Tifton

city in and the county seat of Tift County, Georgia, United States

Tifton is a city of 17,000 people (2019) in the Plantation Midlands of Georgia. Sites in the area include the Coastal Plain Research Arboretum, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, and the Georgia Museum of Agriculture & Historic Village. The Tifton Residential Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Tift County Courthouse

Understand

History

Tifton was founded in 1872 in Berrien County at the junction of the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad and the Brunswick and Western Railroad by sawmill owner Henry H. Tift. Tifton was incorporated as a city in 1890. In 1905, it was designated county seat of the newly formed Tift County.

Several Chicago-Florida passenger trains made stops in Tifton: the Atlantic Coast Line's Seminole, Flamingo and City of Miami and the Southern Railway's Ponce de Leon and Royal Palm. With the discontinuance of the Royal Palm in 1970, Tifton was left without passenger service.

Get in

By car

Interstate 75, US 82, US 319.

By bus

  • The Greyhound stop is at 306 E 5th St.
  • In addition, RedCoach provides service from Atlanta and various cities in Florida. Buses stop at the Pilot Truck Stop at 4431 Union Rd.

Get around

See

Do

Buy

Eat

  • Asahi Express Japanese Steak, 814 2nd St W,, ☏ +1-229-387-8611. 11AM - 9:30PM. Best Asian food in Tifton. Beautiful Koi fish. Be patient with waiters. Best place to bring a date. $6 - 14. (updated Sep 2016)
  • El Cazador, 1103 King Rd, ☏ +1 229 386-2126. Su-Th 11AM - 10PM, F Sa 11AM-10:30PM. Reserve at least one week ahead (one month for Cinco de Mayo). Great for impressing out-of-town guests. 
  • Hog-N-Bones (Formerly Sonnys), 2008 US Highway 82 W, ☏ +1 (229) 238- 2491. M-TH 6AM-8PM, F Sa 6AM-9PM. Great local bbq and beer, no reservations. (updated May 2018)

Drink

Sleep

Connect

  • The local area code is 229 and is not required for local calls.

Go next

Routes through Tifton
Macon ← Warner Robins ←  N  S  → Hahira → Gainesville
Macon ← Warner Robins ←  N  S  → Hahira → Lake City
Albany ← Sylvester ←  W  E  → Waycross → Brunswick
Tallahassee ← Moultrie ←  SW  NE  → Fitzgerald → Dublin


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