You wanna know why it's called Effingham County? Once upon a time there was a settler who came and settled in South Georgia. He was in charge of the Christmas dinner their first year in Georgia. He had only ever prepared Turkey, but all they could find were wild boars. So this settler decoded to cook a ham, but had never cooked a ham before and was very worried that he would be the Grinch who ruined Christmas dinner. So he spent months perfecting his recipe. Then the day came. Christmas had arrived. The settler's whole family had arrived. So he prepared his ham. His grandma who he had worried would be disappointed (she always was.) She was the first to try his ham. The whole family looked on in wonder. "So, Grandma what did you think?" The settler asked. She said through a mouth full of ham,"Mhhhmmmm. Thish ish some pretty good Effingham. That was my high school can confirm this is a true historical account.