Catoosa County

Catoosa County is a Georgia historical marker in Catoosa County, dedicated 1953.

At the county courthouse in Ringgold.

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Created December 5, 1853, the county has an Indian name. Ringgold bears the name of Major Samuel Ringgold, who died of wounds received at the Mexican War battle of Palo Alto in 1846. Taylor's Ridge, visible for miles, is named for the Indian chief Richard Taylor. Catoosa Springs, four miles to the east, and Gordon Springs, ten miles south, were colorful ante-bellum summer resorts. The bloody Chickamauga battle was fought seven miles to the west, the battlefield now being a National Military Park.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1841 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1845 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1850 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1856 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1892 · Catoosa, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Alabama, 1856, covering the location of Catoosa County, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Alabama, 1856, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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This historical marker is part of the Georgia Historical Marker Program and was erected by the Georgia Historical Commission. Marker texts and locations come from the Society's own marker database.

More markers nearby

Confederate Hospitals (Catoosa County)same spot
Battle of Chickamaugaunder 1 mi
The Whitman Houseunder 1 mi
Western & Atlantic Depotunder 1 mi

On the National Register nearby

Catoosa County Courthouse190 ft

Places within about 300 feet of this marker that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A nearby listing is not always the marker's own subject.