Golf in Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald is the county seat of Ben Hill County in south Georgia, notable for its unusual settlement history as a planned colony established in 1895 to reconcile Union and Confederate veterans from the Civil War. The colony's founders deliberately settled both sides, resulting in a town where streets run north-south bear Union Army names and east-west streets carry Confederate designations. This deliberate peacemaking effort gave Fitzgerald a distinctive origin story among Georgia communities, and the city retains a historic character built around this heritage.