Fannin County, Georgia
| Fannin County, Georgia | |
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Fannin County Courthouse in Blue Ridge
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 Location in the U.S. state of Georgia |
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 Georgia's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1854 |
| Named for | James Fannin |
| Seat | Blue Ridge |
| Largest city | Blue Ridge |
| Area | |
| • Total | 392 sq mi (1,015 km2) |
| • Land | 387 sq mi (1,002 km2) |
| • Water | 5.2 sq mi (13 km2), 1.3% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 23,682 |
| • Density | 61/sq mi (24/km²) |
| Congressional district | 9th |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website | fannincountyga |
Fannin County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,682. The county seat is Blue Ridge. The county was created on January 21, 1854.
Fannin County was founded in 1854. The county is named for Georgia native James W. Fannin, who fought and died during the Texas Revolution.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 392 square miles (1,020 km2), of which 387 square miles (1,000 km2) is land and 5.2 square miles (13 km2) (1.3%) is water. It has a mountainous terrain.
The , which rises in adjacent Union County, flows northward across Fannin County into Tennessee, where it becomes the Ocoee River. Blue Ridge Lake, created in the 1930s by the completion of Blue Ridge Dam (now operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority), spans a substantial stretch of the river in the northern part of the county.
The vast majority of Fannin County is located in the Ocoee River sub-basin of the Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee basin. A very small northeastern portion of Fannin County is located in the Hiwassee River sub-basin of the same Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee basin. Illustrating that watershed boundaries and county boundaries have little in common, Fannin County's southernmost corner is located in the Etowah River sub-basin in the ACT River Basin (Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin), while two slivers of the county's southwestern area are located in the Coosawattee River sub-basin of the same larger ACT River Basin. Finally, a western portion of the county is located in the Conasauga River sub-basin of the ACT River Basin.
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