Headnote
GILMER COUNTY, situated on the northern boundary of Georgia. Area, 680 square miles. Face of the country mountainous. Seat of justice, Ellijay. Pop. in 1840, 2,536; in 1850, 4,933. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Georgia

Gilmer County, Georgia (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
GILMER COUNTY, situated on the northern boundary of Georgia. Area, 680 square miles. Face of the country mountainous. Seat of justice, Ellijay. Pop. in 1840, 2,536; in 1850, 4,933.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 138.
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