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Sautee Nacoochee (or Sautee-Nacoochee) is an unincorporated improve in White County, Georgia, United States, near Sautee Creek in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Georgia, approximately 95 miles (153 km) north of Atlanta.

3 Sautee Valley Historic District Sautee Nacoochee's name combines two place names of Muscogee origin.

Apparently, the valley was soon captured by the Cherokees, because subsequent maps of the Cherokee Nation show the village being titled Chote, Chotee or Chota. In 1754, all Cherokee villages were burned in northeast Georgia by the Koweta Creeks in their prosperous campaign to end the 40 year long Creek-Cherokee War.

The Nacoochee Valley is known for the Nacoochee Indian Mound, at the northwestern end of the valley, which was constructed between 700-1200 AD.

Nearby Yonah Mountain is the site of a folktale where a beautiful Cherokee maiden titled Nacoochee fell in love with the Chickasaw warrior Sautee.

Sautee Valley Historic District Sautee Valley Historic District Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia is positioned in Georgia (U.S.

State) Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia The Sautee Valley Historic District (adjacent to the Nacoochee Valley Historic District) is a historic precinct centered on the improve of Sautee Nacoochee.

The center point of the Sautee Valley Historic District is the intersection of Georgia State Route 255 and Lynch Mountain Road.

Sautee Nacoochee is most noted for the Sautee Nacoochee Center, a cultural and improve center homed in the restored Nacoochee schoolhouse.

The center was established by the Sautee-Nacoochee Community Association (SNCA), which was also responsible for getting both Sautee and Nacoochee Valleys placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

In September 2006, the Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia opened on the grounds of the Sautee Nacoochee Center.

The various cultural programs at the Sautee Nacoochee Center led to Sautee Nacoochee being designated as one of "The 100 Best Small Arts Towns in America" in a book by the same name written by John Villani. Nacoochee Valley Historic District Sautee Nacoochee Valleys Associations Nacoochee Valley State Historical Marker

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S.

State)Unincorporated communities in White County, Georgia - National Register of Historic Places in White County, Georgia