Created in 1905 from parts of Franklin and Habersham counties, Stephens County is a place of waterfalls, historic sites, and the unmistakable profile of Currahee Mountain.
Currahee Mountain, the county's highest peak, rises more than 1,700 feet above sea level and lies partly within the Chattahoochee National Forest. During World War II it was the training ground for paratroopers at Camp Toccoa, who ran 'three miles up, three miles down' its slopes.
Toccoa Falls, a 186-foot waterfall and one of the tallest free-falling waterfalls east of the Mississippi, is on the campus of the University of Toccoa Falls. Nearby, Traveler's Rest State Historic Site preserves a stagecoach inn built around 1815 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964.
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Stephens County
Toccoa
Founded in 1873 on the railroad between Atlanta and Charlotte, Toccoa grew into the 'Furniture, Thread, and Steel City.' Today Currahee Mountain still rises just outside town.
Toccoa Falls, a 186-foot waterfall, is one of the tallest free-falling falls east of the Mississippi.
Toccoa Falls, on the University of Toccoa Falls campus
The city-owned Historic Ritz Theatre, opened in 1939
Founded in 1882 and named for the island paradise of Arthurian legend, Avalon was once a self-contained village with its own railway station, post office, school, and church.
Few towns anywhere can say they were named for a legendary island paradise.
