Historical Marker

Cherokee Nation

Adairsville · Gordon County · Erected 1983

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The Story

A roadside tribute to the sovereign Cherokee Nation that once governed northern Georgia from New Echota until 1838, when soldiers rounded the people up at gunpoint for the deadly westward march remembered as the Trail of Tears.

About this site

Cherokee Nation is a historical marker in Adairsville, Gordon County, erected in 1983. It is one of 65 historical markers documented in Gordon County, among 104 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.4092, -84.9176 near Adairsville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Adairsville (battlefield), about 1.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Site of the Robert C. Saxon House, Oothcaloga Valley, and Oothcaloga Mission.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 34.4092, -84.9176 · Adairsville, Gordon County

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