Willie Jones - Public Works Director 
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500 S Hall Street
Hahira, Georgia 31632
Phone: (229) 794-2330
Fax: (229) 794-9310

 

The City of Hahira offers a variety of public works services to the residents and businesses in the city limits.  Services include:

• Water
• Sewer
• Sanitation

• Yard Waste

• Recycling

• Stormwater

• Parks

Billing

Utility bills are mailed out on the 1^st of each month and are due on the 15^th.  If not paid by the 15^th, a 15% late charge will be added.  If the bill is not paid in full by the 25^th, water service will be disconnected.  Before service can be reconnected, the monthly billing charges, late charges, and reconnect charge must be paid.  The reconnect fees are as follows:

• $25.00 for restoring service between the normal business hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM Monday - Friday.  There will be NO after hours service reconnects.

Helpful Links

• Sign Up for Services / Utility Services Application (Rates included)

• Pay Your Utility Bill Online

• Disconnect / Transfer Services Form

• Residential Sanitation Map

• 2025 Water Quality Report

Other Utility Providers

• Georgia Power 
• Colquitt EMC 
• Kinetic powered by Windstream
• Natural Gas (Providers)
• Xtream powered by Mediacom
• DirecTV
• Dish
• AT&T
• Clearwave Fiber Internet
• Community Networks Fiber Internet
• Starlink Internet

To help meet your medical needs, there are several health related facilities in and around the Hahira area including:
 
Chancy Drugs is a family owned pharmacy that offers a wide variety of products and services to the community.
 
Parrott Health Center is a Public Health Clinic named in honor of Hahira's Dr. Jesse Lyle Parrott.   
                                                                                                 
Robinson Family Dentistry is a state-of-the-art facility located conveniently on Highway 122 just west of downtown Hahira.  Dr. Kit Robinson D.M.D. and his highly professional staff provide regular family dental checkups and specialize in cosmetic dentistry, teeth whitening, dentures and dental implants.
 
South Georgia Medical Center (SGMC) is just 12 miles south of Hahira and is an authority-governed not-for-profit.  South Georgia Medical Center encompasses SGMC Valdosta, SGMC Outpatient Plaza – North Valdosta (formally known as Smith Northview Hospital), SGMC Lanier Campus (Lakeland, GA), and SGMC Berrien Campus (Nashville, GA).   These facilities serve a large, diverse population with a wide variety of inpatient and outpatient services.

Some say the name Hahira (pronounced hay-Hi-ra) was created by Berry Folsom, Hahira's first postmaster, but overall the origin of the name remains a mystery. Folklore is that Mr. Folsom took the name from the Bible. In Exodus Chapter 14 Verse 2, it is recorded the children of Israel camped at Pi-Hahiroth between Migdol and the Red sea, opposite Baal Zephon.  Verse 9 states the Egyptians overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi-Hahiroth before Baal Zephon.  Others say there was an Indian named "Hira" who would stop near the railroad tracks near present day Hahira, to rest and watch the iron horse go by. When folks passed they would wave their hands and say, "Hey, Hira".  We will let you choose the version you like best.

Hahira Georgia
1891 - 1991
 "Beginnings"

The town of Hahira received its Charter incorporating the community on October 2, 1891. The first Mayor, Henry Briggs Lawson, was elected in November 1891 and served until 1907.  By 1891, there were a few stores which had been started when people began moving into the area in the mid 1880's.  A bank was opened in 1904 and a newspaper in 1906.  Until 1904, there had been only one doctor who practiced in the 1890's.

Being a rural area, most people grew their own vegetables, had hogs for meat and always had a milk cow.  There was very little money among the people, except for a very few large farmers. The main crop was cotton and remained so until around 1920 when the Boll Weevil ruined their main cash crop.  The farmers then turned to tobacco as their main source of income.  Tobacco had long been grown only in Virginia and North Carolina. Another chief product was timber and its by-products.  The woodlands were full of giant virgin yellow pine or heart pine.

The late 1920's and early 1930's brought boxing to this area with Hahira out in front by local fight promotions.  At this time, it also brought the Bee Industry.  When settlers first arrived in the South Georgia area, there were no honeybees to pollinate their crops.  W. L. Morgan introduced beekeeping to the area at Troupville.  The black bee was brought from Germany or Holland and the yellow bee from Italy.  J. E. Williams developed an apiary in the part of Lowndes County that is now Cook County, near Sparks.  Mr. Williams was the first commercial beekeeper recorded in Lowndes County. Now, in these days, when the bee industry is mentioned in this area, the name of Garnett Puett Sr. and The Puett Co. is remembered as one of the pioneers of the bee industry.

