Damascus
Damascus is an unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia, United States. Damascus is located at the intersection of I-75/SR 401 and US 41/SR 3 north of Calhoun. It was named after the ancient city of Damascus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia, United States
- Also known as: “Damascus, GA” and “Damascus, Gordon County, Georgia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include New Echota Historical Site.
New Echota Historical Site
Protected area
Photo: Cculber007, Public domain.
New Echota was the capital of the Cherokee Nation in the Southeastern United States from 1825 until their forced removal in the late 1830s. New Echota is located in present-day Gordon County, in northwest Georgia, north of Calhoun. New Echota Historical Site is situated 2 miles southeast of Damascus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Resaca and Calhoun.
Resaca
Village
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Resaca is a town in Gordon County, Georgia, United States, with unincorporated areas extending into Whitfield County. Resaca lies along the Oostanaula River. Resaca is situated 2 miles north of Damascus.
Calhoun
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Calhoun is in the Northwest High Country of Georgia and has this sort of idiosyncrasy in that it calls itself "The Land Of The Cherokee" even though there's hardly a Cherokee left standing, thanks to things like President Andrew Jackson and the Indian Removal Act.
Damascus
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Gordon, Georgia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.55009° or 34° 33′ 0″ northLongitude
-84.93578° or 84° 56′ 9″ westElevation
709 feet (216 metres)Open location code
866QH327+2MOpenStreetMap ID
node 154158741OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Persian—“Damascus” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “大馬士革 (喬治亞州戈登縣)”
- Chinese: “大馬士革”
- French: “Damascus”
- Irish: “Damascus”
- Persian: “دمشق، شهرستان گوردون، جورجیا”
- Persian: “دمشق”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Colonial Heights and Echota.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Damascus Baptist Church and Gideon Church.
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