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Hiawassee High School, also known as Hiawassee Academy, was a Baptist affiliated high school in
Hiawassee Hiawassee is the county seat of Towns County, Georgia, United States. The community's population was 880 at the 2010 census. Its name is derived from the Cherokee—or perhaps Creek—word ''Ayuhwasi'', which means meadow, (A variant spelling, ...
,
Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...
. It was co-ed and A.B. Greene was the principal from at least 1897 until 1909. It eventually became Hiawasee Junior College.


History

The school opened in the
Towns County Courthouse A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...
in 1887, just a year after the establishment of
Young Harris College Young Harris College is a private Methodist-affiliated liberal arts college in Young Harris, Georgia, United States. History Origins The school was founded in 1886 by Artemas Lester, a circuit-riding Methodist minister who wanted to pr ...
. It was a day school and boarding school maintained by the Home Mission Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination, and the largest Protestant and second-largest Christian denomination in the United States. The wor ...
. Preacher George W. Truett was a founder (with his cousin and fellow preacher Fred McConnell), principal, and taught at the school before being recruited to move to Texas after speaking at a conference. In 1921 enrollment was reported to be 127. The school featured on a photo postcard. The school band is included in a story in ''The Greats of Cuttercane'' playing as part of the festivities celebrating the debut of ''The Lone Biker'' and a visit by its star to Hiawassee as part of ''The Story of Felton Eugene Walker''.


Alumni

* Homer Sutton (Hiawassee Junior College) *Calvin Paris WilbanksGeorgia Official and Statistical Register
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See also

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Towns County High School Towns County High School is a public high school in Hiawassee, Georgia. It is part of the Towns County School District. The school is at 1400 U.S. Route 76. The school colors are blue and white and the Indians are the school's mascot. The school d ...
, the county's public high school *
Young Harris Institute Young Harris College is a private Methodist-affiliated liberal arts college in Young Harris, Georgia, United States. History Origins The school was founded in 1886 by Artemas Lester, a circuit-riding Methodist minister who wanted to pr ...
, competing Methodist preparatory school that became Young Harris College


References

{{Reflist Defunct private schools in the United States 1887 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Defunct Christian schools in the United States Defunct schools in Georgia (U.S. state) Baptist schools in the United States Educational institutions established in 1887