Blue Ridge, Georgia

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The city of Blue Ridge is located in Fannin County and is the county seat.

Typical abbreviation for Blue Ridge: Blue Rdg. (or less commonly used: Blue Rdge. or Blue Ridg.)

Blue Ridge is 520 feet [158.5 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Blue Ridge lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Blue Ridge can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Blue Ridge had a population of 1,210 people^<2> (or 6.06% of the total population of Fannin County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Blue Ridge had a population of 1,066 people. This is a decrease of 11.9% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Blue Ridge.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Blairsville	E	20 mi [32.19 km]	720	9.26% increase
	East Ellijay	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	698	1.27% decrease
	Ellijay	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	1,588	0.25% increase
	McCaysville	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	986	7.94% decrease
	Mineral Bluff	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Morganton	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	280	6.35% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Blue Ridge.

The Commemorative Quarter for Georgia<4>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Blue Ridge. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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