Free Home is an
unincorporated community
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in the eastern part of
Cherokee County,
Georgia
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, United States. Centered at the intersection of state highways
20 and
372
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, the rural community has seen moderate suburbanization of the area since the late 1990s. It is home to Free Home Elementary School. Timothy Valentine is the self proclaimed mayor of the town since 2017.
Free Home is about halfway between
Ball Ground to the north and
Milton to the south-southeast on Georgia 372 (also called Free Home Highway and
Birmingham
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Highway, for the community now within Milton). On Cumming Highway (Georgia 20), it is also about halfway between
Canton (west) and
Cumming (east), the Cherokee and
Forsyth county seat
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s. The
Little River
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begins as a small stream just southeast of Free Home, near Free Home Road.
History
Free Home was named by Captain Delevan Lively who owned land in the area around the Crossroads Militia District in Cherokee County. Due to hard times in the area, many people could not afford to buy land. If someone made an agreement that the land would revert to him if they moved away, Captain Lively offered free land to anyone who wanted to build a house. Thus, the community became known as Free Home.
References
External links
Free Home Elementary SchoolCherokee Sheriff's Office - Free Home Precinct Office
Unincorporated communities in Cherokee County, Georgia
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
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