Tag: Lavonia
Lavonia is a city in Franklin County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,156 at the 2010 census.
Lavonia is located at 34°26′10″N 83°6′23″W / 34.43611°N 83.10639°W / 34.43611; -83.10639 (34.436055, -83.106270).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.9 square miles (10 km), all of it land.
The city lies along the route of Interstate 85, approximately one hour southwest of Greenville, South Carolina and one hour and a half northeast of Atlanta, Georgia.
The Cherokee tribe was indigenous to the area in which Lavonia is located. A sophisticated tribe that typically dwelled in cabins by the 18th century, these Cherokee joined with the British during the American Revolution. When the American colonists prevailed, their land was issued as bounty land to those that had fought in the revolution. As a result, people of European ancestry began to move into the Lavonia area during the 1780s.
The founding of the town of Lavonia came as the result…
