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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 214 square miles (550 km 2), of which 211 square miles (550 km 2) are land and 3.6 square miles (9.3 km 2) (1.7%) are covered by water. [7] The county is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Portions of the mountain chain extend into the far northern and ...
Dawsonville is a city in and the county seat of Dawson County, [4] Georgia, United States. The population was 3,720 in 2020. The population was 3,720 in 2020. Dawsonville is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metropolitan statistical area .
Pages in category "Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 241 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
View from the Amicalola Falls State Park Lodge. Little was known by European Americans about the falls before the 19th century. Until 1832, the Cherokee, an Iroquoian-speaking tribe believed to have migrated in ancient times from the Great Lakes region, controlled a large territory that included this area of the state park.
Prior to the mid-1800s, the area was considered rural escape from downtown, with few homes. [3] However, in the 1900s industrialization attracted immigrants from Ireland, Eastern Europe and the Balkans to work in nearby mills. [3] The neighborhood's proximity to the Woonasquatucket and Moshassuck Rivers provided power for the industrial mills.
This area is mainly residential, with wood-frame houses one or two stories in height, with vernacular styling. Non-residential buildings include a country store, recreation center (which was formerly a fire barn), and the Saunderstown Post Office, which was built in 1902 as a Baptist church.
Watch Hill is an affluent coastal neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Westerly, Rhode Island. The population was 154 at the 2010 census. [1] It sits at the most-southwestern point in Rhode Island. It came to prominence in the late 19th and early 20th century as an exclusive summer resort, with wealthy families building ...
Dawson Forest (City of Atlanta Tract) is a 10,130-acre (41.0 km 2) public-use forest located in Dawson County, Georgia, southwest of Dawsonville It is owned by the city of Atlanta , but is considered a state forest , as it is managed by the Georgia Forestry Commission.