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Hiawassee
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human settlement in Towns County, Georgia, United States of America
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Place details
- Locality
- Hiawassee
- Region
- Georgia
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 906
- Timezone
- America/New_York
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Towns
- Incorporated
- May 17, 1956
- Mayor
- Liz Ordiales
- Total
- 2.077 sq mi (5.379 km )
- Land
- 1.629 sq mi (4.220 km )
- Water
- 0.448 sq mi (1.160 km )
- Elevation
- 2,000 ft (600 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 1,002
- Density
- 615/sq mi (237.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 706 and 762
- Fips code
- 13-38124
- Gnis feature id
- 0328122
- Sales tax
- 8.0%
- Website
- hiawasseega.gov
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Hiawassee
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Towns County
- Population
- 981
- Area
- 5.445522
- Elevation
- 601
- Capital of
- Towns County
- Image
- Hiawassee, Georgia viewed from Brasstown Bald.jpg
- Households
- 561
- Dialing code
- 706
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- Commons category
- Hiawassee, Georgia
- postal code
- 30546
- water as percent of area
- 21.0764
- per capita income
- 31288
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Encyclopedic overview
Hiawassee is the county seat of Towns County, Georgia, United States. The population was 981 at the 2020 census. Its name is derived from the Cherokee—or perhaps Creek—word Ayuhwasi, which means meadow, (A variant spelling, "Hiwassee," is used for the local river and some other Appalachian place names.) Hiawassee is also known in the novel "Restart" by Gordon Korman.
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