{"id":59,"date":"2008-03-13T18:57:30","date_gmt":"2008-03-13T23:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=59"},"modified":"2021-12-01T08:16:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T13:16:47","slug":"georgia-border-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/georgia-border-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Border Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Several news outlets have highlighted a resolution proposed by Rep. Harry Geisinger of the Georgia General Assembly&#8217;s House of Representatives. It would seek to move the Georgia border 1.1 miles further north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>News media on both sides of the border took immediate attention. For example, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution covered it with&#8221;Border war with Tennessee gets serious&#8221;. Meanwhile the Chattanooga Times Free Press took notice with &#8220;Tennesseans won&#8217;t volunteer for Georgia citizenship&#8221;. Serious issues lay beneath the surface even though many observers dismissed it as a stunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1op03fc2VToCvitX3TJPjhbCEF0E\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It&#8217;s About Water<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Much of Georgia\u00a0experienced a drought of historic proportions through much of 2007. Major reservoirs such as Lanier and Allatoona began to empty, imperiling the water needs of a parched Atlanta. Extreme to exceptional drought\u00a0with little relief will likely last through the Summer of 2008. By nudging the border\u00a0just a tiny bit further north, Georgia\u00a0could tap into the reserves of the Tennessee River. This would happen at an artificial lake, the Nickajack Reservoir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sparr0\/4304841592\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4039\/4304841592_06e146e0dd_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0046.JPG. Photo by Clarence Risher; (CC BY-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Lake Nickajack Reservoir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Georgia House Resolution 1206 asserts that the border should run along the 35th parallel. It claims a flawed 1818 survey relied on imprecise technology and marked the border incorrectly. Attempts to rectify the error over the years have failed and the situation remains unresolved, at least according to Georgia. It then calls for boundary commissions to work towards establishing an accurate border both with Tennessee and North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Impacts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to water access, this border adjustment would result in population shifts. Georgia would gain 40,000 new residents, with 30,000 coming from Tennessee. More than $2 billion worth of land and property would transfer from Hamilton County, Tennessee alone. This would include entire Chattanooga suburbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Logically, Tennessee opposes the resolution and responded rather forcefully in a resolution of their own. They are relying on the doctrine of &#8220;adverse possession&#8221;. Basically the border has existed this way so long that it&#8217;s now the true border despite the 35th parallel. 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