Cornelia
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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
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 13-19728
- Website
- cornelia .city
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Geography
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