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Toccoa is a city in far Northeast Georgia near the border with South Carolina. It is the county seat of Stephens County , Georgia , United States, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] located about 50 miles (80 km) from Athens and about 90 miles (140 km) northeast of Atlanta .
Travelers Rest State Historic Site is a state-run historic site near Toccoa, Georgia, United States. [3] Its centerpiece is Traveler's Rest, an early tavern and inn.It was designated a National Historic Landmark on January 29, 1964, for its architecture as a well-preserved 19th-century tavern, and for its role in the early settlement of northeastern Georgia by European Americans.
Camp Toccoa (formerly Camp Toombs) was a basic training camp for United States Army paratroopers during World War II, located five miles (8 km) west of Toccoa, Georgia. Among the units to train at the camp was the 506th Infantry Regiment. The regiment's Company E ("Easy Company") was portrayed in the 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.
Toccoa was formerly a stop on the Airline Belle, which was a Southern Railway regional train between 1879 and 1931. Toccoa Airport is a small executive airport northeast of the town. The airport is sometimes referred to as R.G. LeTourneau Field as it was built by R.G. LeTourneau .
North of Toccoa on Georgia State Route 184 34°38′26″N 83°17′17″W / 34.640556°N 83.288056°W / 34.640556; -83.288056 ( Riverside Toccoa
Stephens County Courthouse is a building in Toccoa, the county seat of Stephens County, Georgia, United States. It is the location of the county's trial courtrooms as well as that of other county government offices. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
Lake Toccoa is a reservoir in the U.S. state of Georgia, Stephens County, in the city of Toccoa. [ 1 ] Toccoa comes from the Cherokee word Ꮤꮖꭿ "Tagwâ′hĭ," meaning " Catawba place" [ 2 ] or "beautiful".
Currahee Mountain is a mountain located in Stephens County, Georgia, near Toccoa. The name appears to be derived from the Cherokee word ᏊᏩᎯ ( quu-wa-hi ) meaning "stand alone". [ 2 ] [ 3 ]