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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 in the center of the town square.
Protected areas of Lumpkin County, Georgia (6 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Lumpkin County, Georgia" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
March 12, 1998 (GA 9, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of the junction with GA 52: Dahlonega: 7: Fields Place-Vickery House: Fields Place-Vickery House: December 14, 1978 (W. Main St. and Vickery Dr.
Lumpkin is located at 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 km) to Richland.
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 county was named for Wilson Lumpkin, who at the time was Governor of Georgia. [4] Lumpkin's daughter, Martha Wilson Lumpkin Compton, was the namesake of the town named Marthasville, the early-1840s name for Atlanta in Fulton County; this was designated as the capital of the state after the Civil War.
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Blood Mountain is the highest peak on the Georgia section of the Appalachian Trail and the sixth-tallest mountain in Georgia, with an elevation of 4,458 feet (1,359 m). [3] [4] It is located on the border of Lumpkin County with Union County and is within the boundaries of the Chattahoochee National Forest and the Blood Mountain Wilderness.