TUNNEL HILL
*Has a population of 400. Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist and Cumberland Presbyterian churches, one common school. Flour and saw mill operated by water power; cotton gin and tannery operated by steam. Southern Express and Western Union Telegraph. 7 1/2 miles from Dalton, the county seat and banking town, and 99 from Atlanta. Six miles distant are Catoosa Springs, a fashionable summer resort. Cotton and farm produce are the principle shipments. Mail four times a week. J. N. Murray, postmaster.
[transcriber's note: I am including this town because part of Tunnel Hill lies within the boundary of Catoosa County.] *From the GEORGIA STATE GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY, 1881-1882
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