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Burton was located along the road from Clayton, Georgia to the Nacoochee Valley and became more than just a gold rush town – it served the Corundum mines of Tate City. Eventually, the logging industry built a railway to the town so that lumber from the mountains could be transported to the mill in Helen, Georgia . By the early 1900’s, the town of Burton had a population of approximately 200, making it the second largest town in Rabun County. However, in 1917 , the Georgia Railway and Electric Company (predecessor of the Georgia Power Company ) purchased the town of Burton and the surrounding homesteads. The dam for Lake Burton was closed on December 22 , 1919 and, before long, Burton, Georgia was completely submerged. SOURCES
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