Dade County, GAGenWeb
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Dade County lies in the extreme northwest corner of Georgia. It
is bordered by Tennessee to the north and Alabama to the west.
Dade County was formed in 1837 from the western portion of
Walker County. It was named after Major Francis Langhorne
Dade who was killed in an ambush during the Second Seminole
War in Florida in 1835.
The county seat is Trenton.