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Tunnel Hill, GA - History
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Welcome to the Tunnel Hill Home page. The Tunnel Hill Home page provides as much information as possible on Tunnel Hill. Knowing Tunnel Hill’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Tunnel Hill’s Home page, you will also find Tunnel Hill’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Tunnel Hill has a population of 1158. 47.4% of Tunnel Hill’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.6 are female. 55% of Tunnel Hill is married and 78.1% own their own home. The Average Home price is $142,641, and the average rent is $798. Household median income in Tunnel Hill is $50,859, and the individual median income is $24,333. Tunnel Hill’s Ethnic is the following: White(96.2%), Hispanic(6.8%), Black(2.2%), Multiple(1.4%), Other(0.3%).
The community was first known as Doe Run. It was incorporated on March 4, 1848, as Tunnelsville, and changed its name in 1856 to Tunnel Hill. Both names refer to the nearby 1,497-foot (456 m) Chetoogeta Mountain Tunnel railroad tunnel cut through Chetoogeta Mountain, officially dedicated on October 31, 1849 by Etowah steel-maker Mark A.
Cooper on behalf of the state-owned Western & Atlantic Railroad. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Tunnel Hill as a town in 1856.Throughout the American Civil War, the homes around Tunnel Hill were used as part of a major hospital system. The Clisby Austin House also served as the headquarters for Union Gen.
William T. Sherman while he made his plans for attacks against nearby Dalton and Resaca, which became the opening battles of what would later be known as the Atlanta Campaign. The area hosted many engagements and camps throughout the course of the war. These are remembered through an annual Battle Reenactment held in September. The dates of the actual military engagements were September 11, 1863; February 23, 24-25 1864; May 5–7, 1864; and March 3, 1865.
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