White County Historical Timeline
Discover the History of White County, Georgia
- 1828- Gold was discovered in the Duke’s Creek area and was the beginning of a gold rush.
- December 22, 1857- White County was created, from Habersham County. The new county was named in honor of David T. White, a Newton County representative who helped a Habersham County representative successfully attain passage of the act that created the new county.
- 1860- Population: 3,315
- 1870- Population: 4,606
- 1880- Population: 5,341
- 1890- Population: 6,151
- 1899- Cleveland received its first telephone line, which was a single line to the city from Gainesville Telephone Company.
- 1900- Population: 5,912
- 1910- Population: 5,110
- 1920- Population: 6,105
- 1922-1926- The Federal Government began to purchase large tracts of land that were heavily damaged by logging and mining in the area, consolidated it, and created the Georgia Nation Forest, which later became the Chattahoochee National Forest. Following the creation of automobiles, roads were developed from Cleveland to Clayton, as well as roads from Cleveland to Blairesville.
- 1930- Population: 6,056
- 1940- Population: 6,417
- 1946- Truett McConnell University, a four-year liberal arts institution affiliated with the Georgia Baptist Convention, was established.
- 1950- Population: 5,951
- February 17, 1951- I’d Climb the highest Mountain, a movie that was filmed in Georgia with vast amounts filmed in Cleveland, Helen, and Nora Mill.
- April 12, 1951- Prior to legislation being passed that allowed women jurors, Mary Ball Tinius was seated on a jury in White County, Georgia.
- 1954- Unicoi State Park, a 1050 acre park, was established.
- 1960- Population 6,935
- 1964- The present day White County Courthouse was constructed.
- 1970- Population: 7,742
- 1980- Population: 10,120
- 1990- Population: 13,006
- 2000- Population: 19,994
- 2010- Population: 27,144
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