Editing Gumlog, Georgia (section)

==Geography==
Gumlog is located in the northeast corner of Franklin County at primary coordinate point {{coord|34|30|16.4|N|83|6|16.4|W|type:city}} (34.504556, -83.104556).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It consists of extensive residential neighborhoods along the shores of [[Lake Hartwell]] on the [[Savannah River]]. The northeast border of the CDP is the centerline of the main stem of the lake, which also forms the state line<ref>Darney, Joseph Earl(1974), ''Mountain Spirits'', Bright Mountain Books, Asheville, NC, {{ISBN|0-914875-02-7}},  p.156,. “The community of Gumlog, located in a remote section of northeast Georgia along the South Carolina border, was known far and wide as a prolific producer of corn whiskey.”</ref> with [[South Carolina]]. To the northwest, the CDP is bordered by [[Stephens County, Georgia|Stephens County]], and to the southeast it is bordered by [[Hart County, Georgia|Hart County]]. The southern edge of the CDP follows [[Interstate 85]], and the southwest corner of the CDP borders the city of [[Lavonia, Georgia|Lavonia]]. Access from I-85 is from Exit 173 ([[Georgia State Route 17|Georgia Highway 17]]) in Lavonia.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Gumlog CDP has a total area of {{convert|41.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|34.8|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|6.8|km2|order=flip}}, or 16.32%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> [[Tugaloo State Park]] occupies a peninsula on Lake Hartwell in the eastern part of the CDP.

[[Georgia Highway 328]], known locally as Gumlog Road, is nearly the only way in and out of the community of Gumlog. It is {{convert|10|mi|0}} long and crosses over the Gumlog Cove branch of Lake Hartwell. Gumlog Road runs from [[Georgia State Route 59|Highway 59]] in Lavonia to a junction with Highway 17 in [[Avalon, Georgia|Avalon]]. Gumlog Creek also starts near the same junction in Avalon. Avalon<ref>
Stepens County History(1996). Stephens County Historical Society,  Inc. and Don Mills, Inc. Wadsworth Publishing, Waynesville, NC. ''Communities''. p. 6,. by Dean, Imogene. "Conforming to a pattern of naming places according to the nearest stream, and since Gumlog Creek "rises here" the name of the post office was proposed as Gumlog."   "During Prohibition,  an easy symbiosis appeared to exist among bootleggers, law enforcement officials, and the rest of the community; this phenomenon was clear in the Gumlog/Avalon area. Remote creeks, wooded areas, traditional skills, wide demand for good inexpensive whiskey and a need for income greater than that provided by subsistence farming -- all supported an extensive culture of bootlegging. Gumlog/Avalon provided the same kind of service to the wider area that Golden Pond provided to Chicago during the AL Capone era. For the inexperience, vulnerable offender, federal imprisonment was an occupational hazard; from this area area offenders were often sent to Tallahassee, Florida or Chillicothe, Ohio."
</ref> was going to be named "Gumlog" after Gumlog Creek, but when the charter came back from the State Legislature, the name had been changed instead to Avalon.