McIntosh County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,975, a drop of 23.4 percent since the 2010 census. The county seat is Darien.
McIntosh County Courthouse in Darien
Two of the dozens of historical markers in the county.
Sign about capture of 26 men
The Smallest Church in America
Darien is a city in and the county seat of McIntosh County, Georgia, United States. It lies on Georgia's coast at the mouth of the Altamaha River, approximately 50 miles south of Savannah, and is part of the Brunswick, Georgia metropolitan statistical area. It is the second-oldest planned city in Georgia and was originally called New Inverness. The population of Darien was 1,460 at the 2020 census, down from 1,975 in 2010.
Darien City Hall
Historical markers
Ruins of warehouses on the waterfront from the burning of the city in 1863
Adam Strain building at Broad and Screven, the only existing building that survived the 1863 burning of Darien by the US Army