Young Harris, Georgia

Young Harris is a city in Towns County, Georgia, United States.

[5] Sharp Memorial United Methodist Church on Main Street at the entrance to the college was built on January 9, 1949, as a new home for the congregation that had occupied Susan B. Harris Chapel, built in 1892.

[7] Blue Ridge Mountain EMC, located in Young Harris, was founded in 1937 to provide electric service to Fannin, Towns, and Union counties in Georgia and Cherokee and Clay counties in North Carolina.

BRMEMC began offering internet service in 2002[9] and moved into a newly built $33 million headquarters on a 49-acre campus east of downtown in 2012.

[10][11] The $27 million Brasstown Valley Resort was constructed on 503 acres north of Young Harris in 1995.

U.S. 76/GA-515 run through the center of town from west to east, with GA-515 splitting off to the north in the eastern part of the city from U.S. 76.

GA-66 leads northwest from Young Harris 5 miles (8.0 km) to its end at the Georgia-North Carolina state line.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), all land.

[18] Former Member of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia's 9th District Ed Jenkins (1933–2012) was born in Young Harris.

Georgia State Route 2 in Young Harris
Map of Georgia highlighting Towns County