Marsh-Warthen House

The Chattooga Academy, also known as John B. Gordon Hall, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.It is a two-story red brick Federal-style building. It was the site of the Battle of LaFayette during the American Civil War.It had 15 boys and 37 girls as students in 1838; students boarded in the homes of families nearby. Confederate general John B. Gordon (1832-1904) was an early student.

LaFayette ( luh-FAY-et) is a city in, and the county seat of, Walker County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 6,888. It was founded as Chattooga. LaFayette is part of the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The Walker County Courthouse in LaFayette, Georgia was built in 1917 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designed with Beaux-Arts architecture by architect Charles E. Bearden. It is a three-story, rectangular courthouse built of cream brick. It has multiple pairs of "colossal" Tuscan order columns running up the second and third stories, alternating with triple windows. Its entablature has triglyphs and metopes. It is described in its National Register nomination as having a Beaux Arts/Renaissance Revival design: "It is not a pure design but is adapted and is Renaissance Revival more in massing and long horizontal lines rather than specific details."Its interior features oak millwork that is especially noteworthy. Its courtroom is "unusually spacious; the woodwork, the deeply recessed ceiling squares, the retention of early light fixtures blend to create a sophisticated statement."It was listed on the National Register in 1980.Bearden, an architect based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, also designed the NRHP-listed Richard Hardy Memorial School in South Pittsburg, Tennessee.

Barwick–LaFayette Airport (FAA LID: 9A5) is a city-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) south of the central business district of LaFayette, a city in Walker County, Georgia, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.Original construction of the airport was funded by ET Barwick Mills, a major carpet manufacturer of the 1960s and 1970s which operated facilities in and around LaFayette.

Walker County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,654, down from 68,756 in 2010. The county seat is LaFayette. The county was created on December 18, 1833, from land formerly belonging to the Cherokee Indian Nation. Walker County is part of the Chattanooga TN/GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Straight Gut Valley (elevation: 801 feet (244 m)) is a valley in Walker County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.Straight Gut Valley was named from the straight course of the stream in its "gut".

Corinth is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Georgia, United States, located 3.2 miles (5.1 km) southeast of LaFayette.

Possumtrot Branch is a stream in Walker County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is a tributary to Duck Creek.It is speculated the name Possumtrot carries a negative connotation for an "uninteresting location".

Estelle is an unincorporated community in Walker County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.

The Tri-State Crematory scandal was a scandal at a crematorium in the Noble community in northwest Georgia that came to national attention in 2002. Nearly three hundred and forty bodies that had been consigned to the crematory for proper disposition were discovered to have never been cremated, but instead dumped at several locations in and around the crematorium's site. This led to civil litigation and criminal prosecutions.

Bluebird Gap [elevation: 1,240 feet (380 m)] is a gap in Walker County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.Bluebird Gap was named for Blue Bird, a local Native American.

Naomi is an unincorporated community in Walker County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.