Whitechapel Road was the location of two 19th century theatres: ' The Effingham ' ( 1834 – 1897 ) and ' The Pavilion ' ( 1828 – 1935 ; building demolished in 1962 ).

Effingham County was formed in 1855 out of Fayette and Crawford Counties.

New information suggests that the county was named after a surveyor who surveyed the area whose last name was Effingham.

There is no written proof that the county was named after Lord Effingham.

In 2008, Effingham County was ranked as the sixth fastest-growing midsize county in the nation from 2000 to 2007 by the U. S. Census Bureau.

Griffin died in 1845 and was buried on the banks of Wolff Creek ( Tipsword family cemetery, Effingham, IL ), leaving three sons, John, Isaac and Thomas, who have left many descendants in the Altamont area today.

Altamont, the " City of Plain ", was laid out in Mound Township, considered to be the richest and best township in Effingham County-being mostly prairies and farm ground-slightly rolling along the streams, Big Creek, Coon Creek and Second Creek.

In early History of Effingham County edited by William Henry Perrin in 1883, he wrote: " The name of Mound Township was bestowed upon it in consequence of what is known as the neighborhood of Blue Mound, a slight elevation of Section 8, which is nearly all a kind of mound, the apex being in the center of the section, and having an altitude of seventy-eight feet above the bed of the Vandalia Railroad, which passes near it.

The reason for this " allegiance " was because when Shumway High School closed, many students east and south of Shumway went to Effingham schools.

The northeast part of Effingham County was recommended because of the woodlands, well-drained uplands and plentiful game.

Effingham was named in honor of Effingham H. Nichols, an early promoter of the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad.

Uxbridge became an important junction for the underground railroad, and was the home of nationally known anti-slavery champion, Effingham Capron.

In 1749, the land was granted by Governor Benning Wentworth, and he renamed it Effingham for the Howard family, who were Earls of Effingham and who were related to the Wentworths by marriage.

By 1859, when the population was 1, 252, Effingham Falls had developed into a small mill town, with a woolen factory, five sawmills, three gristmills, and a carriage factory.

Effingham was home to the first normal school in New Hampshire, established in 1830 on the second floor of the Effingham Union Academy Building, erected in 1819.

The town was once a part of Effingham called " North Effingham ".

Following an influx of new settlers from Maine, there was a conflict of culture and religion between them and people from the New Hampshire seacoast area who already populated Effingham.

Long before Effingham was named by the Saxons, a prehistoric road now called the North Downs way or Pilgrims ' Way was an important pre-historic thoroughfare in South East Britain.

Industry in Effingham County includes paper manufacturing-Georgia Pacific ( Savannah River Mill ), high-precision turbine blade production-Doncasters, aluminum geodesic dome production-Temcor, concrete pipe manufacturing-Hanson, customized business jet interiors-Edward ’ s Interiors, electrical distribution power transformer production-EFACEC PT, among many others.

His maternal uncles included ( among others ) Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Lord Edmund Howard ( father of Queen Catherine Howard, Edward Howard, William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham and Lord Thomas Howard.

According to a charter c. 675, the original of which is lost but which exists in a later form, there were granted to the Abbey twenty dwellings at Bocham cum Effingham.

According to a charter C. 675, the original of which is lost but which exists in a later form, there was granted to the Abbey twenty dwellings at Bocham cum Effingham.

The original eight counties of Georgia were Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Richmond and Wilkes.

Effingham County is one of the three constituent counties of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Effingham County is the name of two counties in the United States:

Broadcasting at 90. 3 FM it covers all of Chatham County, and can also be heard in Effingham, Bryan, Beaufort, and Liberty counties.

The jurisdiction of the Southern District of Illinois comprises the following counties: Alexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jersey, Johnson, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Massac, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, Saline, St. Clair, Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White, and Williamson.

The Savannah division includes: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, and Liberty counties.

The Southeast District serves the following counties: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Bleckley, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Coffee, Dodge, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Laurens, Liberty, Long County, Georgia, McIntosh, Montgomery, Pierce, Screven, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Twiggs, Ware, Washington, Wayne, Wheeler, and Wilkinson.

The subregion is synonymous with coastal Georgia, and contains the counties of Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Glynn, Lanier, Pierce, Ware, and Wayne, south of the Altamaha River ; and Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, Long, and McIntosh, north of the Altamaha River.

Areas that lost WPXS coverage as a result of the digital transition include all of Effingham, Clay, and Wayne counties and large portions of Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Jasper, Richland and Shelby counties in Illinois with nearly 93, 000 viewers losing service.

WEIU covers Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Jasper, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby, and Vermilion counties in Illinois and Vigo County in Indiana.

Effingham County is a county located in the U. S. state of Illinois.

Effingham County is a county located in the U. S. state of Georgia.

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Effingham County, Georgia

* Effingham Today, the website of Effingham County, Georgia

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