Cobbtown is located at the extreme northern end of Tattnall County, near the Candler County line. The settlement was first known as Corsica, which was possibly a plantation name. It was presumably renamed for a prolific local family named Cobb. The population as of 2020 was 341.
I love the years I lived in Cobbtown. The had a baseball team many years ago named Cobbtown Sports. Renee Johson a Cobbtown girl does lots of historical and family research. She has photos of the Cobbtown Sports in their jerseys.
My mother and grandparents lived in Collins and Cobbtown for many years. They were Ivy and Dora Collins and my mother was one of seven children named Jessie Collins. I remember her using that phrase often. I believe it is a derivative of something far more colorful but not spoken by genteel people. It’s been some time since I’ve been out that way, but my entire family is buried in the Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Many, many generations past. I will try to ask my surviving aunts if they can remember the origin of the phrase. The photo of the “Futch’s General Store” looks very familiar to me. I had a great uncle by the name of “Carr” who worked in a store quite similar to that one. He gave us sacks of pennies when we would visit so we could get candy. This is a lovely website.
Thank you so much, Denise, for your kind words and for sharing your memories of Cobbtown!
Reminiscent of the 50’s. A town frozen in place. They have no police dept. May indicate the crime level is very low, and quite possibly, how the locals deal with crime. Not a house, or truck, w/o a firearm.
I doubt that the number of firearms in Cobbtown has anything to do with the purported lack of significant crime. Probably just some really nice folk live there. When I was growing up in Jeff Davis county, there was a common phrase used to describe someone, usually a small child, that was entertaining, precocious, and loved to show out. Such individuals were referred to as “Cobbtown Sports.” Can anyone enlighten us as to how that description and name originated?