Official Name: | Mineral Bluff, Georgia |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | USA Georgia |
Pushpin Label: | Mineral Bluff |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Fannin |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3.67 |
Area Land Km2: | 3.65 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.42 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.41 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 223 |
Population Density Km2: | 61.11 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 158.27 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1572 |
Coordinates: | 34.9144°N -84.2767°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 30559[2] |
Area Code: | 706/762 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 332400 |
Mineral Bluff is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located in Fannin County in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its population was 223 as of the 2020 census. The community is situated 6miles northeast of the city of Blue Ridge, the county seat, east of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and north of Atlanta.[3]
Mineral Bluff first appeared as a town in the 1890 U.S. Census. It was disincorporated prior to the 2000 U.S. Census and reappeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. Census.
White alone (NH) | 148 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 195 | 98.67% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 87.44% | |
Black or African American alone (NH) | 0 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0 | 0.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.00% | |
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 0 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0 | 0.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.00% | |
Asian alone (NH) | 1 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 1 | 0.67% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.45% | |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0 | 0.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.00% | |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 0 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 3 | 0.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 1.35% | |
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | 1 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 23 | 0.67% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 10.31% | |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 1 | 0.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.45% | |
Total | 150 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 223 | 100.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 100.00% |
Prior to European colonization, the area that is now Mineral Bluff was inhabited by the Cherokee people and other Indigenous peoples for thousands of years.
Mineral Bluff was originally called "Douglas", and under the latter name settlement was made in the 1830s.[6] The present name of "Mineral Bluff" was adopted in 1885.
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Mineral Bluff as a town in 1889.[7]
The community's historic train station, the Mineral Bluff Depot,[8] is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.