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FIPS code. 13-08928 [3] GNIS feature ID. 0331197 [2] Website. www .cityofblueridgega .gov. Blue Ridge is a city in Fannin County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 1,253. The city is the county seat of Fannin County and the largest city in the county as well.
The Blue Ridge Scenic Railway is a heritage railroad in northern Georgia . Based in Blue Ridge, Georgia, United States it follows the former Marietta and North Georgia Railroad line along the Toccoa River north to McCaysville, Georgia, and its Twin city of Copperhill, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of the Georgia Northeastern Railroad, which ...
The Blue Ridge Mountains as seen from the Blue Ridge Parkway near Mount Mitchell. The following is a list of mountains constituting the Blue Ridge, a mountain range stretching about 450 miles from Pennsylvania to Georgia in the USA. The Blue Ridge is part of the larger Appalachian Mountain Range.
Other information. Telephone. (706) 632-3771. Fax. (706) 632-7583. Website. www .fannin .k12 .ga .us. The Fannin County School District is a public school district in Fannin County, Georgia, United States, based in Blue Ridge. It serves the communities of Blue Ridge, McCaysville, and Morganton .
Blue Ridge Lake is a reservoir in Fannin County, in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. The reservoir encompasses 3,300-acre (1,300 ha) of water, and a "full summer pool" of approximately 1,686 feet (514 m) above mean sea level. It is managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority and is primarily fed by the Toccoa River .
In the early 18th century, an estimated 2100 Cherokee people inhabited more than sixteen towns east of the Blue Ridge Mountains and across the Piedmont plains in what was then considered Indian Country. [page needed] Generally, European visitors noted only the towns with townhouses. Some of their maps included lesser settlements, but "the ...
It is one of the most rural counties in Georgia due its location in the Appalachian Mountain Range, with about 90% of the population of Fannin County living in unincorporated lands. The county seat and largest city is Blue Ridge. [2] The county was created on January 21, 1854, and is named after James Fannin, a veteran who fought in the Texas ...
Surface elevation. 1,074 ft (327 m) [1] 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Carters Lake is a man-made reservoir located on the Coosawattee River in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Gilmer and Murray counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the state's deepest lake.