Gore is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Chattooga County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
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People and fictional characters
* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
.
History
An early variant name was "Mt. Hickory". William Gore, the first postmaster, gave the community its present name. A post office was established at Gore in 1884, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1953.
References
Unincorporated communities in Chattooga County, Georgia
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
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