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March 12, 1998 (GA 9, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of the junction with GA 52: Dahlonega: 7: Fields Place-Vickery House: Fields Place-Vickery House: December 14, 1978 (W. Main St. and Vickery Dr.
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The county was named for Wilson Lumpkin, who at the time was Governor of Georgia. [4] Lumpkin's daughter, Martha Wilson Lumpkin Compton, was the namesake of the town named Marthasville, the early-1840s name for Atlanta in Fulton County; this was designated as the capital of the state after the Civil War.
Unincorporated communities in Lumpkin County, Georgia (1 P) Pages in category "Populated places in Lumpkin County, Georgia" This category contains only the following page.
Auraria is a ghost town in Lumpkin County, Georgia, United States, southwest of Dahlonega. Its name derives from aurum, the Latin word for gold. [2] In its early days, it was also known variously as Dean, Deans, Nuckollsville, and Scuffle Town. [3]
In 1832, the Georgia legislature voted to create ten new counties out of the former Cherokee Nation without regard to their sovereignty. Lumpkin County named after Governor Wilson Lumpkin, was created in December 1832. A year later the town of Taloneka or Talonega was named as the new county seat on December 21, 1833.