Editing Cumming, Georgia (section)

=== Early history ===

The area, now called Cumming, was inhabited earlier by [[Cherokee]] tribes, who are thought to have arrived in the mid-18th century.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} The Cherokee and [[Muscogee|Creek]] people developed disputes over [[Cherokee#War with the Muscogee|hunting land]]. After two years of fighting, the Cherokee won the land in the [[Battle of Taliwa]]. The Creek people were forced to move south of the [[Chattahoochee River]].<ref name="source1">{{cite web |url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/CitiesCounties/Cities&id=h-3073 |title=New Georgia Encyclopedia: Cumming |website=Georgiaencyclopedia.org |date=June 22, 2006 |access-date=January 23, 2011 |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607020828/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=%2FCitiesCounties%2FCities&id=h-3073 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="source2">{{cite web| url=http://www.cumming.com/history.aspx |title=Cumming GA History |website=Cumming.com |date=February 1, 1956 |access-date=January 23, 2011}}</ref>
[[Image:Cherokee1834.jpg|thumb|right|1834 map of counties that were created from Cherokee land. Cumming is shown in the middle of Forsyth County.]]
The Cherokee coexisted with white settlers until the [[Georgia Gold Rush|discovery of gold in Georgia]] in 1828. Settlers that moved to the area to mine for gold pushed for the [[Indian removal|removal of the Cherokee]]. In 1835, the [[Treaty of New Echota]] was signed. The treaty stated that the Cherokee Nation must move to the [[Indian Territory]], west of the [[Mississippi River]]. This resulted in the [[Cherokee removal|Trail of Tears]]. The Cherokee territory was then formed into [[Cherokee County, Georgia|Cherokee County]] in 1831. In 1832, the county had been split into several counties including [[Forsyth County, Georgia|Forsyth County]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/coundate.htm |title=Georgia Counties by Date of Creation |website=Georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu |access-date=January 23, 2011}}</ref>

In 1833, the town of Cumming was formed from two {{convert|40|acre|adj=on}} land lots that had been issued as part of a [[Georgia Land Lotteries|Georgia State Land Lottery]] in 1832. The two lots designated as Land Lot 1269 and Land Lot 1270 were purchased by a couple of Forsyth County Inferior Court justices who realized that it was necessary to have a seat of government to conduct county business. The boundaries of the two lots ended at what is now Tolbert Street on the west side, Eastern Circle on the east side, Resthaven Street on the south side, and School Street on the north side. In 1834 the post office was established and began delivering mail. The justices of the Inferior Court divided the town land into smaller lots and began selling them to people over the next several years, reserving one lot for the county courthouse. During that same year, the Georgia State Legislature incorporated the town of Cumming into the City of Cumming and made it the official government seat of Forsyth County.

A second charter was issued in 1845, decreeing that Cumming's government would follow the [[Mayor–council government|mayor–council model]] of government.<ref name="cumming-admin">{{cite web |title=Administration |url=http://www.cityofcumming.net/administration |publisher=City of Cumming |access-date=July 18, 2019}}</ref>

The community is commonly thought to be named after [[William Cumming (colonel)|Colonel William Cumming]].<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=55 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> An alternate theory proposed by a local historian posits the name honors Rev. Frederick Cumming, a professor of Jacob Scudder, a resident of the area since 1815 who owned land in present-day downtown.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whitmire |first1=Kelly |title=What's in a name? Historian talks about where road, area names originated in Cumming, Forsyth County |url=https://www.forsythnews.com/local/whats-in-a-name-historian-talks-about-where-road-area-names-originated-in-cumming-forsyth-county/ |work=Forsyth News |access-date=February 9, 2019 |date=January 25, 2019}}</ref> Yet another theory is that the town is named after [[Alexander Cuming]], the son of a Scottish baronet.<ref>[https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-03-24/wait-youre-where-11-towns-and-cities-suggestive-names Wait, you're from where? 11 towns and cities with suggestive names.]</ref>