New Echota Historical Site
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Protected area
- Description: historic site in Calhoun, Georgia, USA
- Also known as: “New Echota”, “New Echota State Historic Site”, “New Echota State Park”, and “New Eschota”
- Address: 1211 GA 225, Calhoun, GA 30701
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calhoun and Resaca.
Calhoun
Photo: Cculber007, Public domain.
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.
Resaca
Village
Photo: Thomson200, CC0.
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 3½ miles northwest of New Echota Historical Site.
New Echota Historical Site
- Categories: historic site, Georgia state park, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Gordon, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.53849° or 34° 32′ 19″ northLongitude
-84.90457° or 84° 54′ 17″ westElevation
640 feet (195 metres)Operator
Georgia State Parks & Historic SitesOpen location code
866QG3QW+95OpenStreetMap ID
way 1096818442OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Polish—“New Echota Historical Site” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “New Echota Historical Site”
- Chinese: “新埃科塔”
- Danish: “New Echota”
- German: “New Echota”
- Italian: “New Echota”
- Polish: “New Echota”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include New Echota State Historic Site Museum and Cherokee Indian Memorial.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “New Echota Historical Site”. Photo: Cculber007, Public domain.