Dawson County was created on December 3, 1857. The city was named after William C. Dawson, a compiler of the laws of Georgia and commander of a brigade in the Creek Indian War of 1836. Dawson also served in both houses of the state legislature and in Congress before the Civil War.
Dawsonville is a city in Dawson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 619 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Dawson County.
Dawson County and Historic Dawsonville are located less than an hour north of Atlanta, surrounded by the southern Appalachian mountains and flanked by 39,000 acre Lake Lanier.
The modern Dawsonville begins at the junction of Georgia 400 and Highway 53, where the North Georgia Premium Outlets and adjacent retail shopping, dining, theater and entertainment beckon.
Just a few miles west on Highway 53, historic Dawsonville hearkens back to its founding in the mid 1800s, a time when the region was a quaint mountain farming community. Today a historic town square, courthouse, jail and other original period architecture stands as a reminder of a bygone era.
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These are some of the public schools in Dawson County:
Other educational facilities in Dawasonville include:
