Dawson County School District

The Georgia Racing Hall of Fame is a museum located in Dawsonville, Georgia. Established in 2002, the museum serves to preserve the auto racing achievements of notable racecar drivers from Georgia. The museum holds numerous artifacts, including a 1948 car driven by Red Byron and the Ford racecar driven by Gober Sosebee in the Daytona 500 (depicted in logo).

Dawson County High School is the public high school of Dawsonville, Georgia, United States.It enrolls approximately 800 students in grades 10, 11, and 12. In the 2017–2018 school year, the school began serving only grades 10–12, with grade 9 moving to the Dawson County Junior High School. DCHS students and staff moved into the present facility (145,000 square foot, situated on 60 acres) in December 1997. Health and medical instructional facilities, as well as 12 new classrooms (10,000 square feet) were added in August 2004. In 2016, the school added a $13 million "Performing Arts Center". A $1 million JROTC building was constructed in 2018. A "College and Career Academy" facility was also built in 2019. The principal is Michael Negley. The school employs a full-time school nurse and a School Resource Officer (SRO). More than 60 percent of the school's staff holds a master's degree or higher. Currently there are over 70 certified personnel on staff at DCHS. The school's teams compete as the Tigers. Sports at Dawson County High include softball, football, wrestling, track, JROTC Raiders, and basketball.The school also has a Fine Arts program, including Band, Drama, Chorus and Art classes. Extracurricular programs within these classes include the Dawson County Tiger Pride Marching Band and the Chamber Singers.

Dawsonville is a city in and the county seat of Dawson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,536 at the 2010 census, up from 619 in 2000. Dawsonville is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The Boyd and Sallie Gilleland House (now known as Peach Brandy Cottage) is a historic residence in Dawsonville, Georgia. It is located at 3 Shepard's Lane on Georgia Highway 9 (known as Thunder Road because of its use by moonshiners), leading to Atlanta.

The Dawson County Courthouse, built in 1858, is a historic two-story redbrick courthouse building located on Courthouse Square in Dawsonville, Georgia. It was built as a simple 50 feet (15 m) by 36 feet (11 m) brick building in 1858. An addition was added in 1958.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.It was renovated in 1989/90.The building is not the current courthouse, which is located several blocks north.

The Dawson County Jail in Dawsonville, Georgia, also known as Old Dawson County Jail, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1881 and modified in 1931, 1974, and 1979. It was built by M.B. McGinty, a builder from Athens, Georgia.The jail is a two-story 33 feet (10 m) by 26 feet (7.9 m) red brick, Italianate-style building with a hipped roof that used to be covered by "good heart-pine shingles laid 5 inches to the weather". The exterior walls are 13-inch (0.33 m) thick and its interior walls are 9-inch (0.23 m) thick.It is the third building to be Dawson County's jail; the first, built in 1858, was destroyed by fire set by a prisoner in 1865 or 1866. The second jail, with wooden walls and floors, had a "criminal floor" which was noted in 1873 to be "fine", but the "debtor's floor" was "not secure".

Southern Catholic College was a private Catholic four-year college located in Dawsonville, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 2000 by Thomas J. Clements and the first classes were held in the fall of 2005 and its last classes were held in April 2010. The college was located within the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Southern Catholic was authorized by the Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission of the state of Georgia and was preaccredited by the American Academy for Liberal Education, located in Washington, D.C. In April 2010, college president Shawn Aaron announced the school would be closing due to a lack of funding.

Mill Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is a tributary to the Etowah River. Mill Creek was so named for a watermill on its course.

Dougherty is an unincorporated community in Dawson County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.

Palmer Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is a tributary to the Etowah River.Palmer Creek derives its name from Silas Palmour, a pioneer citizen of Native American (Indian) descent. A variant name is "Palmers Creek".

Burtsboro is an unincorporated community in Lumpkin County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.

Dawson County is a county located in the Northeast portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,798 up from 22,330 in 2010. The county seat is Dawsonville.Dawson County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its natural resources include Amicalola Falls, the highest falls in Georgia and one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the state.