Chestatee, Georgia

Chestatee is an unincorporated community in northeastern Forsyth County,[1] Georgia, United States, due west of the confluence of the Chestatee River into the Chattahoochee River.

Originally a Cherokee settlement, it was called Atsunsta Ti Yi.

The word "Chestatee" is a Cherokee word meaning roughly "pine torch place" or "place of lights", because they would use bonfires along the riverbanks to light their torches.

[2] A post office called Chestatee was established in 1880, and remained in operation until being discontinued in 1904.

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