As one of Georgia's fastest growing counties in recent years, Harris County provides the prospective homebuyer with a wide range of home choices while maintaining the high quality of life traditionally associated with rural communities. Whether you're just starting a family and career or you’re planning retirement, we have something for you.
Harris County is 465-square miles of pristine forest and wooded hills, valleys and streams, farmland and small towns. While many of our communities provide rural home sites, ranging in size from one to two acres, buyers can enjoy even more of the country atmosphere with developments such as Piedmont and Grey Rock Estates - communities offering country lots from three to ten acres.
For those interested in golf communities, properties like Woodland Hills and Longleaf at Callaway offer homebuyers a broad range of lots and homes from which to choose. And if the laid-back pace and ambiance of small-town life sounds appealing, you can choose from properties for sale or rent in the quaint little towns of Hamilton, Pine Mountain, Waverly Hall, Shiloh and West Point.
Whether you prefer million dollar mansions or patio homes and bungalows, quality builders are available to fill every housing need. Whether you're looking for a log cabin with acreage or a duplex in town, a place on a golf course or your own private lake, local realtors are ready to listen to your needs and show you properties that fit your lifestyle.
With the rapid growth of Harris County's population, the Harris County Recreation Department is hard at work to provide recreation opportunities for the children of the county.
The department provides programs for over 2,000 children (ages 4-18) with the help of nearly 300 volunteers. Programs include Little League Baseball/Softball, Babe Ruth Baseball (for teenage boys), football, cheerleading, basketball and soccer.
Activities are held at several beautiful locations, including Charles Moultrie Park (a 29-acre baseball/softball complex), the 34-acre Harris County Soccer Complex, Pine Mountain Valley Park, the Carver Resource Center and E.C. Pate Park. Click here for more information from the Parks & Recreation Department.
In addition, construction has begun on a 4.5 mile paved bicycle/walking trail that will begin in Hamilton and wind around and through the Soccer Complex area. E.C. Pate Park in Cataula is being built in phases. Phase I of the 100-acre facility has five lighted baseball/softball fields and a 3,400-square foot fieldhouse and meeting facility. Phase II includes the construction of a walking path, basketball courts, tennis courts and practice fields for soccer and football.
In Harris County's early years, families would gather in homes for worship, Bible study, prayer and to sing hymns. Itinerant ministers preached to residents throughout the area, often setting up "brush arbors" to shelter worshippers from the hot summer sun. The earliest groups to form churches in Harris County were Primitive Baptist, Missionary Baptist and Methodist.
Today, one can still find small rural churches active throughout the county. However, in recent years new churches that represent most mainline denominations have begun to dot the landscape. Many independent groups have also formed congregations for worship and fellowship.
Local Information:
Harris County, Georgia Official Website
Harris County School System
Pine Mountain Tourism Association
Presidential Pathways Travel Association
Harris County Online Guide
ColumbusGeorgiaOnline
Heritage Highway Association
Historic Chattahoochee Commission
Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
Chamber of Commerce links:
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Georgia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives
Pine Mountain, Ga. Chamber of Commerce
Columbus Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Meriwether Chamber of Commerce
LaGrange (Troup County) Chamber of Commerce
Thomaston (Upson County) Chamber of Commerce
Phenix City, Alabama Chamber of Commerce |
