Epworth, Georgia

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Coordinates: 34°57′02″N 84°23′06″W / 34.950637°N 84.384923°W / 34.950637; -84.384923 Epworth is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fannin County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 480.[1] It lies at an elevation of 1,706 feet (520 m) in the north-central part of the county. A former name was Atalla.[2] The ZIP code is 30541.[3]

Epworth is located on Georgia State Route 5 between Blue Ridge (the county seat to the south) and McCaysville (on the Tennessee state line to the north).

History[]

Prior to European colonization, the area that is now Epworth was inhabited by the Cherokee people and other Indigenous peoples for thousands of years.

A post office called Epworth has been in operation since 1901.[4] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1906 as the "Town of Epworth".[5] The community was named after Epworth, in England.[6]

Education[]

Epworth is also the location of an Appalachian Technical College campus which closed, and was later slated to reopen as a campus of North Georgia Technical College.

References[]

  1. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Epworth CDP, Georgia". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Epworth, Georgia
  3. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  5. ^ Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia. J. Johnston. 1906. p. 754.
  6. ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 73. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.


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