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White County,
the 123rd county formed in Georgia, was created
in 1857 from a part of the original land lot
county of Habersham. In early times, the
area of White County formed a transitional boundary
between the Cherokee and Creek Native-American
nations. The county was named for Newton County
Rep. David T. White, who helped to attain passage
of an act creating the new county.
The county seat of White County is Cleveland.
Helen is the only other incorporated community.
Cleveland was named after Colonel Ben Cleveland,
who served in the Revolutionary War.
Helen, in the northern part of the
county, had formerly been a logging town but
was destroyed by fire. In 1969, the town was
rebuilt and transformed into an alpine village.
It has become a major North Georgia tourist
attraction and thriving community. Helen is
also home to one of the nation's largest
Oktoberfests, held in September and
October of each year.
Gold
was found in White County in the late 1820s
on the Nacoochee River, then known as Duke's
Creek, touching off the Great Gold Rush of that
century. Gold mining operations are still
found today along the banks of the Town and
Tesnatee Creeks in western White County. This
area originally belonged to the Cherokee Indians.
However, miners and settlers pressured the U.S.
government to such a degree that eventually
the Cherokee were totally removed from North
Georgia to a reservation in Oklahoma.
During the gold mining
years, nine gold mines operated in the county.
Commercial gold operations remained profitable
until as late as 1940.
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