New Switzerland, Georgia

New Switzerland is an unincorporated community in Habersham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.[1]

History

A post office called New Switzerland was established in 1882, and remained in operation until 1889.[2] The community was named after Switzerland, the native land of a large share of the first settlers.[3]

gollark: Oh, one common operation is "cursor to 1,1 and clear terminal".
gollark: No, generate n random bytes. It's niche but I have actually had programs need that oddly frequently.
gollark: I also use "generate random bytes" oddly often. That may just be me.
gollark: Also map/filter/whatever, though Luadash does that.
gollark: Stuff like `fread` (my terrible name for "read file to string"), `fwrite` (write string to file), `fetch` (send GET request to given HTTP address and return string result), `copy` (deep-copy a table), etc.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Switzerland, Georgia
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  3. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 158. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.



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