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WEL C OME on Brasstown Bald, gazing at a waterfall,

and casting a fly-fishing line in some of the
best trout streams around.
Blairsville-Union County is an ideal
place to raise a family, start or expand a
business, and live and work where you
prefer to recreate and retire.
Blairsville has world-class healthcare
facilities, a state-leading public school
system, a thriving arts and cultural scene,
and parks and recreational facilities that
some bigger towns wish for. Enjoy it
all, knowing we have one of the lowest
property tax rates in the state and an
affordable cost of living.
Entrepreneurs find a great start
here. Our business community is
well connected, both personally and
technologically. We support businesses
both small and large with a wide range
of infrastructure.
But it’s the people here who make
the difference. Your neighbors are the
schoolteachers, doctors, lawyers, and
Welcome linemen who make this community
whole. We hope you will join us and weave
yourself into the fabric of our community.
TO BLAIRSVILLE-UNION COUNTY!
I n Blairsville, we often say it is the where you’re guaranteed to have a good
Welcome to Blairsville, Georgia.

time; Heritage Festival; Butternut Creek
mountains and waterfalls that attract
visitors to Blairsville but it’s the people
anniversary of our beloved Blairsville
that keep them coming back. Yet, one Festival; and can you believe it: the 55th
thing that can never be overempha- Sorghum Festival! We’re one of the few
sized is our high quality of life, from destinations where you can saw a log, enter
festivals to the outdoors, our new winery the seed-spitting contest, jam out to the
and distilleries, quality healthcare to latest bands, or join us for the Sorghum
business opportunities. Square Dance.
Our many festivals include the Think And then there’s our more reflective Steve Rowe
President/CEO – Blairsville-Union County
Mountain Music & Moonshine Festival side: the solitude of Georgia’s highest peak Chamber of Commerce

The Georgia General
Assembly names Blairsville The Civilian Conservation Corps builds The Tennessee Valley
the Union County seat. The structures at Vogel State Park, Lake Authority dams the North Georgia Technical
town is named either for Winfield Scott, and the Walasi-Yi Nottely River to create College opens its
Gold is discovered! Revolutionary War veteran Union County delegates Blairsville campus. Blairsville celebrates
Lake Nottely for
White settlers flock to James Blair or journalist vote against Georgia’s Interpretive Center on the Appalachian hydroelectric power 200 years!
the Cherokee territory and presidential advisor secession from the United Trail. The Appalachian Trail is completed.
for what is said to be the Frances Blair. States, but Georgia The U.S. government and flood control. The Zell Miller Mountain
purest gold of the North secedes regardless. The Union County creates the Parkway, GA Highway 55th anniversary of
Georgia Gold Rush. Like many mountain Courthouse is rebuilt a Chattahoochee 515, is completed and the Blairsville Sorghum
communities, Union third time after burning in National Forest, connects the North Festival, our longest
After the U.S. removes County is a mix of 1898. Today it houses the conserving nearly
the Cherokee Nation from Union and Confederate Union County Historical 867,000 acres. Georgia Mountains running celebration.
to Atlanta.
their lands, Union County supporters. Society and museum.
is created during the First road is paved
Georgia Land Lottery. in Blairsville.
UNION C OUNT Y TIMELINE
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