The Downtown Ellijay Journal
One question at a time, answered with a date and a source. Every post links back to the guide page it belongs to.
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An antiques-and-lunch afternoon on the Ellijay square, with the addresses that check out
You can browse antiques and eat lunch without leaving downtown Ellijay. Start at Ellijay Antiques on Northside Square, walk North Main to Antiques on North Main at 44, then River…
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Moving to Ellijay, GA: what newcomers should know first
The City of Ellijay had 1,862 residents in the 2020 Census, while Gilmer County had 31,353, so many people with an Ellijay address live outside the city. East Ellijay is…
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Where the Ellijay and Cartecay rivers meet: the Coosawattee, Carters Lake and the dam
Downtown Ellijay sits where the Ellijay and Cartecay rivers join to form the Coosawattee. That river runs west about 49 miles and feeds Carters Lake, a 3,200-acre Corps of Engineers…
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Apple Festival weekends in Ellijay: the free Apple Arts Festival downtown vs the $10 fairgrounds festival
Ellijay’s October festival is really two events. The 55th Georgia Apple Festival ran October 10-11 and 17-18, 2026, at the Lions Club Fairgrounds on South Main, with $10 admission and…
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Ellijay’s courthouse isn’t the old one: what happened to the 1898 Hyatt Hotel courthouse
The red-brick courthouse on the Ellijay square is not the 1898 building many guides still describe. That was the Hyatt Hotel, which Gilmer County bought in 1934 and used as…
Where the rivers meet
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