Rising Fawn, Georgia
Unincorporated community
U.S. post office (2009)
U.S. post office (2009)
Rising Fawn is located in Georgia
Rising Fawn
Rising Fawn
Location within the state of Georgia
Rising Fawn is located in the United States
Rising Fawn
Rising Fawn
Rising Fawn (the United States)
Coordinates: 34°45′36″N 85°31′52″W / 34.76000°N 85.53111°W / 34.76000; -85.53111
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
CountyDade
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
30738
Area code(s)706/762

Rising Fawn is an unincorporated community in the southern part of Dade County, Georgia, United States.[1] It is the location of Cloudland Canyon State Park.

History

Rising Fawn was named after the child of a Cherokee Indian chieftain. The custom was to name the child after the first thing seen. On the following dawn, the chief saw a fawn rise from its bed and thought that he hadn't seen anything more beautiful. He then named his child Rising Fawn.[2]

Geography

Rising Fawn is located in the northwestern part of Georgia, very close to the Alabama state line. Interstate 59 runs from southwest to northeast to the west of the community, leading northeast 28 mi (45 km) to Chattanooga, Tennessee (via I-59 to I-24), and southwest 120 mi (190 km) to Birmingham, Alabama. U.S. Route 11 also runs through the community, leading north 8 mi (13 km) to Trenton, the county seat of Dade County, and southwest 14 mi (23 km) to Hammondville, Alabama.

Demographics

Rising Fawn is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rising Fawn, Georgia
  2. ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 189. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
  3. ^ Wilson, Scott (August 19, 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-4766-2599-7.
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