Lumpkin County, Georgia

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 People 2.1 Native American Heritage 2.2 Important Dates 2.3 Slavery, Free People of Color, and Emancipation 2.4 Notables and Interesting Citizens 2.5 Population Statistics 3 Activities 3.1 Commerce and Agriculture 3.2 Education 3.3 Military 3.4 Religion 4 Geography 4.1 Adjacent Georgia Counties 4.2 Maps 4.3 Communities 5 Stickers and Categories 5.1 Stickers 5.2 Categories 6 Useful Project and Category Links 7 General Maintenance Task List 8 Research Notes and Page Updates 9 Timeline 10 Resources 11 Sources

Introduction

Lumpkin County rests in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and boasts nearly half of its square mileage within the Chattahoochee National Forest. ^[1]

People

Native American Heritage

Important Dates

Slavery, Free People of Color, and Emancipation

Notables and Interesting Citizens

Population Statistics

Historical Population Data ^[2]

Census Population % Change ± Census Population % Change ± 1840 5,671 — 1940 6,223 26.3% 1850 8,955 57.9% 1950 6,574 5.6% 1860 4,626 -48.3% 1960 7,241 10.1% 1870 5,161 11.6% 1970 8,728 20.5% 1880 6,526 26.4% 1980 10,762 23.3% 1890 6,867 5.2% 1990 14,573 35.4% 1900 7,433 8.2% 2000 21,016 44.2% 1910 5,444 -26.8 2010 29,966 42.6% 1920 5,240 -3.7% 2020 33,488 11.8% 1930 4,927 -6.0%

Activities

Commerce and Agriculture

Tourism: festivals: Gold Rush Days, The Mountain Flower Art Festival, and The Bear on the Square Festival ^[3]

Education

• Public schools: one high school, one middle school, three elementary schools
• University of North Georgia

Military

Religion

Geography

Adjacent Georgia Counties

Northwest Fannin County, Georgia		North Union County, Georgia	Northeast
West Dawson County, Georgia		Lumpkin County Georgia		East White County, Georgia
Southwest		South	Southeast Hall County, Georgia

Maps

Communities

• Cities: Auraria / Dahlonega

• Unincorporated Communities: Buckhorn Tavern / Burtsboro / Cane Creek / Fort Smith / Garland / Nimblewill / Porter Springs / Turners Corner

Stickers and Categories

Stickers

US Southern Colonies Stickers
	For US Southern Colonist Sticker ^^^^
... ... ... was a Georgia colonist.	{{US Southern Colonist Sticker|Georgia}} (adds category)
Appalachia Stickers
	For Appalachians ^
... ... ... was an Appalachian. ... ... ... was born in Appalachia, in Georgia. ... ... ... lived in Appalachia, in Georgia.	{{Appalachia Sticker}} {{Appalachia Sticker|born|state=Georgia}} (adds category) {{Appalachia Sticker|lived|state=Georgia}} (adds category)
	For decendants of Appalachians ^^
... ... ... has Appalachian roots. ... ... ... has Appalachian roots, in Georgia.	{{Appalachian Roots}} {{Appalachian Roots|state=Georgia}}
Georgia Stickers
	For Georgian Stickers ^^^
Native Georgian (born, married, and died in Lumpkin County)	{{Nonmigrating Ancestor |addinfo=Native Georgian (born, married, and died in Lumpkin County) |flag=US_State_Flag_Images-9.png |tooltip=Flag of Georgia }} Modify this sticker as necessary.
... ... ... migrated from Georgia to Pennsylvania.	{{Migrating Ancestor |origin= Georgia |destination= Pennsylvania |origin-flag= US_State_Flag_Images-9.png |destination-flag= US_State_Flag_Images-42.png }} Modify this sticker as necessary. US State Flag Images
... ... ... was a Georgian. ... ... ... was born in Georgia. ... ... ... was part of Georgia's history.	{{Georgia Sticker}} {{Georgia Sticker|born in Georgia}} {{Georgia Sticker|part of Georgia's history}}

^ Appropriate for pre-USA and post-1776 people profiles. Using the born or lived parameter with "state= Georgia" adds Category: Georgia Appalachians, which should only be used on profiles whose roots are in Georgia. Today's Washington County also includes land that was once Allegany and Garrett counties.

^^ See Template: Appalachian Roots for details about "born in" and "lived in" (and "lives in") options.

^^^ See Template: Georgia Sticker for details of parameters & use (it is used on both pre-USA and post-1776 profiles).

^^^^ Appropriate for pre-USA people profiles. See Template: US Southern Colonist Sticker for details of parameters & use (it must include a colony parameter and is used only on pre-USA profiles).

Categories

Lumpkin County (created in 1832)

What this means for categorizing profiles of people connected to land that is today Lumpkin County...

• If they are post-1776, then
  • 1776-1832:
  • 1832-present, Category: Lumpkin County, Georgia

Note: Georgia did secede from the union, so drop USA/United States from 1861 through reconstruction.

• If they are pre-USA, they should not be in Category: Lumpkin County, Georgia (which was created in 1832) but instead should probably be categorized by settlement rather than county.

Useful Project and Category Links

General Maintenance Task List

1. There are dozens of Orphaned Profiles in Lumpkin County, Georgia that need stickered, categories added and possible sources.

Research Notes and Page Updates

Timeline

Resources

Links from Category: Lumpkin County, Georgia

• County website
• Wikipedia: Lumpkin County
• wikidata

See also:

• WikiTree's Georgia Project
• WikiTree's Appalachia Project
  • Space: Southern Appalachia Team (space page)
  • Category: Southern Appalachia Team
  • Category: Georgia Appalachians (landing level for people profiles)
• The GA GenWeb Project
  • Lumpkin County

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Sources

Footnotes

1. ↑ Profile of Lumpkin County https://www.lumpkincounty.gov/310/Profile-of-the-County (accessed 10 May 2023)
2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Lumpkin County, Georgia," Wikipedia, Demographics, (accessed Feb 1, 2023).
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