Tate is an

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in Pickens County,

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, United States. The Georgia Marble Company and Tate Historic District in Tate is listed on the

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. The

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is centered on GA 53 between GA 5 and Long Swamp Creek. Tate's

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was originally called Marble Works by the

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. The area was later known as Harnageville after Ambrose Harnage. The home of Ambrose Harnage was authorized by the Georgia General Assembly to be the first meeting place for county courts for Cherokee County when the county was first established, which functioned as a large territory rather than a true county during the State of Georgia's initial organization of the final

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territory within the state. Elections for a full county government were held in 1832, and

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was held at the Harnage house. Prior to that time many county government functions were administered by adjacent counties. In December 1832 Cherokee County was divided into seven other counties and the town was renamed Tate after

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Sam Tate in 1880. Other variant names for this place include Harnages, Harnage, and Tateville.

Georgia Marble

Tate includes the main quarries of the Georgia Marble Company, a new division of the second largest stone company in North America, Polycor. The quarries are internationally known for the quality of the

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and are served by the Georgia Northeastern Railroad. The area is also near Interstate 575 which travels to

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, which ends into State Route 515 just to the south in

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. Former State Route 5 is the main street through Tate, though the GDOT has moved that number onto 575 and 515.

Tate House

The Tate House is a

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that once served as a

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and bed & breakfast in Tate. It now does business as a facility for weddings and other special events.

References

External links

Pickens County - Tate, GeorgiaThe Tate House
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{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Pickens County, Georgia Cherokee County, Georgia Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)