Dade County

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

At the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 11) and Court Street North, in the median on Main Street in Trenton.

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Often called the "State of Dade," because, as legend has it, the county seceded from the Union ahead of Georgia, and only returned to the Union July 4, 1945. Created December 25, 1837, and named for Major Francis Langhorne Dade, killed by Indians in Florida, December, 1835. The county seat was first named Salem, then changed to Trenton in 1840. Outstanding picturesque mountain scenery accounts for the creation of Cloudland State Park. Rich coal and iron deposits have been worked since Ante-Bellum times.

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Historical maps covering this location

1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1838 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1838 · Alabama (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1838 · Tennessee. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829), 1829, covering the location of Dade County, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829), 1829, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Dade County Courthouse80 ft

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