Allatoona was a town that reached its height during the gold rush of the 1840s along with what nearby Cherokee County town?
Allatoona, Georgia Allatoona was a town located in extreme southeastern Bartow County, Georgia. The population is estimated to have been approximately 1,000. Built along Allatoona Creek, it was a gold mining area later in the first U.S. gold rush, which took place in Georgia and North Carolina. Reaching its height in the 1840s, the Georgia Gold Rush continued into the 1850s even while the second gold rush was occurring in California. (Gold was also mined in nearby Woodstock.)
Willstown (Cherokee town) Willstown (sometimes Wattstown or Titsohili) was an important Cherokee town located in the southwesternmost part of the Cherokee Nation (in present-day DeKalb and Etowah counties in Alabama) prior to the Indian removal. Willstown was part of the Native American trade network in the region.