History

Rabun County has 236,160 acres (377 square miles). Of this land, approximately 60% is US Forest Service land and 10% belongs to Georgia Power Company. A county slogan - "Where Spring Spends the Summer" - is fitting, as the average temperature ranges from 58.7º F in January to approximately 76º F in August. Annual rainfall exceeds 70 inches, accounting for the lush, green forests and many wild flowers. Laurel blooms along creek banks, in coves, on cliffs and on hilltops in May and June. Rhododendron blooms in July. In October, the mountains take on a profusion of colors as the leaves begin to fall, foretelling the coming of winter.


About Clayton Georgia

Clayton is a small mountain town of about 2,000, and is the County Seat.

Clayton was incorporated December 13, 1823, and at that time was known as Claytonsville, named for Augustus Clayton of Clarke County.

Clayton supports several excellent restaurants, supermarkets, drug stores, hardware stores, and stores for gifts, souvenirs, clothing, etc. . . . 

Clayton also supports good medical facilities for a community of this size.  The county has a full-time Sheriff's Department, the Fire Department is volunteer.

This Information Courtesy Of CradleCrest.

If you've never stayed in a mountain cabin by the lake, this wonderful poem will describe what it's like.

Alone with touch of heaven
In nature's life we share
A moment of God's blessing
So beautifully aware

Grass so tall with splendor
Sky so blue and clear
Within the heart we nurture
This beauty we revere

Place we fill with laughter
Love we share with peace
A lifetime spent with moments
Are treasures that we keep

Hear the silent whispers
In breezes that will flow
Keep the fire's burning
For love that has life's glow.

Francine Pucillo

A little history of the Log Cabin...

The log cabin was introduced to America in the 1770’s by Swedish and Finland Immigrants. These Immigrants brought their skills of building log cabins to Delaware but it soon spread all across America. Log cabins became very popular in the 1880’s. In fact Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson gained popular advantage just because they were born in a log cabin. Also presidential candidate William Henry Harrison used the log cabin as a campaign symbol. The log cabin was extremely important. Just think of how many people in America used log cabins for something. Weather it was someone's home or someone's church everyone had a use for them.

The frontier style log cabin:

• used no nails
• contained only one room
• was only 10 feet wide
• measured 12 to 20 feet long
• had at least one glass window
• included a loft area for sleeping

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