• of Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee: Hiwassee Lake, the reservoir created by Hiwassee Dam Hiwassee River, a tributary of the Tennessee River in...
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    The Hiwassee River originates from a spring on the north slope of Rocky Mountain in Towns County in the northern area of the State of Georgia. It flows...
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    Hiwassee Lake is a man-made reservoir in Cherokee County, North Carolina. It lies along the Hiwassee River created by the Hiwassee Dam which finished construction...
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    Hiwassee Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Hiwassee River in Cherokee County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is one of three dams on the river...
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  • Hiwassee Island, also known as Jollys Island and Benham Island, is located in Meigs County, Tennessee, at the confluence of the Tennessee and Hiwassee...
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  • Hiwassee College was a private liberal arts college in Madisonville, Tennessee. Founded in 1849, the college offered associate degrees as well as bachelor's...
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    35°14′27″N 84°33′49″W / 35.24085°N 84.56361°W / 35.24085; -84.56361 Great Hiwassee (Cherokee: ᎠᏴᏩᏏ ᎢᏆᎭ, romanized: Ayvwasi Egwaha) was an important Overhill...
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  • The Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic River State Park is a Tennessee state park in Polk County, Tennessee, United States, that provides access to the Hiwassee and...
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    Hiwassee is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pulaski County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 264. "Hiwassee". Geographic...
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    Hiwassee Dam High School (HDHS) in Murphy, North Carolina serves grades 9–12 and is one of three high schools in Cherokee County Schools. It is the westernmost...
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    Murphy, North Carolina (category Populated places on the Hiwassee River)
    North Carolina, United States. It is situated at the confluence of the Hiwassee and Valley rivers. It is the westernmost county seat in the state of North...
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    perhaps Creek—word Ayuhwasi, which means meadow, (A variant spelling, "Hiwassee," is used for the local river and some other Appalachian place names.)...
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    Zone. In the late 1930s, Hiwassee Dam was built in northwest Cherokee County by the Tennessee Valley Authority, creating Hiwassee Lake. It is the highest...
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  • USS Hiwassee (AOG-29) was a Mettawee-class gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the...
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    Hiwassee is a small village in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States, which sits next to the Hiwassee Dam and the artificially created Hiwassee...
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    part of US U.S. Route 64). In the 1840s and 1850s, Ducktown was called Hiwassee or Hiawassee, after the Cherokee name for a major river in the area. This...
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  • section of the Hiwassee River, and as a result creates large lakes near the Interstate where creeks run into the Hiwassee. The Hiwassee River bridges are...
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    Creek, Ranger, and Hiwassee Dam. These three schools taught K-8. On January 18, 2024, Cherokee County's school board voted to move Hiwassee Dam Elementary...
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  • The Upper Hiwassee Highlands AVA is an American Viticultural Area that includes land in three counties of northern Georgia and two counties of western...
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  • Kentucky Lake Tributary dams and reservoirs include: Apalachia Dam on the Hiwassee River forms Apalachia Reservoir Blue Ridge Dam dams the Toccoa River, forming...
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    Great Hiwassee along the Hiwassee River to the south. In 1819, the Cherokee signed the Calhoun Treaty, selling the land north of the Hiwassee (including...
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    The lowest elevation (765 ft) on the BMT occurs at the crossing of the Hiwassee River in Tennessee. The highest elevation is the 5,843-foot (1,781 m) summit...
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    community in Polk County, Tennessee, United States. Reliance is located on the Hiwassee River at the junction of Tennessee State Route 30 and Tennessee State Route...
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    “Land where the waters meet” (the lake covers the meeting place of the Hiwassee River and Shooting Creek). The reservoir is home to rainbow trout, catfish...
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    Chickamauga Cherokee who used to live in the area. The Hiwassee River empties into Chickamauga Lake at Hiwassee Island, just north of the Highway 60 bridge at...
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  • a stream in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is a tributary to the Hiwassee River. Grape Creek was named for the wild grapes which once abounded there...
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  • incorporated under special act of Tennessee on February 19, 1836 as the Hiwassee Rail Road Company. The company built 81.23 miles (130.73 km) of 5 ft (1...
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    years of indigenous cultures. The portion of Polk County north of the Hiwassee River was ceded by the Cherokee Nation to the US in the Calhoun Treaty...
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  • Cambarus parrishi, the Hiwassee headwaters crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is found in Georgia and North Carolina. Cordeiro...
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  • The Hiwassee River Heritage Center is a history museum located in Charleston, Tennessee which was established in 2013. The museum chronicles the region's...
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