All in all, throughout the years, basically not too much has changed as the larger industries have moved to other areas around it. Hahira is still a farming community with tobacco as one of its main crops.   
Condensed  from notes by local Historian Mr. H.A. Miley on the history of Hahira prepared for Hahira's Centennial Celebration in 1991.

Hahira And Cigarette Manufacturing

In the late 1920's a group of Hahira tobacco businessmen decided they could save money if instead of shipping their product north, they manufactured their own brand of cigarettes in Hahira.  A factory was built in 1926 and a contest was held to select a name for the cigarettes and "Oteen"  the name of a North Carolina town won.  The packs featured an Indian on the front and a wigwam on the back.  By the Depression, the businessmen sold their interest in the company to Julep Cigarette Company, making Hahira the manufacturing site for the nationally distributed "Happy Days" cigarettes for several years.  The cigarette factory was located along side the Norfolk Southern Railroad on Coleman Road and the building was in use until 1998.  It was demolished in 2002 and thousands of the fine old  bricks and much of the heart pine lumber foundation beams and flooring was salvage for re-use.

A Unique Town Where People Make The Difference 

Though the unique characteristics of small town life has been preserved in Hahira, it is by no means behind the times. Today, Hahira is a city nearing 2,500 citizens located in South Georgia along I-75.  The city is the northern entrance into Lowndes County, being 4 miles inside the county line along I-75 and US highway 41. It lies 11 miles south of Adel, Georiga, 11 miles north of Valdosta, Georgia, 15 miles west of Moody Air Force Base, 39 miles east of Thomasville, Georgia, and 29 miles north of the GA - FL state line.  Hahira's citizens are its most valuable resource. Everyone in Hahira is a neighbor and is willing to lend a helping hand when needed. The people of Hahira have a positive attitude about the town. Volunteers for projects that take place, whether it be public or private, can be found. Hahiran's take great community pride in the history of the town and what it has achieved. The hard-working, congenial, and warm hearted citizens make it a joy to visit or live in the community. Hahira's employees, elected officials and community leaders are truly public servants. They are people directly from the community.  Hahira's leadership works together to build consensus to move the city forward and in the right direction.  Working together with local business owners with the goal to promote Hahira.  Civic organizations are always offering assistance in any way needed.  The word "team" can be used to sum up the leadership in Hahira.

Welcome Businesses to the City of Hahira!

To do business within Hahira City Limits one must have a current City of Hahira Business License. 
To obtain a license one must fill out our business license application and e-verfy linked below.
     CITY OF HAHIRA OCCUPATIONAL TAX / REGULATORY FEE APPLICATION! 

This application can also be obtained and filled out at Hahira City Hall located at 102 S Church St. Hahira, GA. 
The FEE for an Occupational Tax Business License Inside City Limits is $75.00 per year.
The FEE for a Regulatory Tax Business Located Outside City Limits is $50.00 per year.  

We now offter the ability for you to register online and apply for a business license through our online portal. To Register/Apply Online Click HERE 
You will need to register first, once that is approved you can log in and then apply for your business license.

To apply you will need to upload:

1. A filled-out City of Hahira Business License application and E-Verify Affidavit (see link above),

2. Home business license unless your business is located within Hahira City Limits
3. your state contractor’s license, if you are required to have one.

Once everything is submitted and approved you can pay the business license fee online and we will mail you your stamped and signed Hahira Business License. 
A Hahira Business License is valid for one year from the time you are approved and will have to
be renewed annually for you to continue to do business within Hahira City Limits.

If you already have a Hahira business license but do not have an online account you can renew online by registering for an account.
Once approved you can log back in and renew online. After renewal we will send you your updated signed and stamped business license.
 
Click here to register for your ONLINE Account Today

***Please note that when you make a payment online there is a $1.25 payment processing fee charged by our payment portal company which goes directly to them***

City of Hahira PRE-APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT PERMIT

Businesses doing work in the City Limits of Hahira that will need a permit from Valdosta must first fill out a Pre-Application
to ensure the business has a current business licence with us. Click the link below to print your blank copy. 
Pre-Application Development Permit
You may come to our office and get a pre-app or print and fill out the blank one and email to us,
where we will process and send to the permiting office in Valdosta.
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