Epworth is an
unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Fannin County,
Georgia
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, United States. As of the
2010 census it had a population of 480.
It lies at an elevation of in the north-central part of the county. A former name was Atalla. The
ZIP code is 30541.
Epworth is located on
Georgia State Route 5 between
Blue Ridge (the county seat to the south) and
McCaysville (on the
Tennessee
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state line to the north).
History
Prior to
European colonization
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, the area that is now Epworth was inhabited by the
Cherokee
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people and other Indigenous peoples for thousands of years.
A post office called Epworth has been in operation since 1901. The
Georgia General Assembly
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Each of the General Assembly's 236 members serve two-year terms and are directl ...
incorporated the place in 1906 as the "Town of Epworth". The community was named after
Epworth, in England.
Demographics
Epworth was first listed as a town in the
1910 U.S. census;
[ and was listed as such in the ]1920
Events January
* January 1
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and 1930 U.S. census.[ It no longer appeared in the ]1940 U.S. census
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.[ It was relisted as a ]census designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in the 2010 U.S. census.[
]
2020 census
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 668 people living In Epworth.
Education
Epworth is also the location of an Appalachian Technical College campus which closed, and was later slated to reopen as a campus of North Georgia Technical College.
References
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Census-designated places in Fannin County, Georgia
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