Area History

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Suches is unincorpoarted and located in the southern part of Union County. The average elevation of homes in Suches is between 2,000 and 3,000 feet. With an average temperature of 65 degrees.

The Suches area consisted of several smaller postal districts until 1955, when the United States Post Office consolidated the area into one.

Suches was named after a Cherokee Indian Chief. The area was settled by Caucasians about 1838.

Today Suches (The Valley Above the Clouds) is primarily a retirement and farming community with no large stores. Suches is the home of the Wood Gap High School, the smallest public school in Georgia.

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