NC Gazetteer

Hiwassee River

A river in Cherokee County and Clay County
… rises in Towns County, Ga., and flows NW into Clay County through Lake Chatuge; NW and W across the Cherokee-Clay county line; NW in Cherokee County through Hiwassee Lake and Apalachia Lake; and into Tennessee, where it enters Tennessee River approx. 30 mi. W of Athens, Tenn. Named for the Cherokee word ayuhwá-si (a meadow).