Oconee County · Marker 37-14

Jocassee Town

Devils Fork State Park, Seneca vicinity

Front inscription

Jocassee was one of several Cherokee “Lower Towns” in what is now S.C. It was located about 2 mi. E on the Jocassee River and in the Vale of Jocassee, near the modern Jocassee Dam. The town, like other Cherokee Lower Towns, was abandoned and resettled several times during the period 1750-1800. The town site and valley were covered by Lake Jocassee in 1973.

County
Oconee
Region
Upstate
City or vicinity
Seneca vicinity
Year approved
2006
Erected by
Oconee Arts and Historical Commission and the South Carolina Heritage Corridor
Coordinates
34.9533, -82.949

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