Chatsworth

History

Chatsworth was founded in 1905 as a depot on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. It was incorporated as a town in 1906 and as a city in 1923. In 1915, the seat of Murray County transferred to Chatsworth from Spring Place which was once the county seat.

Geography

Chatsworth is located in central Murray County at (34.772336, -84.778977), in northwestern Georgia. It sits at an elevation of on the west side of the valley of Holly Creek, with Fort Mountain and Cohutta Mountain rising over the valley to the east. U.S. Routes 76 and 411 pass through the center of town on Third Avenue. US 76 leads west to Dalton and southeast to Ellijay, while US 411 leads south to Fairmount and north to Benton, Tennessee. Georgia State Routes 2 and 52 run together out of Chatsworth to the east, climbing into the Cohutta Mountains and passing through Fort Mountain State Park east of the city center. According to the United States Census Bureau, Chatsworth has a total area of , of which , or 0.18%, are water. Holly Creek, which runs along the eastern edge of the city, is a south- and west-flowing tributary of the Conasauga River, part of the Oostanaula/Coosa/Alabama River watershed.

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