Pickens County, Jasper
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GA Cacher
N 34° 28.140 W 084° 25.829
16S E 736006 N 3817156
In front of the Pickens County Couthouse gives the history of the naming of the county.
Waymark Code: WM2246
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/22/2007
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PICKENS COUNTY
Created December 5, 1853, and named for
General Andrew Pickens of Revolutionary
fame. The first settlements sprang up
along the Old Federal Road which fol-
lowed in general the route of the high-
way through Tate, Jasper and Talking Rock.
Mount Oglethorpe (formerly called Grassy
Knob), Burrell Top of Burnt Mountain and
Sharp Top Mountain dominate the skyline
in the northeastern part of the county;
to the southwest is Sharp Mountain.
Coming of the railroad in 1883 made pos-
sible development of a large and import-
tant marble industry.
112-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953