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Ellijay, occasionally spelled Elijay, is a city in Gilmer County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,862 at the 2020 census. [ 4 ] The city is the county seat of Gilmer County.
Gilmer County is a county in the Northwest region of the U.S. state of Georgia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,353. [1] The county seat is Ellijay. [2] named for a historic Cherokee town also spelled as Elejoy in the eighteenth century.
The river is noted as beginning at the confluence of the Ellijay and Cartecay rivers in the city of Ellijay in central Gilmer County. The river flows west through the foothills in the North Georgia mountains region and is a tributary of the Oostanaula River (It in turn is a tributary of the Coosa River).
[42] [43] In 1981, US 76 was rerouted between Chatsworth and Ellijay. In Chatsworth, US 76 turned south-southeast, along US 411/SR 61. In Ramhurst, it turned east onto a slightly re-routed SR 282 and followed that route to Ellijay. [44] [45] In 1987, US 76/SR 2 between Hemp and Blairsville was routed on a farther-north, and more direct, path.
Amicalola Falls State Park & Lodge is an 829-acre (3.35 km 2) Georgia state park located between Ellijay and Dahlonega in Dawsonville, Georgia. The park's name is derived from a Cherokee language word meaning "tumbling waters". [1] The park is home to Amicalola Falls, a 729-foot (222 m) waterfall that is the highest in Georgia. [2]
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This lake is fed by the Coosawattee River that runs between Ellijay and Chatsworth, and was formed by Carters Dam, the tallest earthen dam east of the Mississippi, which was completed in 1977. Since then, it has been used to act as a watershed to control annual flooding and generate power. [ 3 ]
The Ellijay River is a 15.1-mile-long (24.3 km) [2] river in Georgia. It ends in the town of Ellijay at its confluence with the Cartecay River, ...