White Path, Georgia

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Georgia, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} '''White Path''' is an unincorporated community in Gilmer County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.<ref name="GNIS">{{GNIS|333412|name=White Path}}</ref>

==History== A post office called White Path was established in 1847, and remained in operation until 1940.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=GA | title=Post Offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=29 June 2019}}</ref> The community was named after White Path, a Cherokee chieftain.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/w.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=252 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> Variant names are "Whitepath", "Nun-na-tsu-nega", and "Nunne-una-ga".<ref name=GNIS />

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{{Gilmer County, Georgia}}

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

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