Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in McRae-Helena, GA

McRae-Helena is the county seat of Telfair County, Georgia, and the county's largest city.

The city was created on January 1, 2015, by the merger of the two neighboring cities of McRae and Helena, after Helena found it could no longer afford to manage its wastewater system on its own.

The consolidation was authorized by Georgia House Bill 967, signed into law by Governor Nathan Deal on April 10, 2014.

McRae was established in 1870 as a station on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, was designated the Telfair County seat in 1871, and was incorporated on March 3, 1874; Helena was incorporated in 1890.

McRae-Helena's motto is 'The Crossroads City,' because five major highways — U.S. Routes 23, 280, 319, 341, and 441 — converge in the city; it is also nicknamed 'The Purple Heart City.'

Downtown's Liberty Square holds a replica of the Statue of Liberty built at one-twelfth the size of the original, along with a replica of the Liberty Bell and a marble memorial to Telfair County residents who died in military service.

As of the 2020 census, McRae-Helena had a population of 6,253, a figure that includes inmates held at the McRae Correctional Institution, one of the area's major employers.

The historic Talmadge Home on the outskirts of the city was occupied by two Georgia governors, Eugene Talmadge and his son Herman Eugene Talmadge.

McRae-Helena was the birthplace of Marion B. Folsom, a longtime Eastman Kodak executive who served as U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Eisenhower.

Students attend the Telfair County School District, including Telfair County High School, and Oconee Fall Line Technical College operates a campus in the city.