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Big Canoe ( ) is a common interest development gated community, consisting of over 8,000 acres (32 km2), located in the mountains approximately 60 minutes north of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is located between Jasper and Dawsonville, and has about 3,000 residents. Approximately 60% are full-time and 40% are weekenders.

Griffeth-Pendley House is a historic property that includes a log dogtrot home, barn and shed in Jasper, Georgia. It was built by Caleb "Cale" Griffeth III who inherited the 110-acre property from his father Caleb Griffeth II in 1877. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 2008. It is located at 2198 Cove Road.

Pickens High School is a public high school in Jasper, Georgia, United States. It serves the communities of Jasper, Nelson, Talking Rock, and Tate. The school serves grades 9–12.

The Tate House is a historic property east of Tate, Georgia on Georgia State Route 53. Colonel Samuel Tate began construction in 1923 and the mansion was completed in 1928. Designed by Walker and Weeks, architects in the Neo-Classical style, the home is made of pink and white marble (Etowah Marble) supplied by Tate's Georgia Marble Company, and sometimes called the "Pink Palace" or "Pink Marble Mansion". Tate was president of the marble company. In 1938 Colonel Sam Tate died and the mansion began to fall into disrepair. The surviving Tates (Luke & Flora) resided in the mansion until 1955 when they left the home unoccupied. The Tate House is two stories, rectangular, with a hipped roof, two interior chimneys, and a pedimented tetrastyle front entrance portico. At the rear is a slightly projecting pedimented section with a one-story portico. The interior features excellent mural wallpaper and parquet marble floors. In 1974, Mrs. Ann Shattuck of Bisbee, AZ and her husband at the time, Mr. Columbus J. Southerland, bought the house; it was added to the National Register of Historic Placeson May 17, 1974. Ann & Columbus then divorced and she later married Joseph P. Laird in 1981, who completed some of the restorations himself, including the beautifully built sand filled bar in the pub. The restoration project was completed 10 years after the initial purchase by Ann, and it was opened to the public in 1985. In January 2001, the estate was purchased by Holbrook Properties, LP. Lois Holbrook and Marsha Mann plan to continue the restoration of the mansion and gardens. It is a contributing building in the Georgia Marble Company and Tate Historic District.

Tate Gymnasium is a historic building in Tate, Georgia built in 1923 to serve the local high school. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 2002. It is located at 5600 Georgia 53 East.It was built by Col. Sam Tate, president of Georgia Marble Company, workers of that company, and other "community artisans", with all expenses paid by the Colonel and the Georgia Marble Company.

Tate is an unincorporated community in Pickens County, Georgia, United States. The Georgia Marble Company and Tate Historic District in Tate is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The historic district is centered on GA 53 between GA 5 and Long Swamp Creek. Tate's post office was originally called Marble Works by the United States Postal Service. The area was later known as Harnageville after Ambrose Harnage. The home of Ambrose Harnage was authorized by the Georgia General Assembly to be the first meeting place for county courts for Cherokee County when the county was first established, which functioned as a large territory rather than a true county during the State of Georgia's initial organization of the final Cherokee territory within the state. Elections for a full county government were held in 1832, and court was held at the Harnage house. Prior to that time many county government functions were administered by adjacent counties. In December 1832 Cherokee County was divided into seven other counties and the town was renamed Tate after Colonel Sam Tate in 1880. Other variant names for this place include Harnages, Harnage, and Tateville.

The Georgia Marble Company and Tate Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The district is centered on Georgia State Route 53 between Georgia State Route 5 and Long Swamp Creek, in or near Tate, Georgia. The main office of the Georgia Marble Company was built in 1884 in Mission Revival style. It includes the Tate House, which has four 22 feet (6.7 m) columns, and has marble balustrades and fountains designed by Georgia Marble Company designer J. B. Hill. The Tate House was separately listed on the National Register in 1974. The district also includes Late Gothic Revival architecture and Colonial Revival. It also includes the Tate Gymnasium, which was separately listed on the National Register in 2002. Also included: Tate Depot (built after 1900), on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad line Tate Methodist Church (1887), on Georgia Highway 53, a Gothic Revival-style church Methodist Episcopal Church South (c.1887), in Smoky Hollow, built to serve African American employees. Later the Miracle Pentecostal Fellowship Church. Later shared by the Marble Valley Friends and the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. The district's 550 acres (2.2 km2) include 106 contributing buildings, 15 contributing structures, and seven other contributing sites.

Appalachian Technical College was a technical college within the Technical College System of Georgia. Its main campus was in Jasper, and its satellite campus was in Woodstock. The Fannin campus at Epworth (on Georgia 5 northwest of Blue Ridge and south of McCaysville) was previously closed. Appalachian Tech started as Pickens Area Vocational-Technical School with 22 staff members and nine areas of study on August 14, 1967. In 1988, the college became a part of Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education, and the name was changed to Pickens Technical Institute. In 1999, it was given its current name effective July 1, for being in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, end expanding into nearby counties in Georgia. Appalachian Tech eventually offered over 50 associate degree, diploma, and technical certification programs. Beginning with summer quarter 2009, the school fully merged into Chattahoochee Technical College along with North Metro Technical College on July 1 (the first day of fiscal year 2010), for a total of eight campuses. It remains the Appalachian Campus of Chattahoochee Technical College

Pickens County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Jasper, Georgia, the county seat of Pickens County, Georgia. It was designed by Bothwell & Nash and built in 1949. The exterior includes marble from Tate, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 29, 2008. It is located at 50 North Main Street.

Pickens County Jail is a historic jail building in Jasper, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 1984. It is located on North Main Street. It was designed by Atlanta architect James W. Golucke. Jail cells were provided by Pauly Jail Company of St. Louis, Missouri. It is a two-story, brick and marble building. Its marble facade, marble porch columns, and turrets are done in a rusticated style. It was deemed notable as a county jail building somewhat unusual for its incorporation of local marble into its construction.

The Pickens County School District is a public school district in Pickens County, Georgia, United States, based in Jasper. It is the sole school district of the county, and serves the communities of Jasper, Talking Rock, Tate, and the Pickens County portion of Nelson.

Jasper is a city in Pickens County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,084 in 2020. The city is the county seat of Pickens County.