Talbot County is named for Matthew Talbot, who was a Governor of Georgia.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Meriwether County and Upson County
E – Upson County and Taylor County
S – Taylor County, Marion County and Chattahoochee County
W – Muscogee County and Harris County
Created: December 14, 1827 
County Seat:
Talbotton 1827 – present
County Courthouse – Talbotton
Location: 26 South Washington Avenue / Monroe Street
Built: 1892 – 1893
Style: Queen Anne
Architect: Alexander C Bruce & Thomas H Morgan
Contractor: Westbrook & Bennett ( W B Bennett ) of Barnesville
Description: The building faces east and is a two story red colored brick and stone structure. The building is located on spacious landscaped grounds in the center of Talbotton. The northeast corner has a high square red clocked brick clock tower with steep roof. The southeast corner has a squat bell-shaped tower. The arched entry has the date of construction in molded terra cotta. The windows are arched and rectangular of various sizes. The roof is hipped. In the interior, the floors and stairs are wood. Tall narrow doorways have corner blocks with a bulls-eye motif. The first story has a small County Superior Court courtroom. The large County Superior Court courtroom is located on the second story and has a coved ceiling which rises from the corners, culminating in the center with sixty-six squares of beaded boards in a checkerboard design. The design is echoed by the beaded board pattern of the bench and the wainscoting. The light coming into the room is colored by the small stained glass squares (of yellow, purple, light blue, green, tan, and white) that remain in the transoms. The building houses the County Superior Court, County Juvenile Court, County Probate Court and County Magistrate Court of the 3rd Judicial District.
See: National Register of Historic Places – Talbot County Courthouse
See: The 3rd Judicial District includes Bibb County, Chattahoochee County, Crawford County, Harris County, Houston County, Lee County, Macon County, Marion County, Muscogee County, Peach County, Schley County, Stewart County, Sumter County, Taylor County and Webster County.
History: The county was created in 1827 and Talbotton was elected as the county seat. The first court met at the home of Darling R Allen and at private homes. The first courthouse was a brick structure built in 1831. The courthouse burned in 1892 and the second and present courthouse was constructed in 1892 and 1893 at a cost of $17,000.
County Courthouse – Talbotton
County Superior Court small courtroom
County Superior Court courtroom
Photos taken 2010 and 2020