Hiawassee, Georgia
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For other uses, see Hiwassee (disambiguation).
Hiawassee is the county seat of Towns County, Georgia, United States.[4] The community's population was 880 at the 2010 census. Its name is derived from the Cherokee—or perhaps Creek—word Ayuhwasi, which means meadow,[5] (A variant spelling, "Hiwassee," is used for the local river and some other Appalachian place names.) Hiawassee is also known in the novel "Restart" by Gordon Korman.
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Hiawassee, Georgia | |
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Coordinates: 34°56′58″N 83°45′18″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Georgia |
County | Towns |
Area | |
• Total | 2.08 sq mi (5.38 km2) |
• Land | 1.63 sq mi (4.22 km2) |
• Water | 0.45 sq mi (1.16 km2) |
Elevation | 1,969 ft (600 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 981 |
• Density | 602.21/sq mi (232.46/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 30546 |
Area code | 706 |
FIPS code | 13-38124[3] |
GNIS feature ID | 0328122[2] |
Website | hiawasseega |
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