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Hiawassee, Georgia

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The city of Hiawassee is located in Towns County and is the county seat.

Hiawassee is 620 feet [188.98 m] above sea level.^<1>

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

Tennessee has a community that is also named Hiawassee.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Hiawassee had a population of 808 people ^<2> (or 8.62% of the total population of Towns County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Hiawassee had a population of 856 people. This is an increase of 5.94% 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 Hiawassee.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	856	+5.94%	-0.81% since 2007
2007	863	+6.81%	+3.35% since 2006
2006	835	+3.34%	-0.71% since 2005
2005	841	+4.08%
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2000	808	The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

Community	Direction	Distance ^<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Blairsville	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	720	9.26% increase
Clayton	E	20 mi [32.19 km]	2,185	8.22% increase
Helen	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	841	95.58% increase
Tate City	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
Tiger	E	19 mi [30.58 km]	315	0.32% decrease
Young Harris	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	709	17.38% increase

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

The Commemorative
Quarter for
Georgia ^<4>

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Footnotes

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hiawassee - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Hiawassee. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Hiawassee and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<4>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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