- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Hiawassee
- Creator:
- Huff, Christopher Allen
- Date of Original:
- 2006-08-30
- Subject:
- Cities and towns--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Towns County, Hiawassee, 34.94926, -83.75739
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Hiawassee, Georgia.Located on the shores of Lake Chatuge, a man-made lake in northeast Georgia, Hiawassee serves as the county seat for Towns County. Hiawassee is approximately 110 miles from Atlanta and just a few miles south of the North Carolina border. A quiet, rural town for most of its existence, several events during the twentieth century helped Hiawassee become an important part of the economy and culture of the north Georgia mountains.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/hiawassee/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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