Rising Fawn is a small unincorporated community in the southern part of Dade County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the

Chattanooga Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, ...

, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is also the location of Cloudland Canyon State Park. Rising Fawn was named after the child of a

Cherokee Indian The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, t ...

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.

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 to

, Tennessee (via I-59 to

I-24 Interstate 24 (I-24) is an Interstate Highway in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. It runs diagonally from I-57, south of Marion, Illinois, to Chattanooga, Tennessee, at I-75. It travels through Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, ...

), and southwest to Birmingham, Alabama.

U.S. Route 11 {{Infobox road , country=USA , type=US , route=11 , map={{maplink, frame=yes, plain=yes, frame-align=center, frame-width=290, frame-height=330, type=line, from=U.S. Route 11.map , map_custom=yes , map_notes=US 11 in red, US 11E in blue, US 11W in ...

also runs through the community, leading north to Trenton, the county seat of Dade County, and southwest to Hammondville, Alabama.

Notable people

* Desmond Doss, Medal of Honor recipient from World War II portrayed in the 2016 film '' Hacksaw Ridge'', resided in Rising Fawn for most of his life after the war, together with his wife Dorothy and their son Desmond Jr. * Silent film actress

May Allison May Allison (June 14, 1890 – March 27, 1989) was an American actress whose greatest success was achieved in the early part of the 20th century in silent films, although she also appeared on stage. Life and career Allison was born in Rising ...

was born here in

1890 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony, in the Horn of Africa. ** In Michigan, the wooden steamer ''Mackinaw'' burns in a fire on the Black River. * January 2 ** The steamship ...

. * MCPON Rick D. West. * Norman Blake, famed for his folk music, some of which was heard on the '' O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' soundtrack, resides in Rising Fawn with his wife, Nancy, also a folk musician. *Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year, the Forester Sisters are from Rising Fawn. *

Colton Moore Colton Chase Moore (born October 10, 1993) is an American politician who represented Georgia's 1st House District in the Georgia State House Representative from January 14, 2019, to January 14, 2021. At 24 years old, he is the youngest elected ...

, at 24, was the youngest politician ever elected in Dade County and grew up in Rising Fawn.

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Dade County, Georgia Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) Chattanooga metropolitan area U.S. Route 11