| Rising Fawn, Georgia | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Georgia#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Rising Fawn |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Georgia |
| Coordinates: | 34.76°N -85.5311°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dade |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 30738 |
| Area Code: | 706/762 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Rising Fawn is an unincorporated community in the southern part of Dade County, Georgia, United States. It is the location of Cloudland Canyon State Park.
Rising Fawn was named after the child of a Cherokee Indian chieftain. The custom was to name the child after the first thing seen. On the following dawn, the chief saw a fawn rise from its bed and thought that he hadn't seen anything more beautiful. He then named his child Rising Fawn.[1]
Rising Fawn is located in the northwestern part of Georgia, very close to the Alabama state line. Interstate 59 runs from southwest to northeast to the west of the community, leading northeast 28miles to Chattanooga, Tennessee (via I-59 to I-24), and southwest 120miles to Birmingham, Alabama. U.S. Route 11 also runs through the community, leading north 8miles to Trenton, the county seat of Dade County, and southwest 14miles to Hammondville, Alabama.
Rising Fawn is part of the Chattanooga, TN - GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.