Nacoochee

Nacoochee lies in a mountain valley near the headwaters of the Chattahoochee River. An earthen mound rose above a Native settlement here, serving as a local centre in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Burials with copper ornaments, shell beads and pottery attest to the importance of some of its inhabitants. In 1715 an English expedition recorded Cherokee towns named Nacoochee and Chota in the valley; both appeared on maps into the eighteenth century.