Sutallee, Georgia

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Sutallee is located in western Cherokee County, about two miles northwest of current-day Lake Allatoona, and is one of the county's earliest white settlements (see map). It is believed that former Georgia Governor and U.S. Senator Joseph E. Brown maintained a farm in the area, on lowlands near the Etowah River (now Lake Allatoona), and was there harvesting wheat when told of the surprising news that he had been nominated for governor. Sutallee derives its unique name, which is often misspelled as "Sutalee" or "Suttallee" (see map), from an old Cherokee Indian village that was located near the Etowah River named "Sutali" -- the Cherokee word for the number six. Sixes, a community that sits on the eastern side of Lake Allatoona, also derives its name from this Native American village. Today, Sutallee remains mostly rural.