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Fannin County, Georgia |
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Fannin County, Georgia |
| Fannin County
was laid off from Union and Gilmer counties in 1856, and was named for
J. W. Fannin who, with all his command, fell at Goliad while fighting
for the freedom of Texas. It is situated in the northern part of
the state and is bounded on the north by the State of North Carolina
and Tennessee, on the east by Union county, on the southeast by
Lumpkin, on the south and southwest by Dawson, Gilmer and Murray, and
on the west by Murray. The country is very mountainous and the
scenery beautiful. Much of the surface is covered with a heavy growth
of oak, hickory, ash, poplar, maple and some pine. The people are
engaged in farming and live chiefly upon the products of their land,
manufacturing the cloth, jeans and linsey, of which their clothes are
made. The agricultural productions are corn, sweet and Irish
potatoes and wheat. The apples of Fannin county are celebrated
for their fine flavor and will keep almost from one end of the year to
the other. Gold and copper are found, but they are not mined. The
Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern railroad enters the county at the
southern boundary and divides at Blue Ridge into two branches, one
going to Tennessee and the other into North Carolina. This road
gives opportunities for the shipment of the vegetables and fruits which
are raised on the farms of the county. Blue Ridge is the county
seat. At Morganton, which was the county seat until 1899, is the
North Georgia Baptist College, as well known school in the section of
the country. The population of the county in 1900 was 11,214, a
gain of 2,490 in ten years. [Source: Georgia: Sketches, Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions & People, Vol. 2, Publ. 1906 Transcribed By: Maggie Coleman] Galloway, a post-hamlet of Fannin county, is a short distance north of Murphy junction. (Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Renae Donaldson) Hemp, a post-hamlet of Fannin county, with a population of 33 in 1900, is about seven miles east of Mineral Bluff, which is the nearest railroad station. (Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. VOL III Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Angelia Carpenter) Higdon’s Store, a little village of Fannin county, is some seven or eight miles northwest of Blueridge, which is the nearest railroad station. It has a money rder postoffice and is the trading center for the neighborhood in which it is located. (Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. VOL III Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Angelia Carpenter) Hot House, a post-hamlet of Fannin county, is about six miles north of Blueridge. Kyle is the nearest railroad station. (Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim Mohler) Lusk, a post-hamlet of Fannin county is about twelve miles southeast of Blueridge, which is the most convenient railroad station. (Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Joanne Morgan) Margret, a post-hamlet in the southeastern part of Fannin county, is on the Toccoa river, about fifteen miles from Blueridge, which is the nearest railroad station. (Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim Mohler) Mineral Bluff, an incorporated town of Fannin county, is on the Murphy division of the Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern railway, about five miles northeast of Murphy Junction. It has a money order postoffice, express and telegraph offices, is a trading center for that part of the county, and in 1900 reported a population of 158. [Source: Georgia Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Vol 2, Publ 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister] |