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Located on a 161-acre (0.65 km 2) tract along the shores of Lake Chatuge in the north Georgia mountain community of Hiawassee, the Fairgrounds offers a glimpse into the past with its historic Pioneer Village, an expansive and comfortable music venue in the Anderson Music Hall, and 189 RV camp sites with lake views and modern conveniences.
The state of Georgia first purchased the land for the park in 1999. In 2006, the state approved $7 million for the first phase of park development. [2] Beginning in 2008, the Friends of Chattahoochee Bend organization began hosting work days to aid in the development of the park.
This is a list of state parks in Georgia.The park system of the US state of Georgia was founded in 1931 with Indian Springs State Park and Vogel State Park.Indian Springs has been operated by the state as a public park since 1825, making it perhaps the oldest state park in the United States. [1]
A United States fur trade factory was constructed in modern-day Hiawassee between 1807 and 1811. [5] Hiawassee was settled by whites around 1820 and was designated seat of the newly formed Towns County in 1856. It was incorporated as a town in 1870 and as a city in 1916. [6] Young Harris College was founded in 1886. [7]
Hiawassee is the county seat of Towns County, Georgia, United States. [5] The population was 981 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] Its name is derived from the Cherokee —or perhaps Creek—word Ayuhwasi , which means meadow , [ 6 ] (A variant spelling, "Hiwassee," is used for the local river and some other Appalachian place names.)
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