Polk County
Cedartown Welcome Center
609 South Main Street,
Cedartown, GA 30125
770-748-2090
Explore the rich history and heritage of Cedartown, GA! A city of nearly 10,000, Cedartown is home to three museums – the Polk County Historical Society Museum, the Cedartown Coca-Cola Memorabilia Museum and the Doug Sanders Golf Museum. These museums are located in the heart of the city’s historic downtown, where shopping and dining opportunities await. Cedartown, with its laid-back style and small-town charm, is nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, but only an hour’s drive from the bustling city of Atlanta.
Big Springs Park
301 Wissahickon Avenue
Cedartown, GA 30125
The area surrounding Cedartown’s Big Spring was first inhabited by the Cherokee. Prized for its abundance of sparkling spring water and shade-providing cedar trees, the Cherokee people lived here peacefully until May 26, 1838. As part of the 1830 Indian Removal Act, soldiers set up a military encampment at the spring, creating Camp Cedar Town. Over a month’s span, more than 200 Cherokee – men, women and children – were captured and interned within the camp before being forcibly marched to deportation camps in Tennessee and later, farther west along the tragic Trail of Tears to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma.