Cherokee County, Georgia

Remaining county

In 1857, part of the southeastern corner of the county was ceded by the state legislature to form Milton County. In the 1890s, The Atlanta & Knoxville Railroad (later renamed the Marietta & North Georgia Railroad when it could not be completed to Knoxville) built a branch line up through the middle of the county. When this line was bought by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad the following decade, the L&N built train depots at Woodstock and other towns.

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1857 - Cede - State legislature - Milton County - 1890s - Atlanta & Knoxville Railroad - Marietta & North Georgia Railroad - Knoxville - Branch line - Louisville & Nashville Railroad - Decade - Train - Depot

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Cherokee County is now becoming part of suburban Atlanta, and is considered part of the Atlanta metro area. It is bisected by Interstate 575, which runs from Marietta north through Woodstock, Lebanon, Holly Springs, Canton, and Ball Ground, ending at the Pickens County line into Georgia 515, the Appalachian Parkway developmental highway. The Georgia Northeastern Railroad also operates freight service on the former L&N tracks, roughly parallel to this route, and it could potentially serve commuter rail to Atlanta eventually. Population growth follows the same general pattern as well, with new suburbs in the south following the highway toward exurbs further north.

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Suburb - Atlanta - Atlanta metro area - Interstate 575 - Marietta - Woodstock - Lebanon - Holly Springs - Canton - Ball Ground - Pickens County - Georgia 515 - Appalachian Parkway - Developmental highway - Georgia Northeastern Railroad - Freight - Parallel - Route - Commuter rail - Population - Exurb

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Like other similar counties, such rapid construction and consumption of land has strained the local ecology, as well as relations between developers and residents, even between the governments of the county and its cities. Impact fees, zoning decisions, and environmental damage have all be sources of contention, with some developers trying to circumvent the county laws by asking the cities for annexation.

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Construction - Consumption - Land - Ecology - Developer - Resident - Government - Impact fee - Zoning - Environment - Contention - Circumvent - Annexation

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