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Towns County is a county in the Northeast region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census , the population was 12,493. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Hiawassee . [ 2 ]
Hiawassee is the county seat of Towns County, Georgia, United States. [5] The population was 981 at the 2020 census. [3] Its name is derived from the Cherokee—or perhaps Creek—word Ayuhwasi, which means meadow, [6] (A variant spelling, "Hiwassee," is used for the local river and some other Appalachian place names.)
The Towns County Jail, also known as Old Towns County Jail, in Hiawassee, Georgia was built in 1935-36 by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and modified in 1981. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1] As of 1985, the building served as Hiawassee City Hall. [2] It is a two-story rock building with a ...
The Towns County Herald is a weekly newspaper in Hiawassee, Georgia, and Towns County. It covers Hiawassee and Young Harris, Georgia. The newspaper launched in 1928. Its first publisher was L.P. Cross who owned Cross Printing Co. in Clayton, Georgia. [2]
The Towns County School District is a public school district in Towns County, Georgia, United States, based in Hiawassee. It serves the communities of Hiawassee, Tate City, and Young Harris. As of 2021, the school district's annual budget is $18.16 million, or $19,245 per student. The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.22:1. [2]
Three county seats have later become the county seats of other counties: Pond Town was the temporary county seat of Lee County, Georgia when the county was first established from Muscogee (Creek) Nation lands in 1826. The county was very large and otherwise lacked European-American settlement. It was replaced in 1828.
Towns County: 281: Hiawassee: 1856: Rabun and Union counties: ... Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia. Archived from the original on December 7 ...
Category: Towns in Towns County, Georgia. 2 languages. ... Hiawassee, Georgia This page was last edited on 19 October 2013, at 04:40 (UTC). ...