The Crawford County Jail, also known as Old Crawford County Jail, located in

Knoxville, Georgia Knoxville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Crawford County, Georgia, United States. It is the Crawford County seat. The community is part of the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Knoxville h ...

, is one of the oldest jails in Georgia. It was added to the

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on May 18, 1989. It is now a museum for the annual Georgia JugFest and Old Knoxville Days festival held in Knoxville every third Saturday in May. It contains a history of the jail, including how the jail looked when it was still in use. The current jail is nearby on the same road.

Resources

* https://web.archive.org/web/20130220204525/http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=2 * http://www.qpublic.net/ga/crawford/ Buildings and structures in Crawford County, Georgia Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Crawford County, Georgia Jails in Georgia (U.S. state)