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Lumpkin is located at 32°02′59″N 84°47′45″W. [ 9] U.S. Route 27 passes west of the city, leading north 37 miles (60 km) to Columbus and south 132 miles (212 km) to Tallahassee, Florida. Georgia State Route 27 also passes through the city, leading southwest 24 miles (39 km) to Georgetown on the Alabama state line and east 9 miles (14 ...
Website. lumpkincounty.gov. Lumpkin County is a county located in the northeast portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,488. [ 1] Its county seat is Dahlonega. [ 2] Lumpkin County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, Georgia metropolitan statistical area .
Georgia Gold Rush. The Georgia Gold Rush was the second significant gold rush in the United States and the first in Georgia, and overshadowed the previous rush in North Carolina. It started in 1829 in present-day Lumpkin County near the county seat, Dahlonega, and soon spread through the North Georgia mountains, following the Georgia Gold Belt.
Coordinates: 34.53267°N 83.98488°W. Dahlonega Gold Museum. The Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site is a Georgia state historic site located in Dahlonega that commemorates America 's first gold rush [1] [2] and the mining history of Lumpkin County. [3] The museum is housed in the historic Old Lumpkin County Courthouse built in 1836 and located ...
Website. dahlonega-ga .gov. Dahlonega in 1879. Gold- bornite -quartz vein specimen, Dahlonega Mining District. Dahlonega ( / dəˈlɒnɪɡə / də-LON-ig-ə) is the county seat of Lumpkin County, Georgia, United States. [ 4] As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 5,242, [ 5] and in 2018 the population was estimated to be 6,884.
Designated NHL. November 7, 1973. The Calhoun Mine is perhaps the oldest and best-known mine in Lumpkin County, Georgia. When gold was discovered in Lumpkin County in 1828, which led to the Georgia Gold Rush in 1829, it was discovered on 239 acres (0.97 km 2) owned by Robert Obar. After at least two intermediary sales, the land was purchased by ...
Lumpkin Commercial Historic District. / 32.05000°N 84.79472°W / 32.05000; -84.79472. The Lumpkin Commercial Historic District in Lumpkin, Georgia is a 10 acres (4.0 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The listing included 18 contributing buildings.
The Consolidated Mine was a gold mine in Lumpkin County, Georgia, United States, just east of Dahlonega. Like most of the area around Dahlonega, the placer mining on the land on which the mine is located probably started during the Georgia Gold Rush. By 1880, the placer deposits were exhausted and the land was down to hard rock.