Flowery Branch is a city in Hall County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 9,391. It is part of the Gainesville, Georgia metropolitan area, and lies on the shores of Lake Lanier. It is most known for being the city in which the Atlanta Falcons facilities are headquartered.

History

Flowery Branch was established in 1874, one year after the Richmond and Danville Air-Line Railroad Railway System built a rail line through the city connecting Charlotte to Atlanta. The city hosts the Historic Caboose exhibit and the Historic Train Depot museum.

Flowery Branch was originally named Anaguluskee, a Cherokee Indian word meaning "flowers on the branch". Other sources claim the original name was Nattagasska ("Blossom Creek"), which long-term residents recall as an alternative nickname for the town.

Andrew Jackson passed through Flowery Branch on his way to the First Seminole War in 1818. The historic Bowman-Pirkle House, built that same year, was originally located on the border of Flowery Branch and Buford.

Part of the historic Old Federal Road is in Flowery Branch. It was an important route through northern Georgia in the early to mid-1800s. Its most obvious significance lay in four issues: the early history of Cherokee-U.S. social, economic, and cultural relations in the early 1800s; the eventual use of the Road as part of the Trail of Tears; use of the Road during the Georgia Gold Rush; and Union and Confederate use of the Road during the campaigns for Chickamauga in 1863 and Atlanta in 1864.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and 0.40% is water.

Flowery Branch is within the Brevard Fault zone.

Natural resources in the Flowery Branch area include: gray marble, marble, clay, granite, graphite, limestone, iron ore, manganese, pegmatite, mica, beryl, quartzite, zircon, lead, copper, silver, and gold as known by the local Gold Hill Mine and regional popularity of The Hall County Gold Belt prospected during the Georgia Gold Rush. Pyrite is also abundant in the region. Other resources located within the near vicinity of Flowery Branch include: asbestos, corundum, sand, and precious gems such as diamond and ruby.<br> 2025

| align = right

| align-fn = center

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Flowery Branch had a population of 9,391. The median age was 37.0 years. 24.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 13.8% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 92.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89.0 males age 18 and over.

100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 3,652 households in Flowery Branch, of which 36.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 53.0% were married-couple households, 15.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 25.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 1,862 families residing in the city.

King's Hawaiian operates a bakery and distribution center in Flowery Branch.

Wrigley's, a subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated, manufactures chewing gum products including Juicy Fruit, Orbit, Extra, and 5 in Flowery Branch.

Education

Public education in Flowery Branch is administered by Hall County Schools. Part of the city is zoned to Flowery Branch Elementary School, West Hall Middle School, and West Hall High School. Another part is zoned to Spout Springs Elementary School, Davis Middle School, and Flowery Branch High School.

Films and movies filmed in Flowery Branch include Ozark and Blended.

Notable people

  • Andrew Jannakos, singer-songwriter, known for "Gone Too Soon"
  • Brad Keller, baseball player
  • Phil Niekro, pitcher, MLB Hall of Fame
  • Connor Shaw, football player
  • John-Allison Weiss, singer-songwriter
  • Joe South, singer-songwriter and guitarist

References

  • The Flowery Branch Depot historical marker