Rabun County, GA Summer Camps

About Rabun County, GA

Rabun County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia . As of the 2000 census , the population was 15,050. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 16,519. The county seat is Clayton . With an average annual rainfall of over 70 inches , Rabun County has the title of the rainiest county in Georgia and one of the rainiest counties east of the Mississippi River .

History of Rabun County, GA

As early as 1760, explorers came to the area now known as Rabun County. In the 18th century, the population of Cherokee in the area was so heavy that this portion of the Appalachian Mountains was sometimes called the "Cherokee Mountains." The early explorers and settlers divided the Cherokee people into three divisions depending on location and dialect, the Lower, Middle, and Over-the-Hill. There were at least four Cherokee settlements in what would later become Rabun County. A Middle settlement called Stikayi was located on Stekoa Creek, probably southeast of the present-day Clayton. An Over-the-Hill settlement called Tallulah was located on the upper portion of the Tallulah River . There were also two Cherokee settlements of unknown division, Chicherohe , which was destroyed during the American Revolutionary War , located along Warwoman Creek, east of Clayton, and Eastertoy which was located near the present-day Dillard . Despite the prominence of the Cherokee, there is evidence that other Native Americans were in the region before them. A mound similar to others across North Georgia is located about one mile east of Dillard , Georgia and is likely a remnant of an earlier mound-building Native American culture known as the Mississippian culture . The mound location is listed on the National Register of Historical Places as the Hoojah Branch Site .

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