- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Dade County
- Creator:
- Cooksey, Elizabeth B.
- Date of Original:
- 2006-01-20
- Subject:
- Counties--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Dade County, 34.85452, -85.50453
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Dade County, Georgia. Dade County, at the northwestern tip of Georgia, is the state's ninety-first county. The 174-square-mile county was created from western Walker County by the state legislature in 1837 and named for Major Francis Langhorne Dade, a Virginian who died in the Second Seminole War (1835-42) in Florida. Dade County shares Lookout Mountain with Alabama along its western border and with Tennessee along its northern border. Until 1939 the only vehicle access to Dade County was via those two states, resulting in an isolation reflected in its nickname, the State of Dade. After its purchase of the properties that became Cloudland Canyon State Park in 1939, Georgia built Highway 143 (which later became Highway 136) to connect U.S. 41 to the area, and the county was subsequently discovered by tourists. The park continues to draw numerous visitors.
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- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/dade-county/
- Language:
- eng
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