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Dawsonville is a city in and the county seat of Dawson County, [4] Georgia, United States. The population was 3,720 in 2020. The population was 3,720 in 2020. Dawsonville is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metropolitan statistical area .
In December 1827, Georgia had already claimed the Cherokee lands that became Gordon County and other counties. A small town called "Dawsonville" was created and founded in Gordon County, named for the owner of an early general store. [8] Dawsonville was later renamed "Calhoun" to honor U.S. Senator John C. Calhoun, [9] following his death in 1850.
Dawson County is a county in the Northeast region of the U.S. state of Georgia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,798 up from 22,330 in 2010. [2] [1] The county seat is Dawsonville.
The Dawson County Courthouse, built in 1858, is a historic two-story redbrick courthouse building located on Courthouse Square in Dawsonville, Georgia.It was built as a simple 50 feet (15 m) by 36 feet (11 m) brick building in 1858.
Carl D. "Lightning" Lloyd Seay (December 14, 1919 – September 2, 1941) was an early stock car racing driver from Dawsonville Georgia. NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. described Seay as the "best pure race driver I ever saw". [1]
The Georgia Racing Hall of Fame is a museum located in Dawsonville, Georgia. Established in 2002, ... This page was last edited on 5 May 2024, at 17:07 (UTC).
Dawson County High School is an American public high school located in Dawsonville, Georgia. [2]It enrolls approximately 800 students in grades 10, 11, and 12 annually. In the 2017–2018 school year, the school began serving only grades 10–12, with grade 9 moving to the Dawson County Junior High School.
Dawsonville, Georgia This page was last edited on 13 September 2013, at 04:18 (UTC). Text ... This page was last edited on 13 September 2013, at 04:18 (UTC).