Cherokee County

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

At the Historic Downtown Canton Cannon Park.

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Created December 3, 1832 from Cherokee Indian lands, and named in memory of the Cherokees. Early settlers tried to start silk production, but were not successful, and today there remains no trace of this except Canton, hopefully named for the Chinese silk center. The Marietta and North Georgia Railroad reached Canton in 1879, providing a considerable stimulus to development. The locally financed and managed textile mill, which began operations in 1900, has provided a payroll of much local importance.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1827 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · A map of that part of Georgia occupied by the Cherokee Indians, taken from an actual… (Library of Congress)
1837 · Southern States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1838 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1831, covering the location of Cherokee County, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1831, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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On the National Register nearby

Canton Commercial Historic District230 ft
Cherokee County Courthouse240 ft

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