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New Assessors Board members
10.30 new assessors
The new Assessors Board members are sworn in. - photo by Photo provided
Staff Report
Updated: Nov 2, 2009, 6:31 PM
Published: Nov 2, 2009, 6:34 PM
The two recently appointed members of the Effingham County Board of Assessors are sworn in by Superior Court Clerk Elizabeth Hursey. The new members are John Kieffer (left) and Neal Kessler, Jr (right). They will take their place on the recently expanded board. County commissioners expanded the board from three members, who have made up the board for years, to five members to give a broader representation of taxpayers by additional members.
Floating Dock, Fishing Pier Planned for 165-Year-Old Abercorn Creek Site
Abercorn Creek
Effingham County Commissioner Phil Kieffer, whose great-great grandfather Allen Newton Kieffer surveyed the original plat for Abercorn Landing in 1859, stands at the landing. (Jeff Whitten / Effingham Herald)
Jeff Whitten
Updated: Jul 8, 2025, 1:15 PM
Published: Jul 8, 2025, 1:17 PM
Effingham County commissioners approved a $1 million plan to convert the historic Abercorn Landing on Abercorn Creek into a public recreation site. The project, managed by Moffatt & Nichol, begins with a floating dock and fishing pier, with future phases adding restrooms and other amenities. The site dates back to 1859 and sits amid fast-growing development.
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