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Toccoa is a city in far Northeast Georgia near the border with South Carolina.It is the county seat of Stephens County, Georgia, United States, [6] [7] located about 50 miles (80 km) from Athens and about 90 miles (140 km) northeast of Atlanta.
The street address is 47 North Alexander Street, in the heart of downtown Toccoa. The original structure was built in 1915. In 2005, the city of Toccoa began the restoration of the wood-frame depot according to a design by Carter Watkins Architects, Inc., of Monroe, Georgia .
The Toccoa Record is a weekly newspaper in Toccoa, Georgia, and Stephens County. It covers Toccoa and Stephens County. Font page of The Toccoa Record on March 8, 1901. The newspaper is the oldest business in Stephens County. It launched in 1873. [2] Until 1901, the paper was known as The Southern Record and was published by Southern Publishing ...
Farther to the northeast, in Toccoa, they intersect SR 63/SR 106 (South Broad Street). At this intersection, SR 184 heads north on Broad Street, while US 123/SR 365 continues on to the eastern part of the town, where it intersects with SR 17 Alternate (Big A Road). This highway provides access to Toccoa Falls and is an alternate route to Lavonia.
WGTA (channel 32) is a television station licensed to Toccoa, Georgia, United States, serving much of the northeastern portion of the state.The station is owned by Marquee Broadcasting, and has studios on Big A Road in Toccoa; its transmitter is located northwest of Black Rock Mountain outside of Toccoa in unincorporated Stephens County.
The Amtrak station is located at 47 North Alexander Street. The rail line is shared with the Norfolk Southern Railway. Toccoa was formerly a stop on the Airline Belle, which was a Southern Railway regional train between 1879 and 1931. Toccoa Airport is a small executive airport northeast of the town.
Travelers Rest State Historic Site is a state-run historic site near Toccoa, Georgia, United States. [3] Its centerpiece is Traveler's Rest, an early tavern and inn.It was designated a National Historic Landmark on January 29, 1964, for its architecture as a well-preserved 19th-century tavern, and for its role in the early settlement of northeastern Georgia by European Americans.
Lake Toccoa is a reservoir in the U.S. state of Georgia, Stephens County, in the city of Toccoa. [ 1 ] Toccoa comes from the Cherokee word Ꮤꮖꭿ "Tagwâ′hĭ," meaning " Catawba place" [ 2 ] or "beautiful".