Mineral Bluff, Georgia

Mineral Bluff is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located in Fannin County in the U.S. state of Georgia.[2] Its population was 223 as of the 2020 census. The community is situated 6 miles (10 km) northeast of the city of Blue Ridge, the county seat, 80 miles (130 km) east of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and 100 miles (160 km) north of Atlanta.[4]

Mineral Bluff, Georgia
Census-designated place
Church in Mineral Bluff
Church in Mineral Bluff
MineralBluff is located in Georgia
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Bluff
Coordinates: 34°54′52″N 84°16′36″W
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
CountyFannin
Area
[1]
 • Total1.42 sq mi (3.67 km2)
 • Land1.41 sq mi (3.65 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation
[2]
1,572 ft (479 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total223
 • Density158.27/sq mi (61.11/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
30559[3]
Area code(s)706/762
GNIS feature ID332400[2]

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020223—
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

History

Prior to European colonization, the area that is now Mineral Bluff was inhabited by the Cherokee people and other Indigenous peoples for thousands of years.

Mineral Bluff was originally called "Douglas", and under the latter name settlement was made in the 1830s.[6] The present name of "Mineral Bluff" was adopted in 1885.[6]

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Mineral Bluff as a town in 1889.[7]

The community's historic train station, the Mineral Bluff Depot,[8] is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

References
  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mineral Bluff
  3. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  4. Google Maps: road distances
  5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 149. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
  7. Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. Clark & Hines, State Printers. 1889. p. 836.
  8. RailGA - Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage
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