Name derivation:Named in honor of Francis Langhorne Dade, who was killed during an ambush of his company by Seminole Indians.
Acquisition:Treaty of New Echota
Taken from:Walker
Counties created from: None
Cities: Trenton (county seat), Rising Fawn

Web sites:National Register of Historic Places in Dade County, Georgia
Archives of Dade County, Georgia
Dade County, Georgia, links

Description and historyThis northwest Georgia county is among the smallest in the state, and until a roadbuilding program connected it via Stevens Gap in 1939, you had to go through Tennessee and Alabama to get there. Known as "State of Dade," a local politician threatened to secede from the state if the state did not secede from the county.