- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Pickens County
- Creator:
- Davis, Robert Scott, 1954-
- Date of Original:
- 2005-06-03
- Subject:
- Counties--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Pickens County, 34.46432, -84.46564
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Pickens County, Georgia. Pickens County, located at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains in north central Georgia, was formally created on December 5, 1853, from Gilmer and Cherokee counties. The county was named for Andrew Pickens, a South Carolinian who served as a general during the American Revolution (1775-83). In the first decades following its creation, the county gained small tracts from Gilmer County and Cherokee County, while giving land to Dawson, Gordon, and Cherokee counties.
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- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/pickens-county/
- 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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