South
Georgia
Towns

Hiawassee

Hiawassee is the county seat of , , 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, Hiawassee is also known in the novel "Restart" by Gordon Korman.
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  • Type: Village with 836 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Towns County, Georgia, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Hiawassee, GA”, “Hiawassee, Georgia”, and “Hiwassee”
  • Postal code: 30546

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Young Harris.

Village
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is a city in , , United States. The population was 1,098 at the 2020 census. is home to , after which it was named. is situated 5 miles west of Hiawassee.

Hiawassee

Latitude
34.94796° or 34° 56′ 53″ north
Longitude
-83.75699° or 83° 45′ 25″ west
Population
836
Elevation
1,972 feet (601 metres)
Open location code
866RW6XV+56
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154110312
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4200188
Wiki­data ID
Q2734175
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Hiawassee” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هياواسي”
  • Basque: “Hiawassee”
  • Catalan: “Hiawassee”
  • Cebuano: “Hiawassee”
  • Chechen: “Гаявасси”
  • Chinese: “Hiawassee”
  • Chinese: “海亞瓦夕”
  • Dutch: “Hiawassee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هياواسى”
  • French: “Hiawassee”
  • German: “Hiawassee”
  • Gilaki: “هیاواسی (جؤرجيا)”
  • Gilaki: “هیاواسی”
  • Haitian: “Hiawassee, Georgie”
  • Haitian: “Hiawassee”
  • Hungarian: “Hiawassee”
  • Irish: “Hiawassee”
  • Italian: “Hiawassee”
  • Ladin: “Hiawassee (Georgia (stat American))”
  • Ladin: “Hiawassee)”
  • Mazanderani: “هیاواسی”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hiawassee”
  • Newari: “हायावासी, जर्जिया”
  • Newari: “हायावासी”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hiawassee”
  • Norwegian: “Hiawassee”
  • Polish: “Hiawassee”
  • Portuguese: “Hiawassee”
  • Serbian: “Хајавоси”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hiawassee, Georgia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hiawassee”
  • Spanish: “Hiawassee”
  • Swedish: “Hiawassee”
  • Tatar: “Гаявасси”
  • Ukrainian: “Гаявассі”
  • Uzbek: “Hiawassee”
  • Uzbek: “Ҳиаwассее”
  • Volapük: “Hiawassee”
  • Welsh: “Hiawassee, Georgia”
  • Welsh: “Hiawassee”

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