Gold Ridge, Georgia

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Georgia, U.S.}}

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File:Butterworth Road @ Bells Ferry Road, Gold Ridge, GA June 2017.jpg

Gold Ridge is the historical name of an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Georgia, United States.

The area was settled in the mid-1800s and is located between Canton and the Sixes community, home to the now-defunct Sixes Gold Mine.{{cite book|last=Johnson|first=William|title=Georgia's Gold Rush}} Gold Ridge is located in the Georgia Gold Belt, which runs southwest to northeast along the southern edge of the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Gold Ridge is located between Georgia State Route 20 (Knox Bridge Highway), Marietta Highway (former Georgia State Route 5), the Sixes community and the Etowah River / Lake Allatoona. Bells Ferry Road (former Georgia State Route 205), Ridge Road and Butterworth Road traverse the area, which is now mostly residential.

Gold Ridge ("Goldridge") [https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=GA&county=Cherokee&searchtext=&pagenum=1 had its own post office] in the early 1900s.