Brasstown Ranger District

	Brasstown Ranger District Brasstown may mean: Brasstown, Georgia, United States, for which Brasstown Bald was named Brasstown, North Carolina, United States, located in Clay County, North Carolina on the North Carolina-Georgia border. Brasstown Township, Clay County, North Carolina, United States Brasstown, South Carolina, United States Twon-Brass Twon-Brass, previously known simply as Brass or Brasstown, is a community on Brass Island in the Nun River estuary of Southern Bayelsa State, Nigeria, in the Brass Local Government Area. The royal Chief is Alfred Diete-Spiff. The town is on th ... , town in Nigeria {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Brasstown, Georgia Brasstown is an extinct Cherokee village in Towns County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The exact location of Brasstown is unknown to the GNIS The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories, Antarctica, and the associated states of .... It was situated about southwest of present-day Hiawassee on the upper part of Brasstown Creek. The name "Brasstown" is the result of a mistranslation of its native Cherokee-language name ''Itse' yi'', which correctly translates to "town of the green valley". References Geography of Towns County, Georgia Ghost towns in Georgia (U.S. state) Cherokee towns {{TownsCountyGA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Brasstown Bald Brasstown Bald is the highest point in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is located in the northeastern part of the state in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border between Towns and Union counties south of the city of Hiawassee. The mountain is known to the native Cherokee people as Enotah. Description The name in English is derived from a mistaken translation of the term for the nearby Cherokee village of Brasstown, located along the upper Brasstown Creek (named in English from the same error) feeding the Hiawassee River. Across the North Carolina state line, immediately north of the mountain, are other places named in that error of English settlers: Brasstown, a community in the Brasstown township of Clay County, North Carolina. Brasstown Bald is partly in both Towns and Union counties, the peak being divided by the county line. The mountain is part of the Blue Ridge Mountains (part of the Appalachian Mountains), and within the borders of the Blue Ridge Ranger District of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Brasstown, North Carolina Brasstown is an unincorporated community located mostly within Clay County, North Carolina, United States, though roughly one third of Brasstown is within the adjacent Cherokee County. Etymology The name, "Brasstown," was given to several historic towns in the Cherokee region, including this one. The name resulted from confusion in translating the Cherokee name, "''Itse'yĭ''" (meaning 'New Green Place' or 'Place of Fresh Green') with "''Ûňtsaiyĭ''" (meaning "brass"). Annual opossum drop The Opossum Drop was an annual event at Clay's Corner convenience store organized by Clay and Judy Logan. At midnight on New Year's Eve, instead of dropping an object, a plexiglass box containing a living opossum was lowered from the roof of the store. At midnight the animal was lowered to the ground while a small crowd of local residents sometimes shot fireworks. For many years the New Year's Eve celebration took place under much protest and with due cause. In 2018, the "Possum Drop" mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Clay County, North Carolina Clay County is a county located in the far western part of U.S. state North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 11,089. The county seat is Hayesville, elevation 1,893 ft. History This area was occupied by the Cherokee Nation at the time of European settlement. The name of Brasstown, an unincorporated community in the county, was derived from a Cherokee term for a village location, which English speakers confused with another that meant "brass." They referred to the village as Brasstown, a translation unrelated to the Cherokee history of the site. Migrants into the area were primarily of Scots-Irish descent, who had moved into the backcountry of the Appalachians from eastern areas. They moved south from Pennsylvania and Virginia after the American Revolution. Most became yeomen farmers and few owned slaves in the antebellum years. In the fall of 1860, George Hayes, who was running for state representative from Cherokee County, promised his constituent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Brasstown Township, Clay County, North Carolina Brasstown is the westernmost township, and one of the six townships of Clay County, North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ..., United States. The other five are Hayesville, Hiawassee, Shooting Creek, Sweetwater, and Tusquittee. By area, it is the third smallest township in Clay County. Geography Brasstown has an elevation of 1,811.0 ft. (552.0 meters) Unincorporated communities Brasstown is home to four unincorporated communities, Fire's Creek, Warne and the town of the same name, Brasstown and Shewbird. Adjacent townships Churches and cemeteries Cemeteries Brasstown is home to four cemeteries: Brasstown Cemetery, Fires Creek Cemetery, Hunt Cemetery, and Mcclure Cemetery. Churches Brasstown also sports fifteen churches: Bethesda Church, Brasst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]