Satolah, Georgia

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Georgia, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} '''Satolah''' is an unincorporated community in Rabun County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.<ref>{{GNIS|332986}}</ref>

==History== A post office called Satolah was established in 1920, and remained in operation until 1967.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=GA | title=Post Offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=28 May 2019}}</ref> ''Satolah'' is a name derived from the Cherokee language meaning "six".<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/s.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=199 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> The original application for a post office was under the name Satulah, for a mountain easily viewed from the area. The US government misspelled it so the name stuck almost to the point of erasing the use of the name Moccasin referring to the area.

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Unincorporated communities in Rabun County, Georgia