Big Creek is a municipality in Forsyth County, Georgia. It is the largest locale in the county in terms of population. The locale is a Census county division (CCD) class of an unincorporated community. It has an 83,973 population, according to the US Census Bureau's 2022

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. With the locale having 43.9 square miles; the population density is 1,914.9 people per square mile. That population is an increase over the figure in the

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: 83,863.

Name origin

The origin of the locale lies with the creek of the same name running on the west side of the CCD's territory.

Geography

Big Creek is south of Cumming, the incorporated community of the county, and is north of the Forsyth County - Fulton County border. Big Creek is bounded on the east by the

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. The western one-third of Big Creek is separated off by US Route 19/ Georgia State Route 400.

Education

Big Creek is part of the Forsyth County Schools district. The Forsyth County campus of

Lanier Technical College Lanier Technical College (LTC or Lanier Tech) is a public technical college with multiple locations in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of the Technical College System of Georgia and provides education services for a seven-county service ar ...

is in the northern part of the county. The campus, which opened in 1997, was expanded in 2010.History
section of the LTC online student catalog. Last accessed 2024-04-16.

Library

Big Creek is served by the Sharon Forks branch of the

Forsyth County Public Library The Forsyth County Public Library (FCPL) is a consortium of four public libraries in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States. All four branches are located in the county seat of Cumming. The Forsyth County Public Library as of 2015 had the highe ...

. The branch was recognized as the busiest library in the state, with a circulation of over one million materials.

Transportation

Georgia State Route 141, also called Peachtree Parkway, runs north-south through the community. US 19/SR 400 runs southwest-northeast through Big Creek.

References

Unincorporated communities in Forsyth County, Georgia Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) {{ForsythCountyGA-geo-stub