vidalia,georgiahistory

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About Vidalia, GA

History & Heritage

Vidalia, incorporated in 1890, was originally called Jenkins Station for its railroad depot, which was named after local landowner Warren T. Jenkins. There are ...

History of the Vidalia Onion

The State of Georgia built a Farmer's Market in Vidalia, and because the small town was at the juncture of some of South Georgia's most widely traveled highways ...

ISJL

The town was founded in 1891 when the Savannah, Americus, and Montgomery Railroad came to the area. Vidalia didn't blossom until a second railroad was built ...

Program FilescityhtmHistory

Toombs County was created in 1905, carved out of parts of Emmanuel, Montgomery and Tattnall counties. It was named in honor of Robert Toombs, ...

Vidalia History

Vidalia was named by the daughter of the man who built the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railroad, and is a contraction of ``via dalia,'' for ``by way of ...

Vidalia onion history

Vidalia onions had their own annual festival in Glenville, Georgia by 1977 and in Vidalia, Georgia by 1978, traditions that continues today. In 1980, the ...

Vidalia Onions

The Vidalia sweet onion, declared the official state vegetable in 1990, is perhaps the greatest agricultural success story in Georgia's history.

Vidalia, Georgia

The town was incorporated on January 1, 1890. ... It is the largest city in Toombs County, but it is not the county seat. ... The original name for the town was  ...