Website: http://www.tiftcounty.orgProfileIncorporated Date: August 17, 1905Population: 42,434Total Area: 265.1 sq mi Contact InformationP.O. Box 826 Tifton, GA 31793 Phone Number: (229) 386-7856Fax Number: (229) 386-7955 Tift County, created in 1905, combined lands from Berrien, Irwin and Worth counties. The county remembers Henry Harding Tift, an entrepreneur, philanthropist and once mayor of Tifton.