Chickamauga, Georgia
| Chickamauga, Georgia | |
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Georgia State Route 341 in Chickamauga
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 Location in Walker County and the state of Georgia |
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| Coordinates: 34°52′29″N 85°17′34″W / 34.87472°N 85.29278°WCoordinates: 34°52′29″N 85°17′34″W / 34.87472°N 85.29278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Walker |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ray Crowder |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.8 sq mi (4.7 km2) |
| • Land | 1.8 sq mi (4.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.25 km2) |
| Elevation | 732 ft (223 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,101 |
| • Density | 1,238.8/sq mi (478.9/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 30707 |
| Area code(s) | 706/762 |
| FIPS code | 13-15984 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0355145 |
| Website | http://www.cityofchickamaugageorgia.org |
Chickamauga is a city in Walker County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,245 at the 2000 census and 3,101 in 2010. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Before the 1800s, the Chickamauga-Cherokee settled around Chickamauga Creek, where they farmed and hunted the lands. They stayed there until their forced exodus during the Trail of Tears (1838). In the early to mid-19th century, the present town of Chickamauga was a large plantation in the rolling hills of north Georgia. When the Cherokee Nation was divided into districts and courts in 1820, Crawfish Springs was made the capital of the new Chickamauga District. After the Cherokee removal, the first court in Walker County was held there in the former Cherokee courthouse. The local post office was Crawfish Springs.
During the War of 1812, 500 Cherokee warriors from the area fought alongside General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, against the Creek Indians, who were aligned with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The battle ended in a victory for the Americans.
The Lee and Gordon families greatly influenced Chickamauga's post-Cherokee history. In 1836 Gwinnett County native James Gordon established a plantation at Crawfish Springs and built a grist mill two miles east of town, on Chickamauga Creek. Lee and Gordon's Mill, which contained the area's first general store, was situated near a blacksmith shop and stagecoach stop. From 1840 to 1847, Gordon built his Doric-columned brick house (known today as the Gordon-Lee Mansion), which overlooks Crawfish Springs.
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