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Gainesville Essential Info

Overview

Gainesville is a city in Georgia's Historic High Country. The city of Gainesville is one of the larger cities in the Historic High Country along with Rome (Georgia) both with populations around 30,000. The city is located in Hall County (Georgia) in the Central High Country. The city is nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and is close to the shores of Lake Lanier and less than an hour's drive to downtown Atlanta. Gainesville is home to an Amtrak station.

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Best Time To Go

Mar-Oct

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Fun Facts

  1. Gainesville bills itself as The Poultry Capital of the World and even has a Poultry Park.
  2. In 1821, the city of Mule Camp Springs renamed itself Gainesville.
  3. In 1996, Gainesville served as the Rowing/Kayaking Venue for the 1996 Olympics.
  4. After World War II, a businessman named Jesse Jewell started the poultry industry in Georgia, and this has since become the state's largest agricultural crop.
  5. Margaret Woodrow Wilson, daughter of US President Woodrow Wilson, was born in Gainesville.

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