Suwanee, Kentucky | |
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  Suwanee Location in Kentucky  Suwanee Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 37°03′01″N88°09′55″W / 37.05028°N 88.16528°W Coordinates: 37°03′01″N88°09′55″W / 37.05028°N 88.16528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Lyon |
| Elevation | 433 ft (132 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CST) |
| GNIS feature ID | 509168 [1] |
Suwanee is an unincorporated community in Lyon County, Kentucky, United States.
Significant deposits of iron ore were found at Suwanee. Suwanee contained a blast furnace until about 1860. [2]
Lyon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,680. Its county seat is Eddyville. The county was formed from Caldwell County, Kentucky in 1854 and named for former Congressman Chittenden Lyon.
Suwanee is a city in Gwinnett County and a part of the Atlanta metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,355; this had grown to an estimated 20,907 as of 2019.
USS Suwanee or Suwannee may refer to one of these United States Navy ships:
The first USS Suwanee was a 3rd-rate gunboat commissioned by the Union Navy in its struggle against the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War.
The Suwannee River is a river that runs through south Georgia southward into Florida in the southern United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about 246 miles (396 km) long. The Suwannee River is the site of the prehistoric Suwanee Straits that separated the panhandle from the continent.
The Gwinnett County Public School District is a school district operating in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. GCPS is the largest school system in Georgia, with over 120 school buildings and an estimated enrollment of over 188,000 students for the 2017–2018 year. GCPS is estimated to be the 14th largest school district in the U.S. The district has its headquarters in an unincorporated area near Suwanee.
Peachtree Ridge High School (PRHS) is a public high school in Gwinnett County, in Suwanee, Georgia, United States. It is a part of Gwinnett County Public Schools. It is one of two public schools in the county to use block scheduling, the other being Shiloh High School.
State Route 317 is a state highway in the Atlanta metropolitan area of the U.S. state of Georgia.
Suwanee or Suwannee may refer to:
The Georgia Southern and Florida Railway, also known as the Suwanee River Route from its crossing of the Suwanee River, was founded in 1885 as the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad and began operations between Macon, GA and Valdosta, GA in 1889, extending to Palatka, FL in 1890. The railroad went bankrupt by 1891, was reorganized as the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway in 1895, and was controlled by the Southern Railway.
The Suwannee Canal was an attempt to drain large portions of the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia via a canal. The spelling of the Suwannee River has changed over time. The single n variant was more common in the past, but the double n spelling is the standard today.
North Gwinnett High School is a public high school outside the city limits of Suwanee, Georgia, United States. It is part of the district Gwinnett County Public Schools. The school's principal is Nathan Ballantine.
Big Shoals State Park in Hamilton County, Florida is a Florida State Park. It is approximately one mile (1.6 km) east of White Springs, off US 41. The park is situated on the Suwannee River and features Limestone bluffs as well as the biggest whitewater rapids in all of Florida. The park also features more than 28 miles (45 km) of hiking and nature trails, and freshwater fishing.
The following radio stations broadcast on FM frequency 94.5 MHz:
USS Suwanee (ID-1320) was a United States Navy transport in commission in 1919. She was the second ship to carry her name.
A river flood warning is issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when forecast points with formal river gaging sites and established flood stages along rivers, where flooding has already been forecast, is imminent or occurring. The National Weather Service defines river flooding as "the inundation of normally dry areas as a result of increased water levels in an established water course."
Seraph on the Suwanee is a 1948 novel by African-American novelist Zora Neale Hurston. It follows the life of a White woman and the fraught relationship she has with her husband and family.
The Western Gwinnett Bikeway is a multi-use trail under construction along Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Gwinnett County. The trail will be 10 feet to 14 feet wide and traverse the cities of Norcross, Peachtree Corners, Berkeley Lake, Duluth, Suwanee, Sugar Hill and Buford. It is intended to be the spine of West Gwinnett’s trails and greenways, connecting parks, trails, businesses, schools and neighborhoods to the urban core.
The Suwanee Half Marathon is an annual USATF certified half marathon road running race. It was established in 2015 and has been run every year since. It passes through landmarks such as Suwanee Town Center, Suwanee Creek Greenway and George Pierce Park. The course USATF certification is GA14090WC and is a qualifier for the Peachtree Road Race, the world’s largest 10 km race. Performance Race Services administers the half marathon and the 5K that shortly follows it known as the Old Town 5K.
The Suwanee Creek Greenway is a 4.0-mile (6.4 km) multi-use trail under construction in the city of Suwanee, Georgia, in the United States. The trail is a hard-surface and meanders through four miles of wooded areas, wetlands, and wildlife habitat. The greenway connects nearly 400 acres of parkland as well as residential and commercial areas.
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