-677-4355
Georgia Natural Gas
877-850-6200
Infinite Energy Inc.
877-342-5434
The Valdost Daily Times
201 N. Troup Street
Valdosta, GA 31601
229-244-1880
valdostadailytimes.com
Loch Laurel Collection Center
4758 Loch Laurel Rd
Lake Park, GA 31636
Fri, Sat, Mon: 7am-7pm
Sunday: 1pm-7pm
advanceddisposal.com
TRASH
Golden Environmental
21 Farmer’s Market Rd.
Tifton, GA 31794
229-382-0309
WATER
City of Tifton
130 E. 1st Street
Tifton, GA 31794
229-391-3957
tifton.net
911 – EMERGENCY
(police, fire, ambulance)
Tift City Fire Department
229-391-3972
Tift County Unincorporated
Omega/Tyty Fire Department
229-388-6051
GA State Patrol
229-386-3333
Tift County Sheriff
229-388-6020
Tifton Police Dept
229-382-3132
Omega Police Dept
229-528-4911
Federal Bureau of Investigation
229-247-2292
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
229-777-2080
Animal Control & Shelter
229-382-7387
Poison Control
1-800-222-1222
- 229-245-8383
- P.O. BOX 2414 Valdosta, GA 31604
- info@sgaconnections.com
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