The village's branch closed in an unknown year but other library locations remain.

Four schools (Reid Chapel, Hill, Postell, and Shearer) were consolidated to create HDHS.

[5] The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office opened a substation in Hiwassee Dam in September 2024.

[6] In 2023, the county planned to build a $1.6 million park with walking trails and a playground near the Hiwassee Dam schools campus, but the project was put on hold in 2024 due to limited local funding.

[7] The dam itself was constructed between 1936 and 1940 by the Tennessee Valley Authority as part of Roosevelt's New Deal policy.