Oostanaula is an unincorporated community in Gordon County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1]
A post office called Oostanaula was established in 1881, and remained in operation until being discontinued in 1920. [2] Oostanaula is a name derived from the Cherokee language meaning "shoally river". [3]
Walker County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,654, down from 68,756 in 2010. The county seat is LaFayette. The county was created on December 18, 1833, from land formerly belonging to the Cherokee Indian Nation.
Gordon County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 57,544. The county seat is Calhoun. Gordon County comprises the Calhoun, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton Combined Statistical Area.
Floyd County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 98,584. The county seat is Rome.
Calhoun is a city in Gordon County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 16,949. Calhoun is the county seat of Gordon County.
Plainville is a city located in Gordon County, Georgia. The population of Plainville was 313 at the 2010 census, up from 257 at the 2000 census.
Ranger is an unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia, United States. The population was 107 at the 2020 census, down from 131 in 2010.
The Etowah River is a 164-mile-long (264 km) waterway that rises northwest of Dahlonega, Georgia, north of Atlanta. On Matthew Carey's 1795 map the river was labeled "High Town River". On later maps, such as the 1839 Cass County map, it was referred to as "Hightower River", a name that was used in most early Cherokee records.
The Oostanaula River is a principal tributary of the Coosa River, about 49 miles (79 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Conasauga and Coosawattee in northwestern Georgia in the United States. Via the Coosa and Alabama rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mobile River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
Sugar Valley is an unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia, United States, northwest of Calhoun and east of Horn Mountain Ridge. SR 136 runs through the center of the town.
The Coosawattee River is a 49.3-mile-long (79.3 km) river located in northwestern Georgia, United States.
Johns Creek is a 14 miles (23 km) stream in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is a tributary of the Oostanaula River and was named in honor of John Fields, a local Cherokee Indian.
Burwell Creek is a creek in Floyd County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is a tributary to the Oostanaula River which it joins within the city of Rome.
Baugh Mountain is a summit in Gordon County, Georgia. With an elevation of 1,138 feet (347 m), Baugh Mountain is the 802nd highest summit in the state of Georgia.
Curryville is an unincorporated community in Gordon County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Farmville is an unincorporated community in Gordon County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Petersburg is an unincorporated community in Gordon County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Reeves is an unincorporated community in Gordon County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.
East Armuchee is an unincorporated community in Walker County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.
West Grove is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Etna Mountain is a summit in the U.S. state of Georgia. The elevation is 1,224 feet (373 m).
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