Historical Marker

Unicoi Turnpike

Sautee Nacoochee · White County

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The Story

This early toll road grew from a Cherokee trading path, opened by an 1813 treaty and completed around 1819. For decades it carried wagons and travelers between Georgia and Tennessee through the Unicoi Gap.

About this site

Unicoi Turnpike is a historical marker in Sautee Nacoochee, White County. It is one of 39 historical markers documented in White County, among 97 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.6860, -83.7093 near Sautee Nacoochee. The nearest cataloged historic site is Caretaker's House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Unicoi Road, Welcome to Hardman Farm, and Three Families at the Farm.

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

📍 34.6860, -83.7093 · Sautee Nacoochee, White County

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