Sutallee is anunincorporated community in westernCherokee County,Georgia, United States.[1] Located about two miles northwest of current-dayLake Allatoona, it is one of the county's earliest white settlements. It is believed that former Georgia Governor and U.S. SenatorJoseph E. Brown maintained a farm in the area, on lowlands near theEtowah River (now Lake Allatoona), and was there harvesting wheat when told of the surprising news that he had been nominated for governor. Sutallee derives its unique name, which is often spelled "Sutalee" or "Suttallee", from an oldCherokee village that was located near the Etowah River named "Sutali" — the Cherokee word for the number six.[2]Sixes, a community that sits on the eastern side of Lake Allatoona, also derives its name from this Native American village. Today, Sutallee is traversed byGeorgia Highway 20 and remains mostly rural.
The Sutallee area sits at the crossroads between Bartow and Cherokee county
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