Cornelia

Also known as Cornelia, Georgia, Cornelia, GA

city in Habersham County, Georgia, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Georgia
County: Habersham
Cornelia: October 22, 1887
Type: Mayoral , elected democratically by popular vote .
Mayor: John Borrow
City manager: Donald Anderson, Jr.
Total: 4.20 sq mi (10.87 km )
Land: 4.15 sq mi (10.75 km )
Water: 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km )
Elevation: 1,486 ft (453 m)
Density: 1,085.1/sq mi (418.95/km )
Time zone

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Cornelia is a city in Habersham County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cornelia had a population of 4,503. It is home to one of the world's largest apple sculptures, which is displayed on top of an obelisk-shaped monument. Cornelia was the retirement home of baseball legend Ty Cobb who was born nearby, and was a base of operation for production of the 1956 Disney film The Great Locomotive Chase that was filmed along the Tallulah Falls Railway that ran from Cornelia northward along the rim of Tallulah Gorge to Franklin, North Carolina.

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