TOCCOA TIMES, NEWS, RECORD

HISTORY

Newspaper

  • On Round 1 selection list.

  • Habersham County paper of record.

  • 1873 Toccoa news (Toccoa, Ga. : 1880) established. Its publisher was Edw. Schaefer and editor, J.W. Harris.

  • 1889 Toccoa news (Toccoa, Ga. : 1880) becomes the Toccoa news and Piedmont industrial journal published by Edwards and Keese)

  • 1890 Demorest times established. Demorest was a prohibition town.

  • 1893 Toccoa news and Piedmont industrial journal becomes the Toccoa news (Toccoa, Ga. : 1893) (published by Edwards and Keese)

  • 1896 Toccoa times (published by W. AL. [sic] Fowler) merges with Toccoa news (Toccoa, Ga. : 1893) to form the Toccoa times-news (published by W. AL. [sic] Fowler).

  • 1897 Toccoa news (Toccoa, Ga. : 1893) and Toccoa times merge to form the Southern record (published by Southern Publishing Co.)

  • 1901 Southern record changes its name to Toccoa record

  • 1995 Toccoa record merges with Stephens County chieftain (published by Community Newspapers) to form Chieftain & Toccoa record (published by Community Newspapers)

  • 2000 Chieftain & Toccoa record becomes the Toccoa record (Toccoa, Ga. : 2000) . The paper, published by Patrick Neal, continues to publish under this title.

City

County seat of Stephens County, 1905-. Prior to the formation of Stephens County, Toccoa was part of Habersham County.

  • Rowell

County

Habersham (-1905)

Superior Court Districts

  • Western Circuit, Dec. 19, 1818-Aug. 8, 1881

  • Northeastern Circuit, Aug. 8, 1881-

Population - Census

  • 1820 3145

  • 1830 10671

  • 1840 7961

  • 1850 8895

  • 1860 5966

  • 1870 6322

  • 1880 8718

  • 1890 11573

  • 1900 13604

Stephens County (1905-)

Superior Court Districts

  • Northeastern Circuit, Aug. 18, 1905-Feb. 7, 1949

  • Mountain Circuit, Feb. 7, 1949-

Population - Census

  • 1910 9728

  • 1920 11215

  • 1930 11740

  • 1940 12972

  • 1950 16647

  • 1960 18391

  • 1970 20331


ALREADY DIGITIZED BY DLG

  • North-east Georgian (Clarkesville, Ga.) , Dec 23, 1857

FILM HOLDINGS

Toccoa news (Toccoa, Ga. : 1880)

  1. Mar 20, 1880 - Apr 13, 1889 on reel with Toccoa news and Piedmont industrial journal

Demorest times sn 88054062

  1. Mar 1891 - 1894

  2. Mar 27, 1891; Jun 21 - Oct 5, 1894

  3. Jun 3, 1892

Toccoa times weekly sn 88054063

Oct 19, 1894 - May 6, 1896 (on reel with Demorest Times)

Toccoa news and Piedmont industrial journal weekly sn 88054060

Apr 20, 1889 - Jul 1889 (on reel with Toccoa news (Toccoa, Ga. : 1880) )

  1. Aug 1889 - Feb 4, 1893 (on reel with Toccoa news (Toccoa, Ga. : 1893) )

Toccoa news (Toccoa, Ga. : 1893)

  1. May 30, 1891 - Jun 1894 (on reel with The Toccoa times-news, Southern record (Toccoa, Ga.), and The Toccoa record)

Feb 10, 1893 - Sep 26, 1895 (on reel with Toccoa news and Piedmont industrial journal)

Toccoa times-news weekly sn 88054064

Aug 28, 1896 - Feb 5, 1897 (on reel with Toccoa news (Toccoa, Ga. : 1893) etc.)

Southern record (Toccoa, Ga.) sn88054065

Feb 19, 1897 - Dec 22, 1898 (on reel with Toccoa news (Toccoa, Ga. : 1893) etc.)

Toccoa record sn88054061

Mar. 8, 1901 - Nov. 14, 1902 (on reel with Toccoa news (Toccoa, Ga. : 1893) etc.)

  1. Dec 1902 - Apr 1907

  2. 1906 - 1971 (suppl)

  3. May 1907 - Jul 1909

  4. Aug 1909 - Oct 1911

  5. Nov 1911 - Oct 1913

  6. Nov 1913 - Dec 1915

  7. Jan 1916 - Jul 1921

  8. Jan 1918 - Sep 1919

  9. Oct 1919 - Dec 1920