New Town
New Town is an unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia, United States, located northeast of Calhoun. New Town is near the New Echota historic site, which was formerly part of the Cherokee Nation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia, United States
- Also known as: “Conasauga”, “Gansagi”, “New Echota”, “New Town, GA”, and “New Town, 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.
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 4 miles northwest of New Town.
New Town
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Gordon, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.53064° or 34° 31′ 50″ northLongitude
-84.90578° or 84° 54′ 21″ westElevation
669 feet (204 metres)Open location code
866QG3JV+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 154136705OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“New Town” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “新鎮”
- French: “New Town”
- Persian: “نیو تاون، جورجیا”
- Persian: “نیو تاون”
- South Azerbaijani: “نیو توون، جورجیا”
- Urdu: “نیو ٹاؤن، جارجیا”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include New Town Church and New Echota Cemetery.
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