Cornelia, Georgia

Cornelia, Georgia
Cornelia, Georgia
City
	Downtown Cornelia
	Seal
	Nickname: Home of the Big Red Apple
	Location in Habersham County and the state of Georgia
	Coordinates: 34°31′01″N 83°31′52″W / 34.51694°N 83.53111°W
Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	Habersham
Blaine	1860
Cornelia	October 22, 1887
Government
• Type	Mayoral, elected democratically by popular vote.
• Mayor	John Borrow
• City Manager	Donald Anderson, Jr.
Area
• Total	4.20 sq mi (10.87 km2)
• Land	4.15 sq mi (10.75 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2)
Elevation	1,486 ft (453 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	4,503
• Density	1,085.06/sq mi (418.95/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	30531
Area code	706
FIPS code	13-19728
GNIS feature ID	2404133
Website	corneliageorgia.org

Cornelia is a city in Habersham County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,160 at the 2010 census,^[6] up from 3,674 at the 2000 census. It is home to one of the world's largest apple sculptures, which is displayed on top of an obelisk-shaped monument. Cornelia was the retirement home of baseball legend Ty Cobb who was born nearby, and was a base of operation for production of the 1956 Disney film The Great Locomotive Chase that was filmed along the Tallulah Falls Railway that ran from Cornelia northward along the rim of Tallulah Gorge to Franklin, North Carolina.

^ "Mayor and Commission". City of Cornelia. 2020. Archived from the original on August 31, 2009. Retrieved September 21, 2009.
^ "City Manager's Office". City of Cornelia. 2009. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2009.
^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cornelia, Georgia
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cornelia city, Georgia". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 15, 2017.^{[dead link]}