As the youngest of Georgia's counties, Peach County's name is not deceiving. It is a direct reference to the tasty fruit grown, picked and packed in the county that celebrated its 75th anniversary last year. But the festivities around the celebrated cash crop are hardly the only drawing card for this Middle Georgia community, where more than 24,000 people make their home.
Peach County is a southern neighbor to Macon.
It sits just west of Warner Robins, where Robins Air Force Base, Middle Georgia's economic lifeline, is located. The county also has a fluctuating number of resident Mexican aliens, who work for peach, pecan, peanut and cotton growers. Just off Interstate 75, in the northern tip of the county, is the city of Byron. The town was founded by Dr. Charles Richardson, who named it after writer and poet Lord Byron of England. The city was incorporated in 1874 near railroad tracks.