Tift County is named for Nelson Tift, who was the founder of the City of Albany, Georgia, local judge, member of Congress, and also for Henry Harding Tift, who founded Tifton.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Turner County and Irwin County
E – Irwin County and Berrien County
S – Cook County and Colquitt County
W – Worth County
Created: August 17, 1905 
County Seat:
Tifton 1905 – present
County Courthouse – Tifton
Location: 237 East 2nd Street / North Tift Avenue
Built: 1912 – 1913
Style: Beaux Arts Classicism
Architect: William A Edwards of Atlanta
Contractor: J F Jenkins & Company
Description: The building faces south and is a three story brown-buff colored brick and concrete structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Tifton. The south front has a central porch supported by four columns rising to a a wide header with crest at the roof line. The entrance is recessed. A projecting cornice runs between the second and third stories. There is stone trim at the windows and unique sculptured lions heads. The interior has marble wainscoting. The courtroom is located on the second story and the judge’s bench is emphasized by single Corinthian columns with a full entablature.
See: The architect William A Edwards of Atlanta also designed the 1936 courthouse in Fannin County.
See: The 2nd Judicial District includes Atkinson County, Baker County. Berrien County, Brooks County. Calhoun County, Clay County, Clinch County, Colquitt County, Cook County, Decatur County, Dougherty County, Early County, Echols County, Grady County, Irwin County, Lanier County, Lowndes County, Miller County, Mitchell County, Quitman County, Randolph County, Seminole County, Terrell County, Thomas County, Turner County and Worth County
History: The county was created in 1905 and Tifton was selected as the county seat. The courthouse is the first and only courthouse built in the county in 1912 to 1913.
County Administration Building – Tifton
Location: 225 North Tift Avenue / East 3rd Street
Built: 1916 – 1917
Style: Classical Revival
Architect: Unknown
Contractor: Unknown
Description: The building faces west and is a three story buff colored brick and concrete structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Tifton to the northeast of the courthouse and served as a high school until 1962. In 1974, the building became the Charles A Kent Administration Building.
County Courthouse – Tifton
County Superior Court courtroom
County Administration Building – Tifton
Photos taken 2009 and 2018