Tate City, Georgia

Country United States

Elevation

^[2]

2,497 ft (761 m)

Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))

Tate City, Georgia
Unincorporated community Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 34°58′43.69″N 83°33′14.58″W / 34.9788028°N 83.5540500°W / 34.9788028; -83.5540500
Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	Towns
Area [1]
• Total	1.03 sq mi (2.7 km2)
• Land	1.051 sq mi (2.72 km2)
• Water	0.021 sq mi (0.054 km2)
Elevation [2]	2,497 ft (761 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	2587049[2]

Tate City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Towns County, Georgia, United States.^[3] It was founded as a mining and logging community. The community was named after one Mr. Tate, a businessperson in the local lumber industry.^[4] As of the 2020 census, Tate City had a population of 27.^[5]

Tate City sits in a scenic valley along the upper Tallulah River, just south of the Georgia-North Carolina border. The community is flanked by various peaks of the Blue Ridge and Nantahala Mountains, including 4568-foot Hightower Bald, 4640-ft. Dicks Knob, and 5499-ft. Standing Indian Mountain.