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OUR COMMUNITY - CITY / COUNTY INFOFYI Dalton GA Real Estate - Good stuff to know!CITY / COUNTY INFO City, County, St6ate & Federal Resources ____________________________________________________________________________________ CITY: City of Chatsworth - 706-695-2834 (View Profile) The City of Chatsworth, with 3699 residents according to the 2002 census numbers, became Murray County's seat in 1913, after being moved from Spring Place because the railroad came through. Chatsworth. the main industries of Chatsworth since the time of the Cherokee Indians was talc mining - today the main industry is carpet and floor coverings. Chatsworth is at the foot of Fort Mountain, where there is a state park. a 855-foot long rock wall runs across the topof the mountain, (built by early Explorers or the Indians). Chatsworth is home to the Wright Hotel, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Murray County Courthouse and the Chatsworth business district are on the National Register. Chatsworth is governed by a mayor and a four-member council which meets the first Monday of each month 4 p,m, at City Hall, 401 N. Third Ave. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ City of Cohutta - 706-694-3330 (view Profile) With an estimated population of 580. Cohutta is the smallest town in Whitfield County. Cohutta is located about 13 miles north of Dalton on U.S. 71 just south of the Tennessee state line. The town is governed by a mayor and city council. It has a police department and a volunteer fire department, which has its own emergency medical service. Cohutta is adjacent to Tennessee's Red Clay State Park (Cherokee Indian cerimonial grounds) and the Blue Hole Spring, which arises between the limestone ledge and flows into Mill Creek. The city has its own museum which hosts numerous Indian artifacts, as well as items from Cohutta's early years. Cohutta City Hall, P. O. Box 290, Cohutta, GA 30710 ____________________________________________________________________________________ City of Dalton - 706-278-3500 (View Profile) The Cherokee Indians called the Dalton-Whitfield County area home long before the Civil War. Dalton is the gateway to the 150-mile Cheftain's Trail, which traces the path of Cherokee Indian sites located throughout Northwest Georgia. As the colonial population spread westward, efforts were being made by the United State Government to prepare for the white settlers who would soon settle in this area. In 11831, tfe government entered into a treaty with the Cherokees whereby they would trade with the Indians, lands that would eventually become a bound federal Indian reservation in exchange for their homes in Georgia.The final council meeting of the Georgia's native Cherokee was held in Whitfield County, and it marked the starting point of Andrew Jackson;'s well known "Trail of Tears." Visitors to thearea today can explore the historic house of Chief Joseph Vann, the Echota Cherokee Capital and the Red Clay Council Grounds, lasting remains or a strong and proud Cherokee Indian nation. Whitfield County was founded in 1851, and named for Reverend George Whitfield who had come to Georgia from Britain as a missionary. Dalton was originally called Cross Plains. The County seat was placed in Dalton which earned a place in Civil War history as a Confederate Hospital and manufacturing town.
A virtual industrial revolution came to the area when a young farm girl named Cahtherine Evans Whitner revived the colonial art of tufting in the early 1900s. Whitner made a tufted bed-spread which she was able to sell for two dollars and fifty cents. That first bedspread represents the birth of a significant cottage industry in Dalton. Other women began to sew for extra income, and by the early 1920s, the success of these business women had created quite a stir. Bedspreads led to scatter rugs and other products by the 1930s, and the new exports saved Dalton and Whitfield County from the pangs of depression felt by other parts of the nation. By the 1950's, advances in machinery, technology and dyeing methods opened the doors to the modern carpet industry. The entrepreneurial spirit of the people of this Northwest Georgia Community turned a cottage bedspread industry into a multi-billion dollar carpet industry. The people of Dalton Whitfield County share a rich and colorful past. You can share it to. Learn more about the people and area by visiting the Crown Gardens and Archives Museum, which has a collection of permanent historical displays and interesting record. * * * Information for this secton provided by the Dalton-Whitfield Chamber of Commerce (706-278-7373). City of Eton - 706-695-2652 (View Profile) The city of Eton (named after a college in England) was incorporated iin 1909, had a population of 310 in 2002. Old Federal Road south of Eton follows closley the course of the Old Federal Road, the first vehicular and postal route to link Georgia and Tennessee across the CherokeeNation. Informal permission to use the thoroughfare was granted by the Indians in 1803 and confirmed by a treaty in 1805. Beginning on the southeast boundary of the Cherokees in the direction of Athens, the road led this way via Tate and Talking Rock. At Ramhurst another branch ran by Spring Place and Rossville toward Nashville. The noted Vann family of the Cherokees maintained a stage stop and stand near this spot. ____________________________________________________________________________________ City of Tunnel Hill - 706-673-2355 (View Profile) The small town of Tunnel Hill was incorporated as "Tunnelsville" in 1848. - The 2002 population was 1,209. The town boasts interesting structures and an aTnnual Civil War re-enactment. Numurous homes in the area date back over one hundred years, some being Queen Anne, Gothic Revival, Antebellum, Colonial Revival, and Folk Victorian style. Contact at P. O. Box 159, Tunnel Hill, GA 30755 ____________________________________________________________________________________ City of Varnell -706-694-8800 (View Profile) Varnell was incorporated in 1968, a total area of 2.5 square miles, has a population of 1491. One of the Southeast region's most visited Fall events is the Prater's Mill Country Fair in Varnell. A family-friendly jaunt through history, the festival is centered around the old water-powered, still-operating gristmill that was built in the mid-1800s to grind grain into flour or corn into meal. The Fair has grown into a celebration of live music, Southern food, live history exhibits and homemade crafts and original art created by over 185 talented artists and artisians Live demon- strations include blacksmithing, quilting, woodcarving, rug hooking and hand tufting, the precusor to the famous carpet industry of the N.W. Georgia area. Contact6 at P.O. Box 362, Varnell, GA 30735. ____________________________________________________________________________________ COUNTY: Murray County ¿706-695-2413  STATE & FEDERAL ______________________________________________________________________________________________ CLICK to return to COMMUNITY INDEX
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